"Among 20 militants killed Friday, there were 10 Arabs, said Valery Andreyev, Russia's Federal Security Service chief in the region where the school is located. President Vladmir Putin's adviser on Chechnya, Aslanbek Aslakhanov, also said some dead militants were Arab mercenaries.""The presence of Arab attackers would lend greater credence to Putin's contention that al-Qaida terrorists were involved in the Chechen conflict, where Muslim fighters have battled Russian forces in a brutal a war of independence for most of the past decade." -- CNN News
"Valery Andreyev, Russia's Federal Security Service chief in the region, said 10 Arabs were among 27 militants who were killed. The ITAR-Tass news agency, citing unidentified security sources, reported the hostage-taking was the work of Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who had al-Qaida backing." --ABC News
"(CBS/AP) Commandos stormed a school Friday in southern Russia and battled separatist rebels holding hundreds of hostages as crying children, some naked and covered in blood, fled the building through explosions and gunfire. The Interfax news agency reported that more than 200 people died.""Officials said 95 victims were identified — some of them children whose shattered, bloodied bodies were placed on lines of stretchers — and Interfax quoted unnamed sources in the regional Health Ministry as saying more than 200 people were killed by fire from the militants or died from their wounds. The figure could not be confirmed."
"Twenty militants were killed in gunfights with security forces Friday, 10 of them from Arab countries, Valery Andreyev, the region's Federal Security Service chief, said in televised comments." -- CBS News
"BESLAN, Russia - Commandos stormed a school Friday in southern Russia and overcame militants holding hundreds of hostages as crying children, some naked and covered in blood, fled the building through explosions and gunfire. Health officials said more than 200 people died, the Interfax news agency reported.""Ninety-five victims were identified — many of them children whose shattered, bloodied bodies were placed on lines of stretchers — and Interfax quoted unnamed sources in the regional Health Ministry as saying more than 200 people were killed by fire from the militants or died from their wounds." -- MSNBC News
And they all have videos.
Excellent. People will slowly prepare themselves mentally for REAL war.