[Nachum]

Twenty militants were killed in more than 10 hours of gunfights with security forces, 10 of them Arabs

[TotusTuus]

Prayers for all the victims. The barbarity and cruelity of these muslim savages knows no bounds. The war on terror is indeed international.

Why these reporters fail to mention that North Ossentia is primarily Christian bothers me also. I consider it helpful info in understanding the situation more completely.

[ET(end tyranny)]

The Arab presence among the attackers would bolster Putin's case that the Russian campaign in neighboring Chechnya, where mostly Muslim separatists have been fighting Russian forces in a brutal war for most of the past decade, is part of the war on international terrorism.

Buried in the article but at least they are getting closer to calling them what they are - muslim terrorists'.

[TotusTuus]

He said militants fired at fleeing hostages, and security forces opened return fire, along with civilian residents of the town who had armed themselves.

"The regulars are coming, The regulars are coming"

Definition of a militia.

[Alouette]

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[Right Wing Professor]

Fortunately, Russia is not as bound by the rules of political correctness as we were after 9/11. I hope they take all reasonable measures to make sure this never happens again. Making sure there are no Chechens to make it happen again would be IMO reasonable.

[Zionist Conspirator]

I hope to goodness the Russians don't have a "multiculturalist" press to pressure them to play nice with these vermin.

But I also hope that after they deal with the terrorists they don't keep right on marching. I'm all for them defending themselves but do not want the sleeping bear aroused again. Does this make any sense?

[sonofatpatcher2]

This could be a preview of a Kerry Administration...

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[Southern Federalist]

So now, who were those smart, sophisticated pundits who thought Zell Miller was over the top about seeing his grandchildren protected? And when will Senator Kerry enlighten us about the "complexities" of these events?

And above all, everyone who wants a more "sensitive" war on terror, raise your hands.

[Ptarmigan]

Those Muslims are just violent. They are just proof that Nazis never died, they just went somewhere else. Muslims are the Nazis of today. Adolf Hitler would be very proud today.

[Dante3]

I am at a loss of words for this horrific evil.

[carl in alaska]

Here is a man who knows where most of his true allies live. His allies live here in America.

[LouD]

20 adult men had been executed

My guess is the Russian body recovery team was a pretext for a rescue team insertion. The standard protocol for any hostage rescue team in the world is that when hostages die, real negotiations are over. "Negotiators" may continue to talk, but only to buy time or gather intel before the inevitable arrives in a series of flash-bangs and sub-machine gun bursts.

Unfortunately, the terrorists anticipated this. However, there was nothing that could have been done differently. Once they start killing hostages, there is no other option but to go in shooting, despite the potential for losses among the hostages.

[who knows what evil?]

This will be coming to America if the people of this country are stupid enough to elect John Kerry as our next President. Pass it on...especially to women.

[Brilliant]

The Russians need to repay these butchers for their barbary.

[fire_eye]

When the Romans were unable to reach an accomodation with an enemy, and had found the enemy so intractable as to be incapable of keeping a peace agreement, they would, after conquering, kill every living thing in the enemy's territory: men, women, children, dogs, horses - everything.

The Romans did not do this out of savagery, but because they had determined over the course of hundreds of years that such measures were the only effective means of causing barbarians to fear Rome enough that they would stop committing depradations on the fringes of the Empire.

[Michael2001]

My prayers and sympathy are with the Russian people