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| Caucasus |
| Chechen thugs kill a hostage... |
| 2002-10-24 |
| Chechen gunmen shot and killed one of the hundreds of hostages being held at a Moscow theater, Russian news media reported Thursday. The killing was believed to have taken place in the early hours of the crisis that began when gunmen stormed the theater at 9:05 p.m. Wednesday, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported, citing an unnamed police official at the scene. A television report showed a stretcher with a blanket-covered body being taken out of the theater. The report of the killing came as the crisis showed no signs of resolution. If there's any justice in the world, that should be their death warrant right there... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #7 I completely agree with PJ. Our propaganda effort has been decidedly subpar. |
| Posted by: Chris Durnell 2002-10-25 10:57:33 |
| #6 My take on the latest attacks: Al Qaeda (which while murderous and fanatical has adopted a number of Western management techniques including after action assessments, i.e. lessons learned) attacked the center of American power assuming that such an attack would break US will and that we'd roll over and surrender. They failed. They have re-assessed and have decided to isolate America politically by attacking our allies under the assumption that our allies are much less committed to the war on terror, so maybe they'll roll over and surrender, thus stretching us beyond our capabilities. I think that they have also come around to Omar Torrijos' way of thinking (one of the most underappreciated strategists of the 20th century) who said in regards to fighting the US: "You can jerk the chain but never touch the monkey." In other words, grind the US down through a series of small, terroristic actions overseas. Never touch the homeland. Never kill large numbers of Americans. Jerking the chain worked for Giap and Ho Chi Minh as well as Torrijos. Touching the monkey got the Japanese and Al Qaeda's respective asses kicked. Again, don't underestimate these folks. They are evil, but not incompetent. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2002-10-24 17:38:08 |
| #5 I had heard that the Muslims in China were mostly just wanting their freedom of religion, while a few among them went nuts and started being real terrorists, allowing China the chance to call them all terrorists and stomp on them all. This seems quite possible, given China's reputation of clamping down on religion and the example of Indonesia's moderate Muslims to show that there actually is such a thing... |
| Posted by: Just John 2002-10-24 17:34:44 |
| #4 China has had some incidents (bombings) attributed to their (Muslim) Uigher minority in the north. I wouldn't put it past the Islamaniacs to link up with Uigher rebels to stir something up in China too. http://latelinenews.com/ll/english/1223043.shtml |
| Posted by: Aracona 2002-10-24 14:36:40 |
| #3 I don't think they would do anything in China. These thugs only understand violence and the overwhelming use of force. The know that China would kill them, kill their families, kill their entire village without thinking twice about it. Just to set an example to any other Jihadi wannabes that the Chinese government will not tolerate that kind of behaviour. I think they are just practicing their version of "diplomacy". You are right about the pattern-like a pack of dogs they are making sure the sheep do not stray from where the dogs want them to go. And you know dogs-they are not going to get all kissy faced with their sheep. They will threaten them with barking and biting. They might even kill a couple of sheep to make sure all the others get the clue. The events in Bali were another version of this. They view Australia as the "softest" of the allies of the US. The one who (in their minds) they could put into the herd of sheep if they bit it real hard. Unfortunately for them-they guessed wrong. On a side note-watch the upcoming meeting between Schroeder and Putin VERY carefully... |
| Posted by: Just Lurking 2002-10-24 14:31:31 |
| #2 That would make no sense at all, would it? Sounds pretty Islamic, so you might be right... |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-10-24 13:01:48 |
| #1 First a French oil tanker, then a Russian theater, is China next? They seem to be targeting security council countries opposed to the US war with Iraq. |
| Posted by: PJ 2002-10-24 12:05:28 |