[Pragmatic_View]

This is the first I have heard of the place.

I sometimes search Google News with "terrorist" or "terrorism" to see what's going on around the world, and this came up. It was interesting, because it appears related to the Chechen terrorists. Maybe the same group who held the kids hostage in Beslan, even? I don't know, but I think there is a lot of terrorism that goes on in that area of the world that we don't hear about.

20 kg, that's a 44 lb bomb, if that would have gone off in a crowd, there would have been serious damage. Interesting that our media doesn't pick up these news items.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"UPDATE: Major terrorist attack prevented in North Caucasian republic."

So they saved Beacon Hill?

[starfish923]

It IS interesting.
Media all over the world CHOOSE what to publish, how much of it to publish, when, with/without photos, follow-up, comments by "experts," maps, history, etc.
The very CHOICE of news is an "agenda," of sorts, isn't it?

When other, bigger news is out, the "small potatoes" always goes by the board or disappears. Cindy Sheehan disappeared overnight with Hurrican Katrina.

Anyway, thanks for posting. I don't know if I will ever remember this tiny place, but....I might. :o)