>Chernyak said that the women fighters constantly pledged their willingness to blow themselves up for the sake of freedom. 'Whenever there was any noise around the building, the women terrorists immediately ran around the room and scattered themselves among the seated hostages. They grabbed their belts and screamed that they were ready to blow up the whole hall.'
The Russians saw this through the spycams and no doubt thought the first priority was to immobilize the women bombers. But you'd think they could bring some antidote in fast knowing what we know from Waco about gases concentrated indoors.