Anyone disagree?
I do. The hospitalized hostages dying are mostly succumbing not to the effects of gunshot wounds, but to the aftereffects of the *sedative* gas used, apparantly a low dosage of the Russian binary Novochok-33 nerve agent. Indeed, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has stated that casualties among the hospitalized hostages have reached 130+, and at least 30 more suffering aftereffects of the gas are still in critical condition.
And at that, the Russians saved all the kids taken hostage, and none of the foreign citizens [including at least three Americans] taken hostage were reported among those killed or hospitalized with serious injuries. 10 per cent casualties are indeed steep, but in line with what the Israelis were willing to accept duruing the Entebbe rescue, and were exceedingly grateful that they did not. And the Russians were MUCH more successful than were the American visitors to Iran at *Desert One* during the *Operation Eagle Claw* failed Iranian Embassy hostage rescue.