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2004-09-07 Caucasus

Beslan hostage-takers argued over tactics

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-09-07 12:38:05 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 At this point I would issue internal passports and restrict movement.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-09-07 3:36:23 AM|| 2004-09-07 3:36:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 ...many of them accidentally shot in the back by armed civilian vigilantes who rushed to the school to fight for their children.

The proles need some firearms saftey training. How not to shoot your government military operatives in the back would be a good lesson.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-07 4:06:12 AM|| 2004-09-07 4:06:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 [S]urviving hostages said in interviews that they saw no Arabs and not one was identified as a leader to outside negotiators.

Russian investigators are checking out reports ... that some of the attackers came from Jordan and Syria...

These could both be true. Northwestern Arabia, including Syria and Jordan, has a sizable Circassian (Northwest Caucasian*) minority. Back in the twenties, lots of them sought shelter in Arabia after the Bolshevik Revolution and the Civil War. According to some sources, the late, great Khattab was a Circassian of either Jordanian or Saudi birth.
*Specifically, the Adygeys, Cherkess, Kabardins, and Abkhazians all fall under the "Circassian" label.

Posted by Another Dan 2004-09-07 4:40:12 AM|| 2004-09-07 4:40:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 and who can forget the scene from Lawrence of Arabia, where Peter O'Toole claims to be Circassian to explain his blue eyes?

They would be arabic speakers, but different in appearance.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-09-07 11:24:48 AM|| 2004-09-07 11:24:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Wheeeeeeeeee! I'm almost wearing a dress! Watch me spin in a weirdly arabic way! Wheeeeeeeeee! Can't wait for the train!

Posted by Tool O Toole 2004-09-07 1:33:12 PM|| 2004-09-07 1:33:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Hell, I'm sorry, I thought that was purdy damn funny.

Posted by Shipman 2004-09-07 5:48:22 PM|| 2004-09-07 5:48:22 PM|| Front Page Top

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