There are now reports of two explosions at the school.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20040902/ap_on_re_eu/russia_school_seizure
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From: G
To: CF-Community
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 2:09 PM
Subject: Chechen rebels
Here is a very good overview of Chechnya:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechnya
The thing that may jump out at you is that Chechnya, like much of southern Russia and central Asia, is largely Muslim. The jihadists bred during the Russian conflict in Afghanistan- bin Laden and his ilk- spread their
They're just copying what Palestinian terrorists did years ago. Nothing new
here. Actually there is something new. They're threatening first. The cases
in Israel never had threats first. Just the killing.
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I'm pretty sure i don't understand all of the politics that govern the
Chechnya/Ru
I'm pretty sure i don't understand all of the politics that govern the Chechnya/Russian conflicti dont know much about Chechnya, what it's beef is, etc etc.
But one thing i'm pretty sure about..kidnapping and threatening to kill SCHOOL CHILDREN is about as vile an act as is imaginable. The
