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| Moscow hostages freed... |
| 2002-10-25 |
| Per FoxNews live 11.15 p.m. EST It's 7 a.m. in Moscow. The troops hit them... Russian SpetsNaz troops stormed the theater and are in control. There were a number of large explosions. Movsar Barayev, the Bad Guys' leader has been killed. Several of the Chechens have been taken into Russian custody. At least a dozen ambulances were at the scene. "Most" hostages are okay... AP says about 20 bodies taken out of the theater, but no word on whether they are hostages or snuffies. Only twenty, with 700 hostages and 40 or 50 hostage-takers, would imply a very efficient operation. The Bad Guys set a daybreak deadline to have their demands met or they'd start killing them. It's daybreak there. The hostages are leaving in buses, and they're not the ones who got slaughtered. 11.55 p.m. "Most" of the hostage-takers were killed. It's now dozens of ambulances coming to the scene. The troops began their operation when there was the sound of gunfire from inside the theater. They're going through the building now, looking for any of the Bad Guys who decided maybe they'd rather hide than die or wish they were dead. Interior minister says over 30 Bad Guys are in custody. They won't be killed, but some escaped and can expect to be killed. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Morning followup: They pumped sleeping gas into the building. 67 hostages killed... |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-10-26 07:51:08 |
| #2 SpetsNaz are good, but they're not plentiful. If they were, Chechnya would be less of a problem than it is. They were downright vicious in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-10-25 23:31:15 |
| #1 I thought the hostages were goners...I am very happy to have been proven wrong. |
| Posted by: Tripartite 2002-10-25 23:26:23 |