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Russian TV shows 'hostage-taker'
BBC ^ | 09-05-04 | Steven Eke

Posted on 09/05/2004 2:25:53 PM PDT by Apollo

Russian TV has shown pictures of a man who is believed to have been one of the hostage-takers at the school in the southern town of Beslan. Channel One state television showed the man being dragged into a room by two masked commandoes.

His hands cuffed and locked behind his back, he makes a plea to the camera.

It is the very first evidence provided by the Russian authorities to back up their claim to have captured three of the hostage-takers alive.

In the footage, shown on Sunday evening, the man, whose accent strongly suggests he is from the region and not a foreigner, makes a plea to the camera.

"I really didn't go there to die and I still don't want to die. I swear, I swear to Allah the almighty, that I want to live," he says.

'Triumphalist'

The presenter says the alleged hostage-taker was trying to escape when the special forces caught him.

He had apparently shaved off his beard and was trying to flee with the liberated hostages.

The report was highly triumphalist and ended with images of the corpses of the dead hostage-takers crawling with flies.

The reports may go some way to reassuring ordinary Russians, many of whom are confused by the contradictory messages about casualty figures and exactly what happened in Beslan.

The incident has been a massive embarrassment for the Kremlin, but the message from state television tonight is that everything is now under control.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: beslan; ossetia
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To: Petronski

I agree with the bacon sentiments.

Either:
turn him over to the grieving parents.
OR
forced conversion to Christianity (is there a passage
in the Koran about
this?)


21 posted on 09/05/2004 2:44:59 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Religion of peace my foot....

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

22 posted on 09/05/2004 2:45:10 PM PDT by mhking
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To: BenLurkin

muslim smoked bacon - could be a market there - great idea! :-)


23 posted on 09/05/2004 2:45:32 PM PDT by Southern62
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To: Apollo

24 posted on 09/05/2004 2:46:18 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: Petronski
Make him watch while his gallows is built, then hang the bastard.

You are being way too kind

25 posted on 09/05/2004 2:46:52 PM PDT by Popman
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To: gopwinsin04
OMG, that link is absolutely heartbreaking.

I am having flashbacks to 9/11, in a way, and in spades.

26 posted on 09/05/2004 2:47:21 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Popman

Vengence is not mine.


27 posted on 09/05/2004 2:47:24 PM PDT by Petronski (With what? Spitballs!?!)
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To: Apollo

Ohhh boy did he just screw up. He's going to be tortured endlessly now.


28 posted on 09/05/2004 2:48:03 PM PDT by Kornev
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To: Dallas59

Another face of the Religion of Peace.


29 posted on 09/05/2004 2:49:36 PM PDT by Gator113
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Id shove that mike somewhere else on that POS..


30 posted on 09/05/2004 2:50:01 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: Dallas59

Drawn & Quaarterd sounds appropriate.


31 posted on 09/05/2004 2:50:06 PM PDT by P-Marlowe
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To: Popman

I think the way to deal with him is to make him name names of his accomplices and everyone in his family on Chechen TV. Play the tapes 6 times a day for a week on TV then set him free in the idiot section of Chechnia.


32 posted on 09/05/2004 2:50:21 PM PDT by blarneystone
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To: TomGuy

Time to bring back good old Vlad. Vlad the Impaler.

Grease up a six inch diameter fence post - roughly turned with lots of slivers and a dull rounded tip - and place the naked terrorist on top of that. Once the process starts, there's no stopping it. Those last minutes would be a mere downpayment on the Hell these @ssholes deserve.


33 posted on 09/05/2004 2:50:33 PM PDT by datura (Well President Putin, Let's Roll!! The US is your ally, EUrabia is NOT.)
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To: Apollo
"I really didn't go there to die and I still don't want to die. I swear, I swear to Allah the almighty, that I want to live," he says.

You should be praying allah, the almighty, have mercy on my soul that I die a quick death.

The rest of us don't give a sh*t and hope you die a long, slow, agonizing painful death that lasts for weeks

34 posted on 09/05/2004 2:51:21 PM PDT by Popman
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To: Apollo

Thank you for posting this Apollo.


35 posted on 09/05/2004 2:51:52 PM PDT by Artemis Webb
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To: Apollo

"triumphalist"

My sympathy meter is broken, but that won't keep Al Beeb from trying. No wonder murder-apologist "peace" swine cite the "global media" as authority for their depraved lies.


36 posted on 09/05/2004 2:52:30 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy ("It is our custom to hang chaps who do that sort of thing.")
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To: Apollo
He may pray for a quick death !
37 posted on 09/05/2004 2:53:19 PM PDT by traumer
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To: Petronski
Vengence is not mine.

Very true, but it does make it less frustrating thinking these evil people should pay the price in the here and now.

38 posted on 09/05/2004 2:54:48 PM PDT by Popman
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To: P-Marlowe
Drawn & Quaarterd sounds appropriate.

Only if it take five or six days to do it.

39 posted on 09/05/2004 2:55:27 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (For an Evil Super Genius, you aren't too bright are you?)
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To: Apollo
Whats a hostage taker?? this is not a PC certifiable event!! these are the lowest of animals and need a Horrible and slow death in Public.
40 posted on 09/05/2004 2:58:12 PM PDT by Fast1
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