[secretagent]

The radio news here just said that doctors treating the survivors don't what gas poisoned the hostages, which hamstrings treatment.

[jiggyboy]

I've been trying to find some info about this gas, but it looks like Russia is better about keeping its military secrets from the media than the U.S. is. I'd also bet (being a completely uninformed in these matters) that we don't have anything like it -- we certainly have had plenty of opportunities to use it over the past few years.