[laconic]

Yes, this is exactly out of the AlQaeda playbook. Take over a building, round up the hostages, get the press there and then blow up everything while on TV. The Chechens have been among AlQaeda's biggest supporters; scum "Dr." Zawahiri was there and it has been rumored that bin Laden is hiding out there. A thoroughly bad bunch.

[contessa machiaveli]

has anyone seen "siege" with denzel washington? i suggest renting it. unfortunately, many of those horrors have come to pass.