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| Russian officials sacked over siege | |
| 2004-09-12 | |
Stung by last week's bloody school siege, Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacked two top officials of the southern republic of North Ossetia. Putin on Saturday fired Interior Minister Kazbek Dzantiev and the director of the regional branch of the FSB Valery Andreyev — a week after the siege in Beslan in North Ossetia ended with the death of 339 hostages and 39 hostage-takers. North Ossetian President Alexander Dzasokhov, who has been severely criticized for his handling of the three-day long drama, sacked his entire government on Thursday but has refused so far to step down himself. Local residents have been particularly angered at how the heavily armed hostage-takers were able to get into North Ossetia from the separatist republic of Chechnya, and from there into the school without being stopped by authorities.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 No, he's just at some conference this afternoon. But he hasn't travelled for ages, and I'm running out of recipes. Another round of Pizza Hut and KFC might just force him back on the road. No, he hasn't mentioned Mr. D, but then I only know those of his friends who follow him home, sorry. But I believe that after 7 years you can have him declared legally dead... I hope that helps ;-) Back to my original question about American/Russian attention span, O you delightfully silly people. My thesis is that while we as individuals may not pay attention for long, as a society we/they most certainly do. Yes/no/other (please choose one and explain) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-09-12 5:48:31 PM |
| #6 TW Is he on a trip now? Has he seen Mr. Davis?It's ben such a long time and I'm wondering how long I have to keep the home fires burning. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-12 2:05:34 PM |
| #5 I broke my last ten foot pole three years ago Must've been painful |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-09-12 1:53:52 PM |
| #4 huh? :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-12 1:49:25 PM |
| #3 Not about my husband, silly Shipman! About Ami attention span! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-09-12 1:48:16 PM |
| #2 I broke my last ten foot pole three years ago. :) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-12 10:03:25 AM |
| #1 Y'know, Fred, I've been thinking about that whole attention span thingy... For both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R, while the societies as a whole didn't pay much attention except during crises, key elements of each society (armed forces, intelligence bureaus, that kind of thing) stayed pretty much on-topic for the better part of half a century. You have a better perspective, of course, but it seems to me that -- in the States, at least -- this bespeaks a high level of trust amongst the citizenry that such things will be handled as they ought to be by those entrusted with the responsibility. Just as those who engage, overtly or covertly, to protect us, trust the rest of society to make sure there is something worth protecting. Or to put it another way, my husband can go off to work over-long hours at the office, even travel all over the world for days and weeks, knowing that I've got the homefront covered. About which he is -- mostly! -- right ;-) (even if he does have to be really nice to me if he's been gone for one of the longer trips) What do you think? Am I being overly romantical here? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-09-12 9:35:27 AM |