Russians in control of the theater! On CNN

cnn ^ | now | cnn

[Diddle E. Squat]

Will be fascinating to find out how the Russians pulled this off, especially if all the explosives were for real.

[anymouse]

There were about that many terrorists. I doubt many of them went quietly - or were given the chance to do much but die.

I'm amazed that the Russians took any of the islamofacists alive. Standard op is to double tap hostage takers if there is even a chance that not killing them immediately will endanger hostages or yourself.

[oyez]

Dragonov Sniper Rifle,

I;ve been wanting one of those,

[clintonh8r]

How come they didn't blow themselves up as promised? I gues tey didn't really want to die after all. Muslim cowards! We'll remember that for next time.

[MJY1288]

Welcome aboard :-)

[McGavin999]

Thank you God!!! This is such a relief, I hope we get word soon on the conidition of the hostages.

[VaBthang4]

Yeah I saw that....I am assuming the pictures we were getting leading up to this were of security troops and not the actual TRT.

I just saw a bunch of heavily armed, poorly clad soldiers and I thought....man I hope that is the security element or this is gonna get ugly.

[jwfiv]

You picked a good time to come aboard. Welcome.

Congratulations to the Russians.

Thank God the casualties were lower than feared.

Death to all al-queda.

[Thane_Banquo]

Praise God they were able to save the people!

[MTCJK]

Welcome to FR--its good to have you aboard

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

More death and mayhem from Islam, the "religion of peace"!

[Aggie Mama]

Welcome aboard! I lurked for about a year before I joined. =)

[gcruse]

I guess the Russians decided not to do the 51-day standoff like the ATF.
Looks like they also decided not to burn the place to
the ground with everybody inside, which is a classic trademark of the ATF.

VaBthang4 thinks Russia has a piss poor record of handling these thlngs.
He needs to see this and remember.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Thanks for speaking up - welcome!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Glad you're here too! Thanks for contributing to this thread.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Bad guys are losing everywhere. Civilized people will tolerate even the deaths of a few innocents to make a point that we do not negotiate with terrorists. One of these days the Islamists will get the point and stop the madness.

[Salvation]

Praying this is true!

[Truth29]

FBI assault (aka Janet Reno) lead to fire, not ATF.

[VaBthang4]

Ugh...

Is there one thread where goofballs wont interject their "Croggidy old man with a beard" bitterness?

Nevermind.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Still no update on numbers, still lots of ambulances being loaded.

Terrorists started shooted at the hostages, a group of hostages broke away from the building, forces went in. Currently working on providing medical assistance. But repeat the leader is dead and entire bldg under special forces control.