[11th_VA]

Thanks for the updates - in the mean time interesting article Widows Make for Fierce Warriors

about some of the hostage takers.

[11th_VA]

Omarkhadzhiyeva, a psychologist practicing in Chechnya, said by telephone from Nazran, Ingushetia. "They are in a desperate condition, and in an unfamiliar stressful situation, women -- who are more prone to emotions than men -- have less control of themselves."

[JasonC]

I hate that media spun phrase, "hostage takers". Call them "the terrorists", that is what they are.