Residents rage against authorities in Russian hostage town

channel news asia ^ | 09-05-04 | channel news asia

[MarMema]

Many here wondered what Putin meant when he spoke of making changes.

[MarMema]

Look. The wall idea is catching on.

[vrwcagent0498]

It seems to be working (wall) for the Israelis.

[Bobby777]

wow ... this is the same thing done to the Israelis for the past 4 years and to America on 9/11/2001

yeah, good catch ... interesting on that wall thing ... especially now that we know about the hypocritical EU ...

[Bobby777]

that's why Arafat, the Palistinian terrorists, the EU and the UN want the wall torn down ... it has slowed down the Islamic terrorists a *lot*

[ET(end tyranny)]

Look. The wall idea is catching on.

It sure is. They want to strengthen and protect their borders.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

The grief and rage of the people is quite understandable. But in the end, the terrorists are to blame, not the Russian authorities.

[OldFriend]

No ma'am. With all due respect. The terrorists are to blame.

[mtbopfuyn]

Sure, they are grieving over the children but for goodness sake, blame the terrorists. Why is it so hard for Washington, the UN, Canada, France, Spain, and now Russia to put the blame where it belongs?

[jwpjr]

You know, with the planning and preparation that apparently went into this operation I'm not sure an earlier intervention would have saved any lives at. In fact, storming the scene could have led to more deaths! Apparently the end came when one of the bombs fell from a wall and exploded, knocking a hole in the wall and the hostages saw a chance to escape. Many of them were shot in the back as they fled. They had numerous (30 plus) bombs planted all through the site. If the terrorists had been given any warning at all they might have used it to set off all the bombs plus have more time to shoot the hostages. I know it's must be devastating for these poor parents and residents, but I think their anger is misplaced.

[sgtbono2002]

Why anyone would blame Putin for this or Bush for WTC is amazing. It is the terrorists who do these things, they need to be removed from the world. and I dont mean we have to be PC and try to understand why the terrorists do these thing, I dont care why they do them eradicate their butts. There can be bo excuse for wholesale murder.

[Bobby777]

Sure, they are grieving over the children but for goodness sake, blame the terrorists. Why is it so hard for Washington, the UN, Canada, France, Spain, and now Russia to put the blame where it belongs?

agreed ... it's called 'Stockholm Syndrome'

[somemoreequalthanothers]

I am not at all surprised that there may have been ineptitude on the part of the Russians, they have shown a pattern of that from Chernobyl to the Kursk. I just believe it is important in this day and age to stay focused on who really is to blame.
I like to use the analogy of the car keys. Our society has been led to believe that if an owner leaves his keys in his car, it is his fault if it is stolen.
I hate that. It is the fault of the thief, without question.

[uncbob]

Look. The wall idea is catching on.

How about one for our southern borders

[MarMema]

Well they're not blaming Putin because Putin is not their president, and technically they are not citizens of Russia, but of North Ossetia.

What apparently was uncovered is that someone took bribes to allow those explosives into the school floor during the summer.

[MarMema]

Good idea.

[schaketo]

Check history. It is necessary to de-humanize your enemy so when you begin killing them with reckless abandon, it’s just like shooting beer cans off a fence post. Muslims, islamofacists, anyone that even looks toward Mecca once during the day have a toe over the line. The west won’t have to fire up the propaganda machine to accomplish the necessary de-humanizing. They are doing it for us.

Just makes you wonder how much more the west will take before we start shooting those beer cans off the fence.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Readers of the FR know what happened in Beslan. However, when I watch CNN and Fox News there is hardly a mention, mainly Geraldo out in the rain describing very windy it is.

Is it really true the Muslims raped teenagers during the hostage situation? Why is the story being downplayed? Is this story Kerry unfriendly?

I'm not saying there is any reason it is being downplayed and not oblivious to how hard it is to cover a story in bumfu$%istan, but why no coverage?

People need to see how truly evil these creatures are!!! Had these been Christians involved in some crime, the story would have been covered wall to wall.

[gcruse]

I'm not saying there is any reason it is being downplayed

For the same reasons you don't see major media showing people leaping from the Trade Towers anymore.
1.  It isn't tasteful.  Weak sisters whine about the gore.
2.  Gore kindles outrage.  Outrage bad.   Supplication good.  Fly yellow ribbons, not flags.
3.  The amount of coverage given is proportional to the amount of demands to do something about it.  See #2.

[MarMema]

Had these been Christians involved in some crime, the story would have been covered wall to wall.

Or US troops.