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World Leaders were Horrified by Russia School Siege

Ben Bot, European Union: "We have been confronted with a deep human tragedy. This shows once again that we have to do everything in our power to confront terrorism."

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder: "This is a new dimension of terrorism..."

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer: "There are no reasons imaginable that could justify taking children, toddlers, babies and their mothers hostages,"

President Bush: "We mourn the innocent lives that have been lost. We stand with the people of Russia. We send them our prayers for this terrible situation."

French Foreign Ministry: "France is ready to respond to any Russian requests for help. We stand with the people of Russia, we send them our prayers for this terrible situation."

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw: "All of us express our profound solidarity. The fight for terrorism: It's the one we have to win."

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. "There is no reason that could justify such inhuman violence."

Italian president, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi: "The international community has to unite against terrorism that denies common human values to all the world's civilizations. The perverse cycle of violence must be stopped by firmness in countering terrorism and by clear sight in confronting its causes."

Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson: The world now "understand[s] what times we're living in, how vulnerable our communities are and what types of crimes and terror we have to deal with."

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud: Lebanon "denounces all forms of terror, especially that which threatens the lives of children and innocents."

Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah: concurred with Lahoud.