I have one word of advice for the Chechens. "Run"
Crappy deal.
I grieve for the families.
wow.
Wonder how long before the entire civilized world is fed up with the muslims.
A point to ponder, similar to the one made by the folks who jumped the 9/11 hijackers. There isn't any real point in passivity and obedience in the face of this sort of animal; you're going to die anyway so you might just as well take one of the bastards with you.
Anyone want to claim Islam is a legitmate religion?
A billion people can be wrong.
When not if, it happens here, even on a smaller scale - many mosques will be destroyed within 24 hours.
the terrorist got exactly what they wanted..a massacre of children/hostages
I C B M
"muslim" appears only once in the entire article accoridng to my ctrl-f. i'm frankly surprised it showed up at all... even though it was nearly at the end of the article...
Gee, what a surprise. You mean they weren't all just Chechen "freedom fighters?"
Ping
Where were the mullahs and the imams in condemning this atrocity while it was ongoing and demanding the release of these innocents? Where were the Muslim "holy men" when children were denied food and water for 52 hours, were made to drink their own urine, were denied their medicines, had to watch while their dads were executed? All I heard was the sound of silence, which sounds an awful lot like either cowardice or even tacit support.
This article I can live with.
Already today I have heard some "talking heads" opining that the Russian Security Forces "botched" this hostage crisis.
It truly enrages me. Just like the "It's all America's fault" crowd when it comes to the war on terrorism.
I am sure that the Russian Forces did the best they possibly could trying to bring an end to this barbaric, and amoral assault on the children, and families at the school, and in trying to preserve the lives of as many of the hostages as they could.
Note to talking heads: The Russians didn't strap bombs to themselves and go into an elementary school reeking violence and destruction on little children. The Terrorists did.
If 17 Christians or Jews suddenly went wild and held over a 1000 Muslim school children hostage, the world media would run out of ink condemning it. Al-Jezarra would have screaming fits on the air. But have you heard of even one Muslim group that has condemned this action by Muslim terrorists? Is the world press really interested?
No, let's get back to the crucial debate about Israel tearing down their protective wall which was built so their children can't be hurt so often by Muslim terrorists...
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Friday, 03 September 2004
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses our deepest condolences to the relatives and friends of all victims of the hostage taking in Beslan. The Chechen nation, having lost 25 % of its population at the hands of the Russian state policy of genocide during the last 10 years, know very well the pain of loosing the loved ones, the horrors of monstrous brutality against innocent defenceless people, children, women and men. There is no a single Chechen whose relatives and friends have not been murdered, tortured or raped by the Russian troops and security services since December 1994.
As the past experience tells us that Russian security services often are involved in planning, executing or manipulating various terrorist attacks on the territory of Russia, including the apartment bombings in Moscow in 1999 and the hostage taking in the Moscow theatre in 2002, we call upon all Russian citizens to demand from the Russian government to agree to an independent and transparent international investigation of this hostage taking in Beslan. We strongly believe that the Chechens, Russians and the international community has the right to know what actually has happened and who really were the hostage takers and the organisers of this terrorist act, and we hope that this call will not go unanswered.
Press Office
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
www.chechnya-mfa.info
Press Office of Chechen MFA
So Russian security services took their own kids hostage and shot them, took their own theater hostage and gassed them, and staged all the Moscow bombings to boot? Tell me another story, Chechens and al Qaeda. There's not a rock big enough or a hole deep enough for you to hide in now.
Russians are getting up near 911 numbers. Adding up all the dead bodies over the last few yrs.