[archy]

A novel tactic indeed: minimal doses of Novichok-33 binary nerve gas. The toll of deaths among the hostages is now reported by ABC and Reuters as 90 or more, with one account by the Mayor of Moscow listing 130+, and that with 30 or more hostages still in critical condition suffering from the aftereffects of their gassing.

And even at that, the numbers of losses suffered may be as low as could possibly have been managed with 700 lives at stake, and it appears that none of the children hostages or any of the foreigners held by the terrorists were among those killed or hospitalized- including the three Americans.

But it would certainly be much more appropriate to gas the Chechyen terrorists in locations where no innocent bystanders or hostages will be harmed. Unfortunately, it may not be possible for that ideal to be realized, but it would be a nice gesture.

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[seeker41]

Novichok - Recently developed choline sterase inhibitor (U.S.S.R.). May affect human genes and thus damage could be genetically transmitted to offspring.

NOWHERE CAN I FIND INFORMATION THAT THIS AGENT CAUSES SLEEPING.