Intelligence Agencies Fear Escalation of Violence

Der Spiegel ^ | Sept. 5, 2004 | Friedrich Kuhn

[A6M3]

Any suicide attacks should be responded to, by assassinating all known living members of the sucicide attackers family. Then in affect a sucicide bomber, hostage taker, ect. would by his actions condemn all members of his family to death. This is how Russia should respond and all other countries who are attacked by terrorists. Also, all muslim countries should be put on notice that if one weapon of mass destruction is used by terrorists in an attack, then all of the worlds muslim countries will be destroyed by weapons of mass destruction.

[rolling_stone]

Beslan perpetrators have reached a level of terrorism that can lead to even greater violence.

Uh no kidding who is going to wait around to be the next victim? When you have the cards raise em and force them to fold before they can get stronger...should be about 1000 to one payback on any terrist acts.

[fire_eye]

When the Romans were unable to reach an accomodation with an enemy, and had found the enemy so intractable as to be incapable of keeping a peace agreement, they would, after conquering, kill every living thing in the enemy's territory: men, women, children, dogs, horses - everything.

The Romans did not do this out of savagery, but because they had determined over the course of hundreds of years that such measures were the only effective means of causing barbarians to fear Rome enough that they would stop committing depradations on the fringes of the Empire.

[A6M3]

That was true then, and it's true now.

[Kornev]

The russian attacks are a stage. A full 'stage' like 9/11 was.

Why do we put up with islam?

[Clock King]

Evidently young Israeli children don't qualify by German standards.

Apparently not. The world both never acknowledged and quickly forgot about the pregnant Israeli woman and her 4 children who were machine-gunned in their car a few months ago. I knew then the type of animals we were dealing with...

[A6M3]

When the terrorists held the children hostage, Putin should have informed them, that chechneya was being held hostage and if they didn't surrender and release the children that chechneya would be vaporized with thermonuclear weapons. That's where the Russian government made its big mistake. Somtimes Putin in situations that warrant it, has to ask himself, what would Stalin have done?

[marron]

There hasn't been the political will to properly police the borders yet. Let something happen, though, and everyone will want to know why it wasn't done (as we here at FR already wonder).

That will be the subject matter of the next congressional commission investigating America's Beslan.

I obviously hope I am not right.

[marron]

what would Stalin have done?

WWSD?

I'm not going to come out in favor of Stalin, but we are learning that being one of Stalins' victims does not automatically make you a Jeffersonian Democrat.

Just as being one of Saddam's victims didn't make Muqtadr Sadr into a political progressive. And I was watching an interview today with some of the bad guys in Fallujah, who had been brutalized by Saddam, but were now fighting us because they didn't have electricity quickly enough.

Some souls yearn to be free, and some souls demand to be locked up.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Al Qaeda Network = Islam

You get rid of a million terrorists and a million take their place. They can't and don't field them all at once. "Moderate" Muslims are the bench and support for Al Qaeda players.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

because they didn't have electricity quickly enough

Media consumption BS.

[marron]

It was almost funny. They told the interviewer about having been brutalized by Saddam, imprisoned, some members of the family killed.

So aren't you glad the Americans overthrew him?

"Yes, a thousand times, we would drink Saddam's blood."

So why are you fighting the Americans?

"They promised us stability and electricity and they haven't delivered."

Some folks just need killin'.

[A6M3]

I'm not a fan of Stalin either but in this game the most brutal wins. The reason we beat the Japanese in WW2 is because we had the means to kill every Japanese in Japan with minimal losses to ourselves and demonstrated to them our willingness to do just that. That's what it will take to win the war on terror. Nothing less.

[jwpjr]

I am probably just whistling past the graveyard, but I think any attack between now and the election would result in more votes for George Bush. Because we've had no attacks on our land since 9/11 I fear a lot of people are getting complacent. An attack at this point would probably serve remind voters of just real the WOT is. Kerry is telling us that the WOT has been over emphasized. An attack would certainly render that opinion as groundless. In addition, I don't think voters would want to change administrations to go from one that considers terrorism a clear and present danger for one that would need several months to get up to speed. I pray constantly that this will be a moot discussion and we will never know what effect a pre-election terrorists attack would have on the outcome.

[marron]

I pray constantly that this will be a moot discussion and we will never know what effect a pre-election terrorists attack would have on the outcome.

Me too.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

And we changed the Japanese religion. Won't likely to get Allah to make that radio address that saved the Japanese, though.

[darth]

Stay armed and alert until we are sure that the terrorists are beaten. A couple of teachers or parents with concealed handguns at that Russkie school could have broken up or stalled the attack long enough for a lot of the children to escape. Believe me, it it had happened in Texas the terrorists would have been surprised to find serious resistance.