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As all the horrific details come out about the Islamofascist massacre of children in Beslan, a number of thoughts come to mind. 1. Throughout the reporting of the massacre, not a single news medium I read or heard spent time lecturing the listeners about how this carnage must prove how just the Chechen terrorists' cause is, else why would they be so "desperate". 2. No news media talking heads nor Op-Ed writers hectored readers by demanding that the Russians now address the underlying causes of the anger out (sic) them by the terrorists. 3. Michael Lerner did not devote a...

Mercenaries from Arabic countries are thought to have been involved in Ingushetia’s deadly rebel raid Monday night, a law enforcement authority told Interfax. “This was an act of international terrorism,” the source was quote as saying. Mercenaries from Saudi Arabia are thought to have been involved in the invasion, a law enforcement authority told Interfax. “This was an act of international terrorism,” the source was quote as saying. Meanwhile, the death toll in went up to 98, with 104 people wounded, Itar-Tass reported. Among those dead are 23 civilians, 29 Interior Ministry servicemen, 10 regional FSB agents, five staff members...

UPDATED AT 11:27 PM EST Friday, Feb. 13, 2004 Killing of key Chechen separatist seen as retaliation By MARK MacKINNON From Saturday's Globe and Mail Moscow — One of the key figures of the Chechen separatist movement, who was near the top of Russia's most-wanted list, was killed by a car bomb yesterday, one week after an attack on the Moscow subway that was blamed on Chechen rebels. Former Chechen president Zelimkham Yandarbiyev died in a Qatari hospital yesterday, hours after a bomb tore through his white Jeep, killing two bodyguards and seriously wounding his 13-year-old son. Mr. Yandarbiyev, who...