I caught NTV US a couple of weeks ago --wasn't even aware they had it.
>--I think SOME children and foreigners were let out early, but I do not
>have
>a citation for that. Also it's not clear why all children would not be let
>go.
Speculation -- I doubt a Chechen warlord's definition of "child" corresponds with that of most Russians. There are Chechen fighters who are 12-13 years old.
>
>--As to who the Chechen women were, I have seen several accounts that said
>the women were at least as fanatical as the men. For all sexism watchers
>though, I have also seen reports that at the time of the assault, the women
>were all inside the theater soaking up the gas and a number of the men were
>outside and for whatever reason were captured pretty quickly even before
>the
>gas was applied.
I heard several of them tried to run away. So much for your martyr credentials. Barayev's body was found with a bottle of cognac. Mujaheedin are a wierd bunch.
>
>--I too have no doubt that the number of casualties could have been far
>higher if the Chechens had been able to detonate everything they brought
>in.
As I said earlier, I think Alpha took the best possible of a list of horrible options.
>I DO NOT think carefully preparing medical professionals would necessarily
>need to future terrorists knowing what to expect, at least any more so than
>the terrorists reading media accounts and drawing their own conclusions
>anyway.
I'm still undecided on this. It wouldn't be hard to bribe a doctor to get the info (but then, it wouldn't be hard to get the info in other ways).
>
>Bluntly, if pushed I can probably tell you several good reasons a lot of
>Seattleites thought the amount of tear gas applied at WTO was appropriate
>under the circumstances, but for myself, I inhaled a little too much tear
>gas--of all kinds of still little identified types-- on the streets during
>WTO to EVER want to give a government authority carte blanche about
>flinging
>the stuff around.
If it meant I would have an 80% chance of survival instead of a 0% one, I would be all for it.
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