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Putin refuses talks with "child-killers

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has attacked the West for calling on Russia to seek political dialogue with Chechen separatists in the wake of last week's school hostage siege in which at least 335 died -- half of them children.

Putin also ruled out holding a public inquiry into the storming of the Beslan school after a three-day stand-off with rebels who demanded Chechnya's independence.

"Why don't you meet Osama bin Laden, invite him to Brussels or to the White House and engage in talks, ask him what he wants and give it to him so he leaves you in peace?" Putin was quoted as saying by the Guardian newspaper on Tuesday.

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I have to agree with Putin that making such a suggestion was insulting at best. Sounds almost like something a Clinton hack would have said. An AP article here also goes into some details, but no mention of which part of the West is saying this. My guess--EU.