On Russia
My thoughts and prayers to the Russians who have endured a terrifying few weeks including plane crashes, bombings, and the recent school massacre. 200 dead and many were children. It truly shows how sickening these terrorists are.
Remember that it can happen here. As Phelps says When, not if:
It will happen here. This was effective. Too effective. The next one will be here, and it will be even more effective. The people who plan this sort of thing will use better explosives with a better system to detonate it when the assault begins.
Do you know why they picked a school? Body mass. They knew that any amount of gas like the Russians used in the Moscow Theater episode that would put down the terrorists would be a deadly dose for the children.
Sadly, I think he’s right. I only wonder why it hasn’t happened yet.
September 4th, 2004 at 1:30 am
Phelps was indeed correct regarding the use of gas.
In my next post, I’m including excepts from an interview with Gennady Gudkov, State Duma deputy and an FSB reserve general who briefly discusses (and confirms) why gas is out of the question.
September 4th, 2004 at 10:48 am
See my assessment”.
I think this was a test run, like the Deippe raid.
Also, according to at least one account, the last explosion, which partially collapsed the gym and did most of the killing, was accidental. A booby trap was detonated accidentally. My guess is that the first ones were, as well, because the Russians weren’t actually attacking. They had just sent teams in to retrieve the dead an wounded.
September 4th, 2004 at 12:03 pm
I’m inclined to disagree with the sources who report it as an “accidental explosion,” HL, whether it be with their thought process or language alone…
A booby trap is just that..these militants went in within one thing in mind–victims. Whether a kid tripped a wire or accidentally touched an explosive device is of no relevance.
They had no delusions they would exit this place alive. So those bombs were intended to go off one way or the other.
As organized as some of these terrorist groups are, they don’t believe that holding hostages in a school would give them sufficient bargaining leverage… Intimidation was the goal.
It’s one thing to kidnap someone, and threaten to behead them should appropriate action not be followed (ie: Al Zarqawi and others in Iraq) but lacing the premises with explosive arsenal is designed to end in one manner – tragedy.
September 4th, 2004 at 12:35 pm
Russia’s 9/11?
I’m not going to blog extensively about what just happened in Russia. Others are doing it effectively, and I have nothing useful to add to the discussion. If you’ve been visiting this blog for any length of time, you know…
September 4th, 2004 at 12:41 pm
Russia’s 9/11?
I’m not going to blog extensively about what just happened in Russia. Others are doing it effectively, and I have nothing useful to add to the discussion. If you’ve been visiting this blog for any length of time, you know…