[caa26]

Early specualtion would be Chechnya terrorists. This doesn't seem good at all. This is right out of the Al Qaeda playbook.

[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 .

[fightin kentuckian]

If you put this situation together with the situation at JFK Airport it begins to look like it has classic al quaida ties in that they like to do things in pairs. However they could be totally unrelated.

Funny thing about this is that I am stationed in Germany and switching channels back and fourth between CNN International and BBC World reports. BBC reported that the terrorists in Moscow have released children and Musleum audience members while CNN is reporting that the terrorists have released children and "non-Russians". (Wouldn't want to insult a relegion of peace, you know.)