'Beast Of Beslan' Killed

Sky News ^ | July 10, 2006 | Unattributed

[LurkedLongEnough]

Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev - dubbed the Beast of Beslan - has been killed by Russia's security forces.

The radical Islamic leader was behind the Beslan school siege in which hundreds of people, mostly children, were killed.

Basayev, 41, together with other Chechen fighters, was killed in Ingushetia, a region neighbouring Chechnya, in an operation by Russian special forces, Russia said.

President Vladimir Putin said Basayev's killing was "deserved retribution".

"This is deserved retribution against the bandits for our children in Beslan, in Budennovsk, for all these acts of terror they committed in Moscow and other Russian regions, including Ingushetia and Chechnya," Mr Putin said.

FSB head Nikolai Patrushev said Chechen rebels were planning an attack in southern Russia to coincide with the Group of Eight summit later this week in Russia, which Mr Putin is chairing.

He indicated other countries may have been involved in the planning the attack on Basayev.

More than 331 people, half of them children, were killed in Beslan after Russian forces tried to end a siege of the school which had been seized by Islamist militants linked to Chechnya's fight for independence.

More than 100 people were killed in 1995 when Chechen rebels seize hundreds of hostages at a hospital in Budennovsk.

[veronica]

EXCELLENT news!

[wideawake]

Wasn't this scumbag also behind that movie-theatre hostage situation as well?

[reelfoot]

Russian special forces BUMP.

[chris_ab]

Hey, I dislike it that Beslan isn't mentioned in the media more often - we forget.

Cheney and Bush have mentioned it but that was just once or twice.

God forbid we have an American "Beslan" - in Arizona.

Close the Border!

[Grampa Dave]

It took the Russians long enough, but they zotted this Islamofascist serial killer.

[TomGuy]

Good news.

Another cockroach killed.

Soon, we may hear that the Ruskies have also found those reponsible for killing the Russian diplomats in Iraq.

[Jonx6]

Huzaah!

[veronica]

With persistence, anyone can be found. Of course we have the traitorous NY Times and others like them who purposely thwart our President's efforts, so we are somewhat hampered in our efforts.

[laconic]

Good riddance to smelly, evil rubbish, a true no-good worthless bum. I wouild bet he's now in a hot place where there is some weird guy with a mustache constantly railing about Jews.

[netmilsmom]

WooooooHooooooo!

[veronica]

One of the haunting images from the Beslan massacre that I will never forget.

[Obadiah]

I wouild bet he's now in a hot place where there is some weird guy with a mustache constantly railing about Jews.

You mean the guy died and went to Iran????

[elhombrelibre]

Very good.

[OB1kNOb]

Another one bites the dust!....and another one's gone, and another one's gone.....Another one bites the dust, yeah! Hey, OBL we're gonna get to you...another one bites the dust, yeah! Hit it!

[justshutupandtakeit]

Oh, right we see the Suicidal Mexicans all the time taking over schools and holding children hostage. HYSTERICAL.

Are you trying to make it appear that those concerned about II are NUTS?

[AdvisorB]

TERRIFIC NEWS!!!They got the Binladin, zawahiri, and zarq of Chechnya all in one slimey maggot, shamil baseyev.

[cripplecreek]

We know there are "russian" smugglers operating out of Mexico.

[WIladyconservative]

Beslan Pieta

Glad the dirtball is in Hell.

[Brad from Tennessee]

If Russian security forces follow their usual policy, this piece of human garbage will be wrapped in pig skin and secretly buried. That's what they did with the Muslim roadkill left over after the attack on the Moscow theater.