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2006-05-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Steve 2006-05-22 21:57|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'd say this adds another layer of truth to the rumors after the attack that some of the hostage-takers managed to escape despite the presence of Russian troops and angry North Ossetian locals. Magas was probably even more important to the actual seige than the Colonel, since he was the one who used his contacts in the Ingush police and interior ministry to get the Bad Guys into North Ossetia to begin with.

One question that the Russian government is not going to want to answer is why none of this came out in their official investigation, with the answer of course being that they had their story and were sticking to it so they could hang Kulayev (who is guilty of sin in any event) and declare that they had avenged the children of Beslan. I've noted on more than a few occasions that Putin is essentially what the looney left thinks Bush is, whether it be his autocratic tendencies, cynical manipulation of terrorist attacks to enhance his own power, and so on. Keep in mind that the Russian intelligence services still haven't had to publicly disclose the foreign intel agency they accused of providing support to the hostage-takers. I bet we can all guess who the likeliest suspect might be ...

Posted by Dan Darling">Dan Darling 2006-05-22 00:58|| http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]">[http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2006-05-22 00:58|| Front Page Top

#2 "If your head comes away from your neck, it's over". ---Juan Sanchez Villalobos Ramirez (Sean Connery)

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-05-22 09:00|| 2006-05-22 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 I bet we can all guess who the likeliest suspect might be ...

Anything to do with the Arab prayer session captured on video and retrieved at the end of the siege?

Posted by Howard UK 2006-05-22 09:26|| 2006-05-22 09:26|| Front Page Top

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