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September 01, 2004
School seized in Russia.
Breaking...
Chechen terrorists (male and female) have seized school #1 in Beslan, North Osetia.
They are holding 600 students, parents and teachers.
They demand the release of 27 terrorists who were recently arrested in
a raid in Ingushetia. Terrorists have mined the area around the school, and reportedly the female terrorists are wearing suicide belts. Terrorists have announced, via a loudspeaker, that they will kill 20 students for each terrorist killed by the police. They have also made the students stand in order to prevent the police from shooting at the windows.
About the school. School #1 has a capacity of 895 students
and 59 teachers.
I will keep updating from various russian wires every 5-15 minutes.
UPDATES
The republic of Osetia has ordered all schools closed. By the way, september 1st is the first day of the school year in Russia. Zakaev has denied that Maskhadov is responsible for this act. An explosion was heard inside the school (about 2 hours ago). kp.ru is quoting North Osetia's minister of interior as saying that there are 300-400 hostages. There seems to be a fire somewhere inside the school. Several single gun shots and a shot from a grenade launcher was heard a few minutes prior. Terrorists have also shot from grenade launcher at an armoured personnel carrier. Nobody inside was wounded. Somewhat related news - airline KrasAir flight flying from Sherm el Sheikh, Egypt to Moscow has been delayed for 2 hours, after the crew and passengers refused to fly out, when the Egyptians put two Chechen women on the plane at the last minute. The crew claimed that the women acted suspiciously and locked themselves in the bathroom as soon as they entered the plane. The women were forced to leave the plane. Details... ~50 children managed to escape at the time of seizure. 11 students and 4 adults hid in the boiler room (from where they were safely led out by the police). Later on, 2 girls managed to escape. They report that the terrorists are acting very aggresively and are scaring the children. One of the terrorists is wounded. The hostages are being kept in the school's gymnasium. The number of hostages mentioned here is 500+. Terrorists have mined the area around the school. Ok, this is scary, but voina.ru is reporting that all nuclear installations in Russia are now being re enforced with troops. No more specifics are given. FSB has established contact and is negotiating with the terrorists. The negotations are "tough". voina.ru Authorities are ready to provide food and water for the hostages if the terrorists allow it. Moscow is requesting an emergency meeting of the Security Council. 21 year old Kazik brought his sister to school. He tells the journalist what he witnessed. Around 9 am, an old truck pulled up and about 20 heavily armed terrorists dressed in black and wear black masks and 4 women with bomb belts came out. And elderly woman was shot, and a girl who looked like an 11th grader was shot in the back. She died on the spot. Kazik's sister is still a hostage. Soldiers are saying that terorrists are getting bold. They are looking outside the windows, laughing, and seems like they are speaking arabic amongst themselves. They are also yelling in Russian for the authorities to release terorrists who were recently arrested in Ingushetia. Sidenote: North Osetians are not ethnically russian, but are mountain people like the Chechens. They are, however, mostly Christian Orthodox. #1 - main building Among the dead is Ruslan Fraev - brother of Soslan Fraev who was an European wrestling champion in 1994 Correspondent from RTR is saying that children are treated well, they are allowed to use the bathroom and are given drinking water. Inconsistent information is coming out. FSB are talking with terrorists. One source is saying that FSB came in contact with them after they got the phone # on a piece of paper, others say that FSB gave the terrorists 2 radios. Officials are trying to estimate the number of hostages. Some are saying 120-300. The man who answered the phone at the school said he represented the Second Group of Salakhin Riadus Shakhidi, a rebel contingent believed to be headed by Chechnya's most notorious rebel commander, Shamil Basayev. The principal of the school and some teachers are in need of diabetes medicine. The terrorists are still not accepting food and supplies for the hostages. Apparently the terrorists are not allowing food/medication to be brought in for fear of them containing psychotropic drugs. I've reported before that the terrorists mined the area around the school, but rbc.ru is now saying that the gym, where the terorrists are holding the hostages, is rigged with explosives as well. newsru.com reminds us that on June 17th, Basayev has threatened Russia with new terorrist acts. He even mentioned Salakhin Riadus Shakhidi, the group that has taken the responspibility for today's hostage taking, by name. According to utro.ru is reporting that Salakhin Riadus Shakhidi was added to the US State Department's terrorist list on February 28, 2003. utro.ru is promising an update, from their man on the ground in Beslan, shortly. FSB finally weighs in on the number of hostages. FSB is stating that the preliminary number is around 300. Shots have been heard around the school. Automatic fire as well as single shots. Plot thickens... Basayev puts out a statement on a chechen website. He's denying any responsibility. Unforunately, lenta.ru does not mention which website. Kavkaz.org got shut down,a while back, so I thought they were down for good. Apparently they are now being hosted in UK - their russian language site (www.kavkaz.org.uk/russ/) has a link to an "official statement". They are denying everything, claiming that russians have killed over 42,000 chechen children over the years, but still denying any responsibility and denouncing terrorism all together. They say that the blame rests with Putin. There's also an english language site (www.kavkaz.org.uk/eng), but it hasn't been updated with today's news, as of yet. Ok, about the shots heard.. There was a heavy rain (which even caused some problems with the satellite equipment of the tv reporters on the scene). It's possible that the rain has affected power lines going to school and the terrorists thought the soldiers were about to storm in. The shots lasted for about three minutes and then stopped. There's a team of psychologists on the scene trying to calm down the parents of the hostages. Somewhat related news. The kuwaiti company, whose truckers were freed today, said that they have paid $500k for their release. Way to encourage the terrorists! www.kommersant.ru has a lot of information: According to an eye witness account, some people who initially escaped were hiding behind the fence and were trying to ask the terrorists what was going to happen to their children. The terrorists did not shoot but were saying "Russians, russians, don't be scared, come here". Allegedly, one even tried to lure one of the escaped students with a chocolate. kommersant.ru is saying that, possibly, the terrorists brought dogs as gas detectors (animals react to gas faster then humans), in case the police tries to gas them as was the case in the siege of the theater in Moscow. According to the witnesses, after forcing the hostages into the building, the terrorists then began to unload big boxes from their truck (probably explosives). First cops on the scene had to face rifle, machine and grenade fire from windows and the roof. Police did not shoot back since the terrorists put children in the windows as live shields. A local imam and a christian orthodox priest volunteered to go to the school, but were met with fire when they approached the building. The police then walked to the building, arms raised, with 2 motorolla radios and put them down on the steps in front of the closed door. After they walked away, the door opened and one of the terorrists, an assault rifle in one hand, a child in the other (as a live shield), retrieved them. Osetian (civilian) man with his rifle. The Mufti of Chechnya has some strong words for these terroristis. In his denounciation of their act he refers to them as "terrorist-criminals" who have "once again shown their beastly face". "Muslims of Chechnya are ready to do whatever is necessary to help free the hostages", he underlined. Basayev's official website is doing some serious PR. www.kavkaz.org.uk/russ/ they have just posted two articles (in russian) about Russia's alleged murder of 42,000 chechen children Their english language site has finally posted an article regarding the siege. They also claim to have been DOS attacked by FSB hackers, today. Whatever. Apparently, they are using their website to communicate with terorrists world wide. I've just clicked on the "chat" item in the side menu and their java chat applet told me that my IP is not authorized. They have videos of ambushes and "military operations" here. Terrorists have finally agreed to allow food and water to be brought in for the hostages. It has been around 21 hours since the school was seized. Kids must be hungry. There are 315-320 being held hostage, according to the latest and most accurate estimates. About 1,500 relatives of the hostages have been housed in a nearby community center. Some of them are getting medical and psychological help. Hot meals are being served. The list of hostages will be made public in abou 2-3 hours. There has not been any contact with the terorrists in the past few hours. Russia's leading Rabbi, Adolf Shaevich, has denounced the terrorist act and has stated that "Only by united efforts can the civilized world succeed in stamping out this evil". It is now being estimated that there are 35-40 terrorists inside the school. Also, as of now, there are 12 dead hostages all together. Russian intelligence has the names of the terrorists. Shots from automatic rifles have been heard in the past hour. Also 2 explosions. Terrorists are demanding to speak to the President of Northern Osettia, they will not negotiate with anybody else. Also, this group of terrorists is multinational - consists of chechens, ingushi, osetians and russians. Authorities have offered a safe passage to Ingutetia or Chechnya and also to trade adults for children. So far, the terorrists have turned down all offers. The number of hostages stated by this source is 364. Also, a very alarming development. According to witnesses, terrorists have taken off their masks, which might mean that they are not planning on making a getaway... Good morning. Back to updates. Relatives of the hostages are sceptic regarding the official number of hostages held - 354. According to them, there are 1154 on the school roster. Also, most students were accompanied by their families (September 1st is the first day of the russian school year). Head of Al Jazeera's office in Moscow is denying earlier rumours that his channel will act as a mediator. http://www.utro.ru/news/2004/09/02/346571.shtml Putin said that he'll do everything possible to save the hostages. Less then an hour ago: there were three explosions that were heard coming from inside the school perimeter. There are three Turkish citizens among the hostages - Annetta Gadiava and her 2 daughters (8 year old Adana and a 1 year old Milena). According to a teacher (Aslan Kadzoev), who managed to escapee during the night - Another source quoting the escaped teacher, Aslan Kadzoev, claiming that 15 adult, male hostages were shot dead by the terrorists. He claims that this took place at 11 AM. Aslan told the reporters that he was led to the room with the bodies and told to throw the corpses out the window. After throwing 14 of the 15 bodies outside, Aslan realized that he might be next. He jumped from the second floor window and ran. 26 hostages have been released. utro.ru FSB spokesman promised that FSB will not attempt to storm the school. FSB is looking for these two chechen women who are suspected of "ties with terrorists". Maybe they are the next ones to blow themselves up? A car blew up in the neighborhood of the seized school. Released hostages are being debriefed. Former President of Ingushetia, Ruslan Aushev, was instrumental in securing the release of the 26 hostages. School's principal has contaced the authorities and said that all the children in side are alive, there's no panic and the kids are obedient. Terrorists are still not accepting food and supplies for the hostages. utro.ru posted a list of the 25 (out of 26) released hostages. Its in russian, but check it out anyway. Next to the names, they publish the person's year of birth. A lot of the released were born in 2002 and 2003, and 2 were born in 2004! One of the released hostages. Soldier carrying a released hostage. gazeta.ru(hat tip Olka) A group of the hostages' relatives has recorded a statement that addresses the world's muslim community. It's to be played on Al Jazeera and Al Arabia and says that the terrorists' methods are not a solution to anything, but a sin. Terrorists are still not allowing any food/water to be brought in, but it was reported that the children were fed with supplies from the school's cafeteria. Those food supplies were depleted a few hours ago, however. Shots heard. Russian special forces (spetsnaz) soldier with a released hostage. Dr.Rochal (sp?), who has been negotiating with the terrorists, expressed his dissatisfaction with the absence of any representatives of the Red Cross. President of Osetia, Alexander Dzasohov, said that the terrorists were offered the freedom of 50 of their cohorts who were seized back in June. A deal was almost made, but at the last moment the terrorists backed down. Seems like they really have no demands. This is bad. They must be getting orders from the outside. Change your links to point to the current url, please. And keep checking, I am still updating. Armenian officials confirm that there are 5 Armenian citizens who are held hostage inside the school. Four students (one of them is a first grader) and a parent. Two of the earlier freed hostages are the Turkish citizens that I've mentioned before. Anneta Gadieva and one of her daughters. Another daughter is still inside. There are two citizens of Georgia amongst the hostages. A woman and her seven year old son. For those of you who can't read cyrillic, Dr. Rusty Shackleford has transliterated the list of the 26 released hostages. I am still on top of this, but there's nothing on the wires to post. Terrorists have not issued any demands, FSB is not going to move in with so many kids inside, so no new info yet. I have a gut feelings that its not going to end well. It's just too quiet. According to russian intelligence, Chechen terrorists receive up to $100 million dollars a year from their foreign financiers. According to the article, the three terrorists who downed a large russian millitary helicopter in 2002 (~100 dead) receievd $50k each. Relatives of a suicide bomber who blew herself up during a rock concert received $70k, and relatives of a suicide bomber who attempted to blow herself up in the center of Moscow (but was subdued and arrested) were supposed to receive $30k. 26 hostages were freed, but there are only 25 names on the list. It's being said that one of the women hostages, who came out with a child (who was not hers) in her arms, went back in, because she has three of her own children inside. newsru.com (hat tip Olka) Two explosions. Apparently, the terrorists fired two grenades. Released hostages are saying that there are Osetians amongst the terrorists. They also identified one of the terrorists - Nikolai Hodov. Hodov was already on FSB's terrorist list and was blamed for the bomb that exploded in Vladivakavkaz in February of this year. Several people were killed in that explosion. About the shots fired a shot while back. Terrorists told the authorities that they thought they saw movement. Are they getting paranoid? Small correction. The woman who came back to the school carried out her own child (not someone else's as was reported prior). She went back to stay with her remaining children. gzt.ru quotes one of the released hostages as saying that there are over 1,000+ hostages inside, not ~350 as officials claim. Terrorists have broke off all contact at 1:30 am (moscow time, or 5:45 ET) Friday 6:20 AM (moscow time) automatic was heard, a minute after - two explosions There are not 354 hostages, as was reported before, but 354 families! One of the freed hostages, Zalina Dzandorva told the following: There were a lot of wounded right away, those who could not walk on their own Initially, the terorrists allowed (tap) water to be distributed among the hostages, The Zalina Dzandorva is also saying that 2 of the women with suicide belts blew Gun shots and grenade launchers were being fired 40 minutes ago. There's some kommersant.ru has more with Zalina Dzandorova (one of the free hostages). She's saying there are up to 1,500 hostages inside the schools. Hostages are, basically, one on top of the other in the gym. Windows had to be knocked out to allow more air in. There are about 30 male terrorists. There were, also, 2 female terrorists with suicide belts, but they blew themselves up Terrorists are not taking off their masks, but claim to be chechen. They told the hostages that they want russian troops out of Chechnya, and also that their children were killed by russians and they have nothing to loose. 150 are dead (minimum) Vladivakavkaz' Clinical hospital has sent all the patients who are able to walk home, to make room Military hospitals in Moscow are ready to accept the wounded from Beslan. All the hostages have been evacuated from the gym and army sapers are in the process of removing explosives Special forces are attacking the building where terrorists have escaped to. Several terrorists have been captured. There are at least 200 wounded. One of the terrorists has been severely beaten/possibly killed by an angry mob. 344 persons are hospitalized. ex hostages are saying that terrorists began killing hostages before the storm. lenta.ru is quoting a CNN corresponding as saying that there are at least 100 dead bodies inside the gym. also, ITV's (brittish channel) correspondent is saying that the gym is completely destroyed. When the storm began, the terrorists divided into 3 groups. One of the hostages said that a female suicide bomber blew herself up when the shoot out began. Head of the North Osetian parliament asked the civilian population to organize itself into groups and Escaping terrorists have hostages with them. A female terrorist was caught. She changed into a white garb and tried to enter a hospital, gazeta.ru Doctors are afraid that some of the wounded might be terrorists. Officials are saying that as the storm took place there were 150 EMT crews on hand. There are 50 ambulances working in Beslan right now. Private cars are helping out with transporting. The unofficial number of dead is 150. Officials are not confirming, yet. Red Cross is helping out. Look at the caption! They can't even call them terrorists! BBC is a little behind on the info, russian sources say 10 of the terrorists are dead. Maybe the screen captures are not current. 13 terrorists made it outside the school perimeter. Some of the terrorists possibly made it outside the city. Some are still holed up in one of the school's buildings. It's possible that they were covering the escape of their cohorts. Another group made it outside the school perimeter and is holed up in a residential building. There's information that they might have some adult hostages. Authorities believe that the terror leaders have tried to blend in with the hostages. They think that the group was lead by Magomed "Magas" Evloev. Basayev's personal bodyguard might have been involved as well. Three of the terrorists are blocked in the basement. One terrorist was caught and beaten (by some accounts - to death). Its not clear at this point if this is a separate case or the same: Civilians took one wounded person off the Also, civilians grabbed two terrorists as they were running out from the school. Their fate is not known either. Officials confirmed only one case of lynching. One of the three groups of the terrorists has been killed off and their hostages freed. Reportedly, there are 9 arabs amongst the terrorists. Children trying to escape (when the rescue operation started) where shot in the back and beaten with rifle butts. 60 dead hostages identified so far. 690 wounded. 9 out of the 20 dead terrorists are arabs. Front page of utro.ru, right now, has a headline stating that one of the terrorists is black. ***** I translated one hostage's account here ***** Terrorist's official mouthpiece kavkazcenter.com Is claiming that its the russian SWAT that is killing the hostages. (hat tip Olka) Officials have stated that the operation is now over. Terrorists were either killed Also, the border between Northen Osetia and Ingushetia has been closed as a precaution. 4 terrorists are still unaccounted for. gazeta.ru has that number at 3. According to the latest information there are 704 persons (who were wounded in the rescue operation) in Beslan's hospitals. Some are in mobile units. Up to 300-400 dead. According to the hostages, the explosives in the gym blew up and the roof fell. That was the cause for the storming of the building by the russian troops. The terrorist who was caught by the civilians and severely beaten is not dead, and was handed over to the authorities. The gym exploded due to a poorly secured booby trap, people sitting next to it were blown to bits, some bodies flew out the gym windows. Then the troops stormed in and the terrorists started to throw grenades at the hostages.
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All the new updates will be posted here **************************************************
There are about 25 terrorists, 4 of them are women with bomb belts, and they also have 2 dogs.
Suicide bomber that brought down one of the russian planes last week and yesterday's suicide bomber in Moscow are sisters????
Children started to run. Those who were standing closest to the street were able to make it out. Terorrists starting pushing others towards the building, and throwing some children through windows (inside the building)(!!!).
#2 - main entrance
#3 - court yard (where it all began)
#4 - gym (where the hostages are kept)
#5 - facade
#6 - emergency exit
#7 - boiler room
#8 - sport complex
#9 - stadium
Children are being kept separate from the adult hostages, however.
He stated that these "terrorist-criminals" are people without a religion and definately are not muslim. Those who know Islam would not use the word together with "terrorism" in the same sentence, he said, because "Islam is a great religion, which calls onto its followers to commit good to others people and nations".
(a gruesome photo of dead kids is accompanying the text). The second article is titled "You Reap What You Sow".
the terrorists picked 15 of the most strongest looking men to the floor above the gym and shot them. Russian officials are not confirming nor denying yet.
Russian experts believe that the terrorists are stalling for time and waiting for orders from the "top".
There are no casualties. Authorities are investigating.
For some reason, moveabletype renamed the filename of this entry, so the old links went to an old copy which was not being updated...
The relatives of the women who blew up the planes, and the woman who blew herself by a metro station will probably get a similar payment as well.
This is according to the released hostages.
Terrorists are still refusing food, water and other supplies for the hostages.
were finished off. All the men who tried to resist were killed (around 20). Some wounded
were taken out from the gym and shot in the hallway.
but then frustrated with the leaders of Ingushetia and North Osetia not meeting them,
they would not even give water to children.
themselves up in the hallway where men were being held....
information that one of the gunmen is a notorious terorrist. Possibly Doka Umarov,
but right now he is asked to be called "Goretz".
in the school's hallway, which held some of the male hostages. After their exploded, the male terrorists said that their "sisters" were "victiorious".
Details coming up shortly, but:
This is going to be a bit disorganized, but a lot of things happened and I am not quite sure where to start... But here's the latest:
for the wounded from Beslan.
from that area.
tanks are being used.
First group stayed inside the school, second group tried to escape,
and third tried to blend in with the hostages.
patrol the town looking for the escaping terrorists.
but due to the heavy police presence turned around and headed to the HQ where she was apprehended.
There are 500 wounded in hospitals all together. Many have concussions and gunshot wounds.
Most of the children have little close on,
and women are barefoot.
ARMED GANG!?!?!?!?!?!?
There's unconfirmed info that one of them is the leader of the whole group.
stretcher, because he was wearing a military type glove and thus suspected of being a terrorist. The mob set on him and his fate is not known.
More photos (hat tip Olka)
(Hat tip Olka for the photos)
Those people are sick.
or apprehanded, and authorities are doubting that any have escaped.
No gunfire or explosions are heard. Sapers are still checking the school for booby traps. 95 dead hostages have been identified so far.
Posted by Stan at September 1, 2004 09:32 AM
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» The Hostage Crisis from Willow Tree
The children are not being given food yet. Damn those bastards! There are some reports from escaped hostages that 15 male hostages were made to lie on the ground and were shot dead. They have released 26 of the hostages;... [Read More]
Tracked on September 2, 2004 11:52 AM
» Russian Hostages from A Physicist's Perspective
RUSSIAN HOSTAGES:
Here's a site with running updates from a variety of Russian and other wire services
on the Russian school hostage situation. This seems very thorough. Highlights/interesting
tidbits are:
There are 315-320 being held hostage... [Read More]
Tracked on September 2, 2004 12:04 PM
» Names of Released Hostages from mypetjawa v. 2.0 (beta)
The terrorists have released 32 hostages. The names of 25 of them have been released in Russian. I have transliterated the names below. They seem to be mostly infants and their immediate caregivers. Stan at Logic and Sanity is updating... [Read More]
Tracked on September 2, 2004 03:27 PM
» The Islamic Terrorists and Their Child Hostages from American Digest
Stan at Logic & Sanity: School seized in Russia reads Russian and is translating, summarizing and blogging the details of this unfolding atrocity from the Russian wires whenever a new item surfaces. Earlier today, the animals who did this released 26 h... [Read More]
Tracked on September 2, 2004 05:10 PM
» Russian Hostage Crisis from Creative Destruction
Logic & Sanity: School seized in Russia. There hasn't been any significant media coverage of 1,500 (!) hostages being held by Chechen terrorists in Beslan, North Osetia. This page has the breaking news.... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 03:45 AM
» Russian School Hostage Crisis Update from The Laughing Wolf
FLASH TRAFFIC: There are now reports of explosions, gunfire, and fighting. Fox is reporting that at least some hostages are free, but this news is fragmentary and incomplete. There appear to be running gun battles underway. UPDATE: Interfax is running... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 07:54 AM
» Bloody Shootout Ends Ossetian Hostage Crisis from mypetjawa v. 2.0 (beta)
Horrible. Sickened. Reuters:Russian troops stormed a school Friday in a chaotic battle to free hundreds of parents, teachers and children who had been held hostage for two days by Chechen separatists. Naked and screaming children ran for safety amid ma... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 09:25 AM
» Commandos Storm School amid Explosions, Gunfire from Backcountry Conservative
Fox News reports explosions and gunfire at the school that is the scene of the hostage standoff. Developing... UPDATE Fox News Russian commandos have taken the school. More than 200 injured. Commandos are chasing down terrorists and terrorists are usin... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 09:44 AM
» No More Study War No More For Me, Thank You from Silflay Hraka
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. --John Adams photo via Logic and Sanity... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 12:57 PM
» No More Study War No More For Me, Thank You from Silflay Hraka
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. --John Adams photo via Logic and Sanity With (some, faint) apologies to Willie Dixon, Won't that be one mighty day When we hear... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 01:01 PM
» Beslan from Boulevard St Michel
Harrowing images and regular updates from the crisis in southern Russia today at Logic and Sanity. I've been glued to BBC, CNN and ITV all afternoon and am struggling to come to terms with the scenes at the school in... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 01:07 PM
» 100 dead in Chechen School - More Coverage from rue jules verne
Troops have stormed the school in Chechnya, current estimates are at over 100 dead.
Logic & Sanity has excellent coverage of the events.
This is an horrible incident. I honestly don't have appropriate words for this. [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 01:29 PM
» lamentation from andunie.net
A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children Because they are no more. As near as I can ascertain, the terrorists—many of whom... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 01:53 PM
» The Russian School from MPhyle.com
Two sites: Feces Flinging Monkey Logic and Sanity. If, by the end of reading these two posts, you don't feel the need to find the people responsible for this and gut them like the animals they are, you need to... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 02:16 PM
» Hostage Situation Ends from King of Fools
Backcountry Conservative has the latest on the Russian hostage situation as well as links to commentary all over. The ending sounds about as bad as it possibly could turn out. Plenty of dead innocents is tragic but not unexpected but... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 02:25 PM
» A tragedy in Russia from Number 2 Pencil
Every parent's nightmare just came true in Russia: Chechen terrorists (male and female) have seized school #895 in Beslan, North Osetia. They are holding 600 students, parents and teachers. They demand the release of 27 terrorists who were recently arr... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 03:05 PM
» Russians Go In... from In Search of Utopia
As many of us suspected would happen, the Russians have assaulted the school in Southern Russia where as many as 1,5000 hostages were believed to be held by seperatist terrorist. Reports are spotty. CNN is reporting that the fighting is... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 03:31 PM
» Russia from Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins
The image above was taken from Logic and Sanity, which I found via The Command Post. Children. I keep looking at these pictures, and I wonder where their clothes are, and I cannot imagine how terrifying it must have... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 04:08 PM
» Russian school siege ended, few terrorists flee from Whatsakyer? Animal? Vegetable? Mineral?
[...] Logic and Sanity has absolutely incredible coverage... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 05:14 PM
» Too horrible from In Context
Meryl links to this post at Logic & Sanity, where Stan is blogging the real news about the terror and tragedy in Russia from the... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 06:49 PM
» Russian Terrorism from Squidly.com
Comprehensive reporting on the terrorist events at the school in Russia can be found here. This site also has a... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 08:29 PM
» RUSSIA'S 9/11 from Michelle Malkin
Don't let the Labor Day holiday be an excuse to slack off and neglect staying the ongoing horror and suffering of Russian parents and children at the hands of Islamic terrorists. Read about this Sophie's Choice nightmare. Take in the... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 10:49 PM
» Broken Hearted from Random (but not really)
My heart has been breaking this week, as I've read the news, and seen the pictures, from the school hostage crisis in Russia. I will never be able to such a horror. Nor do I want to.... [Read More]
Tracked on September 3, 2004 11:51 PM
» I Have No Words for This from Way Off Bass
A sonnet commentary. [Read More]
Tracked on September 4, 2004 03:00 AM
» God, Please bless the Russians from FubarMag.com News
Dear God - I grieve for the Russian people as if they are my own family. As I look the images...I don't know what to say....I can't even begin to fathom the pain that the moms, dads, children, and soldiers [Read More]
Tracked on September 4, 2004 08:01 AM
» Today We Are All Russians, We Are All Ossetians from Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal: A Weblog
Today we are all Russians, we are all Ossetians. Logic and Sanity: Up to 300-400 dead. According to the hostages, the explosives in the gym blew up and the roof fell. That was the cause for the storming of the building by the russian troops. The terro... [Read More]
Tracked on September 4, 2004 01:45 PM
» What War On Terror? from Your Daily Prescott
If you want to see what Muslim terrorists do to innocentchildren (I mean, if you haven't already seen the buses of children killed by Palestinian terrorists) you can go to this site keep scrolling down. Note: These are no the... [Read More]
Tracked on September 6, 2004 02:56 PM
» lamentation from andunie.net
A voice is heard in Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping,
Rachel is weeping for her children;
She refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because they are no more. [Read More]
Tracked on September 7, 2004 01:23 AM
» A day at school from the fourth rail
Sincerest condolences to the the families and friends of those who lost loved ones in the unthinkable crimes in Russia. For a complete timeline of the Russian hostage crisis, go to Logic and Sanity. Stan and Olka are translating the... [Read More]
Tracked on September 7, 2004 11:22 AM
» Cleric supports targeting children from Radio Brian Scott
This is a rather emotional post. I don’t believe this will edify anyone. I needed to vent. Make no mistake; this is the type of animal we are at war with. And since these types of animals hate being called... [Read More]
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» 2005 Ford Focus Review from 2005 Ford Focus Review
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» 2005 Volkswagen Jetta Review from 2005 Volkswagen Jetta Review
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Tracked on September 26, 2005 06:11 AM