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| Beslan Thugs Had Pre-positioned Cache? |
| 2004-09-07 |
| Inside the charred, bullet-pocked wreckage of Middle School No. 1, there lies evidence of the terror Russia faces: Two parts of the library's wooden floor had been pried up, evidently by the heavily armed attackers who seized the school last week and held more than 1,100 hostages for 52 hours. Beneath the boards, investigators now suspect, the attackers had hidden a cache of weapons or other equipment for weeks and perhaps months before their attack — possibly during a seemingly innocuous summer renovation, officials said... "They knew the geography of the school grounds like their own back yard," the chief spokesman for Russia's Federal Security Service, Sergei N. Ignatchenko, said in a telephone interview ... |
| Posted by:Pete Stanley |
| #5 This is one of many times that they have used construction or reconstrution projects to hide weapons. Didn't they take out the previous Chechan president with a bomb built into a reviewing stand? |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-09-07 2:03:32 PM |
| #4 take note: This is one of many times that they have used construction or reconstrution projects to hide weapons. AQ is happy to use sucessful tactics over and over until they are no longer successful. Time to look at who worked on the renovations and at other possible targets that have recently had construction or renovations underway. Then, get the bomb-sniffing dogs out there. I feel quite confident this won't be the last attack to use that method. |
| Posted by: B 2004-09-07 1:31:52 PM |
| #3 Mark, agree with the unity of civilized world thing, but not so sure why you including France in it. Okay, maybe they are somewhat civilized... but they may be a mighty hindrance. I thunk they better be skipped and play their own dice with god. Sink or swim. |
| Posted by: Zarathustra 2004-09-07 4:59:45 AM |
| #2 This mass murder of school children now sets new 'rules' that even young one's will be used around the globe as yet another evil method by Islamic Terrorist Inc., to inflict 'total fear into the hearts of the infidel' Only total unity by the civilized world can defeat this global beast, and that includes France, Spain & Germany, no matter if they like it or not. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-09-07 4:33:02 AM |
| #1 Either the equipment was stashed beforehand or the building was a Madrassa in the past. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-09-07 3:30:29 AM |