I'm just speculating it's Iran, and he mentions "counties" in the plural.
I noticed via stories here on FR that the Russians immediately and publicly played kissy face with the Israelis. That may give some hints.
Remember there were reports about jordanian and Syrian passports.
Thinking of it, he might be refering to Syria. Iran gets Syria to do some of its dirty work (for money, I'm sure.)
Most of the attackers were Chechens and Ingush who had been trained at Al Qaida camps in Afghanistan.
The 10 Arab nationals came from Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria, officials said. They said security forces seized notebooks in Arabic in the school taken over by insurgents. Officials said survivors told authorities that some of the captors spoke Arabic during the three-day hostage ordeal.
Sounds like the usual suspects...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that Israel's renewed offer to share its experience of combatting militant groups, in the wake of the Russian school massacre, would give a boost to the fight against global terror.Whirlwind? Reads like the FM rushed to Jerusalem, why would he in a time of crisis? Maybe a Syrian issue involved...Speaking to Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres at the start of a whirlwind day of meetings with officials in Jerusalem, Lavrov said terrorism is one of the biggest challenges facing the international community.
"We appreciate the very strong readiness of the Israeli people to help Russia at this hour and this will certainly strengthen the counterterrorist coalition these days," he said.
In a telephone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, Prime Minister Sharon called for expanded intelligence coordination between the two countries.