Men Hold Moscow Audience Hostage [Reports of 1000 Hostages]

AP News ^ | OCTOBER 23, 14:03 ET

[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.

[Alberta's Child]

If they want U.S. help they're gonna have to ask.

[aristeides]

Washington Post has news today that Atta and his comrades wanted to go from the camps in Afghanistan to join the jihad in Chechnya, but al Qaeda told them they were not needed there: Hijackers Had Hoped to Fight in Chechnya, Court Told .

[Howlin]

Is this AQ or Muslims?

[American Soldier]

Ditto.

[virgil]

The press is making the all-important decision of which story should get the most coverage.

[Mixer]

I'm sure Hannity will discuss this on my way home from work at 5:00

I am listening now. He has mentioned the plane but not the theater....Commercial now so I will inform if he discusses this when he returns.

[mitchbert]

Bump Post # 213.

BBC World Service LIve Feed. News on now, they'll do another live update before the top of the hour.

[SerpentDove]

I just had a creepy thought. What if these evil bastards are waiting till prime time tonight and BOOOOM!!!?

I know this has already been suggested, but we may well be headed for a media horror like when we WITNESSES the planes flying into the WTC. This is unreal.

[Naspino]

This is NOT going to end until all these creeps are totally exterminated.

I keep thinking this too so last night I went out and found this to remind me not to think that way.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The wolrd-wide muslim jihad is picking up steam everyday. Wonder what it will take for the liberal & socialists of Europe to recognize?

Wonder what it will take for the liberal & socialists of Europe and the USA to recognize?

Second Amendment BTTT.

[x-navy seal]

Can't be AQ- those b*stards wouldn't allow the children to leave.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

UGH! The CNN idiots are talking about an elephant at a zoo. Are these people that cold? Go where the story is, you jerks!

The story at CNN as of this posting is saying it's a movie theatre. Doesn't sound like one to me, given that there was a PLAY being staged.

[rogue yam]

The name of the production, "Nord-Ost," means "Northeast" in German. What this has to do with anything I don't know.

[sheik yerbouty]

They should've been left in Siberia to rot!

[nicmarlo]

Thanks. I just moved to NY a couple months ago; I had assumed it was live....I'm still trying to find Neal Boortz on a station out here that plays him earlier than 11:00 p.m.

[steveegg]

Me? I'll try...

A few dozen Chechen-types stormed a crowded Moscow theater, let the children and the Muslims (some reports also say Georgians, the ones that share Jimmy Carter's mindset, not blood) go, mined the theater and are holding several hundred people hostage.

[NittanyLion]

Forgive the dumb question, what does that mean? Caucasian?

The Caucasus lie between the Black and Caspian Seas. I'm not certain what areas that covers...but I believe Georgia and Azerbaijan are two.

[rintense]

Yeah, I've been bouncing all over cable to day too. I guess I'm glad I work during the day so I don't see the 'All sniper, all the time' coverage. Thank God FR can filter out all the crap.