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.
They are HOPING LIKE HELL this all fizzles, so they can sweep it under the rug.
But I fear it won't fizzle, it will explode, and in a day or two this will be the hugest story in the world.
Just my guess.
You don't get it. The magic bullet is this: "no muslims left". No fellow travellers either, come to think of it.
By JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer
Strange, I don't see the word Muslim, Islamist or Chechin anywhere in the Associated press article. AP wants us to think that it must have been just a bunch of "Men" -- why?
The BBC doesn't mince words (actually they do -- but not quite as much and it's not as blatant as AP).
It is renovated by 24.10.2002 into 02:15:48
Version for the press/printing
02:20:Terrorists promised to let go 50 additional people in exchange for Akhmada Of kadyrova
Terrorists, who took hostages in the building of Moscow theatrical center "northeast", communicated to the colleagues of pravookhranitel'nykh organs/controls, that will let go 50 additional people, if to them appears the chapter of the administration Of chechni Of akhmad Of kadyrov.About this reports the television channel NTV. Previously Kadyrov it declared, that it was ready to render assistance for regulating of situation with the hostages.
Let us recall that earlier into the building of theatrical center for the encounter with the terrorists entered the deputy of the state Duma RF Of aslanbek Of aslakhanov; however, for it, apparently, so could not personally meet with the people, which took in hostages of approximately 700 people.
The correspondent OF RIA of "news" reports also that the terrorists periodically conduct shooting inside the building "into air".
In this case the fire/light is not conducted beyond the limits of building.In all likelihood, thus the terrorists attempt to hold in the stress/voltage of both the hostages and the colleagues of pravookhranitel'nykh organs/controls.
Does that include Americans, I wonder?
they're waiting for what Ann Coulter calls the "morphine adddicted transsexuals" at the NY Times to put the correct anti-Bush spin on it before the story is released.
Look at their site. CNN - Coverup News Network
The empty-headedness of the reportage is mind-boggling.
I can't think of any other reason for blowing off
negotiation. They are wiring the place up. To
give the networks the benefit of the doubt, they
are covering this because they think most Americans
don't care all that much. Look at the lack of
Bali coverage.
Cavuto had someone on a few weeks back with a list. All I could remember was BP. What are the others, please?
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