[nicmarlo]

Movsar Barayev, right, flanked by members of his group, speaking with NTV television inside the theater early Friday morning

I SEARCHED FOR THIS ARTICLE AND DID NOT SEE IT POSTED; sorry if this is duplicated.

[dennisw]

Movsar Barayev? That looks a lot more like Tourist Guy.

[nicmarlo]

Ping. I can't respond till later today....need to go to work, but thought you'd be interested in this article.

[2banana]

Barayev, a nephew of slain guerrilla leader Arbi Barayev, said the hostage-taking was ordered by Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev.

Among the women, according to pro-Moscow Chechen police cited by Izvestia, were the widows of rebel warlords Arbi Barayev and the Akhmadov brothers, Zelimkhan and Rezvan.

That Barayev clan is one happy family. I wonder how dinner time conversations go...