To Russia With Love

[AnnaZ]

 

 

 

All I'd like to do is bask in the warm RNC afterglow, but what has occurred in Russia is too much, too sickening and heartbreaking.

 

GOTTA SEE THIS - Terrorists attack Russian School - Warning: Graphic images
AP News, Reuters, Yahoo News, UPI, russian TV | Sept 03, 2004 | The usual suspects

Posted on 09/03/2004 8:07:04 AM PDT by TaxRelief

 

 

 

 

Perhaps it's organize-a-vigil time; at the very least, it's send condolences time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address	9 East 91 st Street, New York, NY 10128 [ see map ] Closest subway station - "86-th street" (trains 4,5,6)
Phone	(212) 348-0926
Fax	(212) 831-9162
Open for public	Mondays - Thursdays: 09:30A.M. -01:00P.M., 02:00P.M. - 05:00P.M. Fridays: 09:30P.M. - 01:00P.M., 02:00P.M. - 04:00P.M. Saturdays, Sundays, Russian national holidays - closed
Consul General	Hon. Sergey V. Garmonin

 

 

 

 

The horrific facets of this abomination are innumerable.

Killers Set Terms, a Mother Chooses (L.A. Slimes...requires reg)

 

 

 

 

Prayers for the survivors and the victims' loved ones.

[M007]

I pray that JESUS will help those poor people in Russia in everyway.

[AnnaZ]

They pulled "Sophie's" choices on the mothers that they set free!!!

[StoneColdGOP]

Great idea.

I think there's a consulate in San Francisco or Los Angeles, too.

[AnnaZ]

Apparently this is a Christian area of Russia.

 

We're in a Holy War... and only one side cares to accept or admit it.

[aquila48]

With those two airplanes and now the school - this is their 9/11. I'm surprised this is not getting more attention and solidarity from us!

[AnnaZ]

 

Contacting the Russian Consulate

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The Russian Federation maintains Consular Offices in four locations in the U.S., with each having its own jurisdiction. To contact your local Russian Consulate, click on the map or state code below.

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THE CONSULAR DIVISION OF THE EMBASSY 
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Address:	2641 Tunlaw Road, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007
Telephone:	(202) 939-8907, 939-8913, 939-8918
Fax:	(202) 483-7579
Office hours:	Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Open to public:	Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Head of the Consular Division:	Vadim V. Saveliev
Jurisdiction:	Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,  Maryland, Missouri, Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.

 

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THE CONSULATE GENERAL 
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN NEW YORK

Address:	9 East 91 Street, New York, NY 10128
Telephone:	(212) 348-0926 Fax: (212) 831-9162
Office hours:	Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Open to public:	Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Acting Consul General:	Sergey V. Garmonin
Jurisdiction:	Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

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THE CONSULATE GENERAL 
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN SAN FRANCISCO

Address:	2790 Green Street San-Francisco, CA 94123
Telephone:	(415) 928-6878 , (415) 202-9800
Fax:	(415) 929-0306
Office hours:	Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Open to public:	Visa Desk                     : Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Passport&Legal Deck: Monday - Friday 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Consul General:	Victor N. Lizun
Jurisdiction:	Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Utah.

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THE CONSULATE GENERAL 
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN SEATTLE

Address:	2323 Westin Building, 2001 6th Ave. Seattle, WA 98121
Telephone:	(206) 728-1910
Fax:	(206) 728-1871
Office hours:	Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Open to public:	Visa Desk                     : Monday - Friday 2:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. Passport&Legal Deck: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Consul General:	Vladimir I. Volnov
Jurisdiction:	Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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THE CONSULATE GENERAL 
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN Houston

Address:	1333 West Loop South, Ste.1300,    Houston, TX 77027.
Telephone:	(713) 337-3300
Fax:	(713) 337-3305
Office hours:	Monday - Frid.  9:00 - 12:30; 14:30 - 18:00
Consul General:	Nikolay V. Sofinskiy
Jurisdiction:	Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,  Oklahoma,  Texas.

 

[GarySpFc]

ping - Russian school

[cake_crumb]

Those poor kids and their families have been in my prayers ever since this crime against humanity started.

Though a second generation American, my prayers and solidarity go out to all the people of Mother Russia, all the parents watching and hearing what those animals are doing. I know, as a parent, that each and every one of them cannot help but think "What if that were MY child? What if that were THEIR school"

In fact, I stand with my fellow Americans, watching and listening to the updates, whom I KNOW are thinking the exact same thing.

The terrorists crossed the same line in Russia they did here in the United States on 9/11/01. It's bad enough they mess with US...now they're deliberately targeting our kids.

The fact that those kids were NAKED has been driving me to distraction all day...that's...I can't handle what they did to those children. And probably the parents and teachers with them. "Atrocity" may not be a strong enough word when the rest of the story comes out.

[Feiny]

I can't stop the tears....it is jusy so sad.

My sister has 2 adopted Russian babies so it hits close to home.

[AnnaZ]

With those two airplanes and now the school - this is their 9/11. I'm surprised this is not getting more attention and solidarity from us!

That's exactly how I feel, which is why I felt compelled to start this thread.

 

What has occurred in Beslan is HORRIFIC and frighteningly inhuman. It must be mourned, and then redeemed. Putin's got to drop the gloves.

[fortunecookie]

Many thanks for posting this. I, too, was hoping to enjoy the afterglow of the RNC and it's Bush bounce. I would like to send condolences and am sending prayers.

[Lord Nelson]

What infuriates me even more is those Americans – be they left, right, libertarian – that have been suggesting that the war on terror is a fiction. Oh really? So Putin has this all staged then? Bush, Putin, the Indian Parliament, have all gotten together to mastermind a phony war on terror? [My God – I just wrote the next thesis for a book by Moore or Chomsky]

[Tom602]

The MSM and demoncraps would call these people "Freedom Fighters". I on the other hand call them monsters (much worse things actually, but I'm on a public site).

What kind of people would do this to innocent children?!

My heart and prayers go out to ALL of the family members who lost loved ones and also to the Russian police.

[cake_crumb]

"With those two airplanes and now the school - this is their 9/11. I'm surprised this is not getting more attention and solidarity from us!"

I don't think any one of us can see what's going on and not be affected. Hopefully, it's exhaustion that's keeping us from giving a solid show of support. I know the former Soviet Union and government of Russia don't have the best track record in dealing with emergencies like this, but in this case, I can't blame the actions of the government or military. They were forced into action by the terrorists.

Unfortunately, I HAVE been hearing a distressing number of talking heads and retired diplomats all but coming straight out and directly blaming Russia'a policies in Chechnya for this horror.

Let me say this: nobody but the criminals involved are EVER to blame for torturing and murdering innocent children. HUMAN BEINGS are intelligent enough to know that those children have HARMED NOBODY. HUMAN BEINGS are nurturing to children and DO NO HARM TO THEM, EVER.

[AnnaZ]

I can't stop the tears....

I have been sobbing as well. It is just unspeakable. The photos I linked to almost made me throw up, a reflex brought on less by gore and more by anguish.

 

I cannot imagine how the families feel. Something must be done to make such an operation never, ever seem "worth it" again.

[cake_crumb]

There is no redemption for such an atrocity against the human race. We can only cleanse ourselves of these animals after the fact. As noted in the Neuremburg trials, death is the only retribution we can give them for killing millions, but we can kill each only once.

The animals that did this STILL deserve to be cleansed from the planet.

[AnnaZ]

Those poor kids and their families have been in my prayers ever since this crime against humanity started.

Mine as well.

 

These terrorists are relentless. One of them even, disguised as a doctor, tried to blow up a hospital later.

[gilliam]

People carry a stretcher with a victim from a seized school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Friday, Sept. 3, 2004. Commandos stormed a school Friday in southern Russia where hundreds of hostages had been held for three days, sending hostage-takers and their captives fleeing in a scene of chaos amid explosions and gunfire. More than 100 children were wounded in the assault, some running from the building naked and covered in blood. Victim's condition is not known. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

[Lord Nelson]

Not sure what your papers say, but here in Canada the word "militants" are used. I don't like that one either. Call them what they are.