Russia Remembers Victims of Basayev Raid on Budyonnovsk

Budyonnovsk, a small town in south Russia, is marking the 10th anniversary of the Chechen rebel raid on its hospital where thousands of people were taken hostage in June 1995.

Residents lit candles in their homes in memory of the tragic events their town witnessed a decade ago. Local churches held memorial services on Monday and Tuesday.

On Tuesday mourning ceremonies were held across Budyonnovsk, with people laying wreaths at monuments to local police officers who were the first to confront the militants as the gang stormed into the city, dressed in Russian army uniforms.

Budyonnovsk residents also paid homage to the doctors and local residents who opposed the rebels as they tried to help hostages.

Back in June 1995, notorious Chechen leader Shamil Basayev led a troop of rebels into Budyonnovsk where they captured a large hospital and took over 1,800 people hostage, demanding a cease-fire, an end to the war and the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya.

After fighting in which more than a hundred hostages were killed, Basayev and his men were allowed to retreat safely back to Chechnya. Basayev and his men then escaped back into Chechnya, using some hostages as human shields.

Basayev has claimed responsibility for many of Russia’s most dramatic terror attacks in recent years, including last September’s hostage seizure at a school in the southern town of Beslan.

Basayev put up pregnant women in the windows as a cover from snipers during that ordeal.

2 posted on 06/17/2005 1:03:10 PM PDT by BrooklynGOP (www.logicandsanity.com)

RoPers...

...Waddyagonnado?

3 posted on 06/17/2005 1:11:08 PM PDT by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)

An interview with the bastard is being shown on Nightline tonight the 28th.

Russians are upset as well they should be.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-eur/2005/jul/28/072804556.html

4 posted on 07/28/2005 7:27:15 PM PDT by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))

Ping anyone interested.

The bastard Basayev will be interviewed on Nightline tonight the 28th. Lots of people are upset. Can you imagine an interview with OBL talking about his complaints against the US and the west...this is sickening.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-eur/2005/jul/28/072804556.html

5 posted on 07/28/2005 7:31:21 PM PDT by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))

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