Moscow Probes Al-Qa'eda Link As Moscow Siege Ends With 150 Dead (Graphic Photo)

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10-27-2002 | Christina Lamb/Ben Aris

[Righty1]

I hope that they get an interrogation the likes of which the world has never seen!!

[Diogenesis]

Click pic for more

[nicmarlo]

Prayers for the families and friends of the slain hostages. Thank God that more were not killed. Thank God that most of the terrorists were.

[blam]

Thanks for the pictures. I call this one, "Sleeping Whores." (I also changed my profile page after I did)

[mass55th]

I'd heard Madonna's new movie was boring...

[MarMema]

Thanks for this blam!!

[MarMema]

I don't know if Udugov was "eagle", good question.

Seems like in Khattab's absence, Basayev is making new friends in Turkey..

[MarMema]

Russian officials said that the hostage-takers had made several calls to the United Arab Emirates during the siege.

OOh, a little white=washing here....Lenta.ru says the terrorists called Turkey, specifically.

[dennisw]

The only good Jehadi is a dead Jehadi

 

Sat Oct 26, 1:23 PM ET

The body of a man thought to be a Chechen gunman lies at the entrance of a theater after it was stormed by special forces in Moscow, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002. Russian special forces stormed the building before sunrise Saturday to end the crisis. More than 90 hostages dead, but some 750 others freed and dozens of the assailants killed. (AP Photo/Gazeta)

[LIBERTARIAN JOE]

Thanks for the pictures. I call this one, "Sleeping Whores."

Somebody on another thread commented that the "sleeping whores" in the picture looked just like the plague victims (the family) in the movie "Omega Man". If you've seen it, you have to agree

[dalebert]

I know the Russians are upset about the hostages that died but it could have been so much worse.

[Angelus Errare]

I imagine they could have called both UAE (al-Qaeda's financial transmission center) and Turkey, since they were in there for a couple of days.

[blam]

"I know the Russians are upset about the hostages that died but it could have been so much worse."

Yup. I don't think the female terrorists were able to explode any of the explosives. Could have been a major disaster.

[nicmarlo]

FYI, I just sent an e-mail to NY Times about an article they printed today by Michael Wines; I quoted this article (thanks for posting) as a contrast:

Dear Editor:

In Michael Wines' article, "At Least 67 Captives and 50 Chechens Die in Moscow Siege" of October 27, 2002, he repeatedly called the terrorists "guerillas," except for one paragraph wherein he called them "a band of 50 Chechen guerrillas." The truth, however, is they were terrorists.

I find Mr. Wines' choice of words especially "interesting" because, when I read an article in The Telegraph today by Christina Lamb and Ben Aris, for example, they wrote that "a senior Western diplomat said, ‘There were definitely Arab terrorists in the building with links to al-Qa'eda.' According, also, to The Telegraph, "the Russians will now want to know how much help the Chechens received from bin Laden's organisation." It would be incredulous to believe that Mr. Wines overlooked this "little" piece of information.

My opinion: at least The Telegraph prints the truth, in all its ugliness.

[blam]

"FYI, I just sent an e-mail to NY Times about an article they printed today by Michael Wines; I quoted this article (thanks for posting) as a contrast:"

Wonderful, thanks.

[gcruse]

The Telegraph has learned that a number of Arab fighters, believed to
be of Saudi Arabian and Yemeni origin, were among the
group that seized control of the theatre.

I saw a previous thread remarking that Russia has not learned a
lesson because they still support Iranian terrorists.  The smugness
of Americans whose government continues to support Saudia
Arabia, the source of our own disaster, 9/11, is revolting.
 
 
 

[gcruse]

The Telegraph has learned that a number of Arab fighters, believed to
be of Saudi Arabian and Yemeni origin, were among the
group that seized control of the theatre.

I saw a previous thread remarking that Russia has not learned a
lesson because they still support Iranian terrorists.  The smugness
of Americans whose government continues to support Saudia
Arabia, the source of our own disaster, 9/11, is revolting.
 
 
 

[blam]

Yup. Check this out:

Russia Refuses To Stop Aiding Iran's Nuclear Programme

[river rat]

You can say that again....oh, I see you did..
Semper Fi