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| Two Female Suicide Bombers Detonate in School - Eyewitness |
| 2004-09-03 |
| Happened before the assault; could that explain the explosions that were heard, if true? An eye witness who was released Wednesday from among over 350 hostages said she saw two women blow themselves up in the corridor of the school where Chechen militants are holding children hostage. "There were about 30 terrorists," Dzandarova told Kommersant in an interview. "All men. First there were two women-fighters, but on Wednesday they blew themselves up in the corridor where there were several male hostages." "None of the terrorists ever took their masks off. Nobody can see their faces. They aren't tired. They are resting in turns," Dzandarova said. "They call themselves Chechens, and demand that Russia withdraws its forces from Chechnya." |
| Posted by:Anonymous5089 |
| #6 Borgboy, I seriously resemble that remark ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-09-03 9:01:55 PM |
| #5 Every schoolboy knows that women are indeed explosive at certains time of the month... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2004-09-03 3:53:23 PM |
| #4 Agreed. The best way we can help Russia vis-a-vis the Chechens and jihadists would be to help train and re-organize Russia's demoralized, incompetent, and corrupt military. Time to finally get serious about letting NATO die and replacing it with an Asia-centric alliance (USA-India-Israel-Russia-Turkey) for an Asian century. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-09-03 2:37:37 PM |
| #3 This has pushed the line with respect to the WOT. These guys are every bit of the Islamists that we are fighting and we should help Russia any way we can. Before I get flamed, yes I know they didn't help in Iraq, but I bet Putin would not forget any help we give. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2004-09-03 1:43:12 PM |
| #2 4) Explosive taped to roof of gym, became untaped, fell to floor and exploded. |
| Posted by: Lux 2004-09-03 1:21:49 PM |
| #1 There have been a few different causes attributed to the explosions: 1) The female bomber detonating. 2) A vehicle driven in to retrieve bodies from the gym hit land mines. 3) Russian special forces blew out a hole in back of the gym as an outlet for the escaping hostages. I hope locals will understand the need to detain all people in the hospital until they are 100% identified. Reports cite how some of the terrorists have tried to mingle with escaping or wounded hostages. It is important to take many of them alive to accurately debrief them and make clear any al Qaeda and Arab connections with this atrocity. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-03 1:14:52 PM |