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Men Hold Moscow Audience Hostage [Reports of 1000 Hostages]
AP News ^
| OCTOBER 23, 14:03 ET
Posted on 10/23/2002 11:12:47 AM PDT by McGruff
MOSCOW (AP) — Armed men entered a Moscow theater Wednesday and took the audience hostage, the Federal Security Service said.
The theater was holding a performance of the musical Nord-Ost, one of the Russian capital's most popular productions.
The Interfax news agency said one of its reporters was inside the theater at the time of the raid. She told them in a telephone call that the men had fired into the air and were preventing the audience from leaving, the agency said.
Police units were on their way to the scene.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: chechnya; moscow; religionofpeace; theatresiege
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To: BurbankKarl
La de da. So there is no responsibility for this mass murder should it happen except those that committed it? Sounds like the terrorists they attacked America -- they had no nation either. Its not good enough. Someone taught them hate -- that they can kill innocents for political gain.
To: character_matters
The prayers of others are with you, and God is always by your side. Travel safe -- what a blessing you are providing to child, may you all enjoy good health and happiness for all of your days.
To: BurbankKarl
Depending on the end of this the nonjihadi chechens are going to sweat real hard for a while or even longer.
Glad there's at least someone a chechen cleric to talk some sense into the jihadis. And jihadettes. But they've already killed enough to show they don't care.
And I doubt Putin can allow this to continue for long.
It's in the Capital City and can't be allowed to continue for over 24 hours. Or they go in early at dawn, like Yeltsin did when he moved on the reactionary Parliament in 93.
To: Naspino
To: Naspino
>>The sniper case has no meaning in the context of our future. Whats happening in Russia tonight could change the course of history.<<
I live in DC metro area, don't fully agree with you, but for the most part you are spot on.
To: ProbableCause
OK, 20 million.
To: BurbankKarl
To: BurbankKarl
Good Pix. Thanks.
To: swarthyguy
What time is it in Moskow?
To: sarasmom
To: PoisedWoman
Seriously, this is so blatantly an alQ or related terrorist attack, Russki public opinion is going to sway very rapidly toward helping us rid the world of Islamofascists. One would think. I'm not so sure Al Qaeda would've allowed the infidel children to leave...
To: Frances_Marion
Richard Reid (shoebomber) stated that Islam clerics taught him that legitimate combatants were EVERYONE but non-voting women and children. This is on smokinggun.com and the FBI interviews posted there...interesting readings.
To: McGruff
If this ever happens to you, the 10% of the audience (Todd Beamers who've taken the Flight 93 vow) must run out of the theater and keep running until you are unable. Do not sumbit to your training which tells you to listen and obey. You are in much worse situation when the terrorists start setting their mines and defenses.
We've seen the training videos and we know their end game.
To: Dialup Llama
Remember the workers at the charity in Pakistan and the kids in the temple in India. Trapped.
That point is the jihadis life peak point.
To: Dialup Llama
To: limitedgov
"The musical "Nord-Ost" is being performed daily on a specially designed and constructed theater stage not far from the centre of Moscow. For the first time in Russia, a stage of grandiose proportions utilizing the most progressive staging technologies has been created for a single magnificent musical production. Set changes are performed magically by use of a special computer system never before used in Russian theaters. To achieve unprecedented sound and light effects, absolute state-of-the-art audio and lighting equipment has been installed.
One of the key dramatic moments of the play is the emergency landing -- on stage -- of a life-size World War II bomber. Meeting the epic scale demanded by the authors in this majestic scene required a special enlarged design of the stage space and reconstruction of the theater.
The musical features 32 adult actors and 10 children. The company was selected through a process of harsh casting competition, through which filtered some thousand professional actors. The orchestra of the musical "Nord-Ost" is unquestionably among the best in Moscow today."
To: Travis McGee
Radical Islam is an insane murder cult, "moderate" Islam is its Trojan Horse in the West. Hammer meets Nail. You couldn't be more right Travis.
To: WRhine
Russian special forces ringing the building have made no apparent attempt to storm it but a brief burst of gunfire was reported from inside at 0605 (0205 GMT) on Thursday and the rebels say they have shot dead a policewoman.
To: Naspino
No kidding. To hell with the sorry bastards at Fox News Channel. Yes its great that they are fair and balanced, but they can be a total simpleminded tabloid sometimes. This is potentially a Russian 9/11, you'd think that FNC could provide an occassional update. Sure the sniper story is more important here, but we are getting 55 minutes of babble and 5 minutes of news. Couldn't they fit in at least a minute of coverage of this Moscow story?
Shame on you Roger Ailes, we expected you to be better than CNN and MSNBC. Ever consider that the Chechen's tactic might just be a preview of what may someday happen here? But hey, I guess 700 threatened with death isn't a big deal since its in another country. So Roger, no interest unless they are all killed? And only if you can get good footage?
To: Diddle E. Squat
There is good footage out there. Its insane -- not only is it 800 people but in a country that could dictate how the whole Iraq situation plays out.
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