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No Western leaders criticize Russian tactics for ending siege.

Mr Reader | 28.10.2002 17:00

No criticism by Western leaders of gassing of hostages by Russians.

From The Times 28.10.02

'No Western leader has criticized the Russian tactics for ending the siege, and many, including Tony Blair and George W. Bush, have been in touch with Mr Putin offering their condolences and support for his war on terrorism. Mr Bush blamed the terrorists for the loss of life...
'Jacques Chirac...also voiced "solidarity" with Mr Putin's stance of refusing to give in to the hostage-takers' demand that Russia withdraw from Chechnya. ...'

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So-Called Non-Lethal Weapons

28.10.2002 18:01

The Reports All State That the Majority of Hostages Were Killed by the Gas Weapon Used By Russian Special Forces. CNN Reported on Sunday That It Was Still Uncertain Which Type of "Non-Lethal" Gas Had Been Used -- a Hallucinogenic Gas or an Aerosolized Form of Valium. Remember -- These Are The Same "Non-Lethal" Weapons Being Proposed for Use in the US for "Crowd Control" and Other Police State Purposes.

150 of the Hostages Died from the Gas and 1 from a Gunshot. Still, the Government Used the Gas Because It Was Safer for Its Pampered Special Forces Thugs.

The US Is Silent on Russia's Use of Gas, Because the Police State Arsenals of Both Countries Contain the Same Garbage
The White House refused to criticize Russian special forces for pumping a mysterious sleeping gas into a theater to end a hostage siege, killing 116 hostages.

Manufactured Crisis?

Now Putin Vows to Crush the Rebels, the Police State Intensifies in Russia, and the Russian Military Gets More Power-- Don't Forget, Putin Security Forces Were Caught Bombing 3 Apartment Buildings in '99. Now We Find Out, FSB Knew about the Terrorist Acts Beforehand.

Did They Know about Them, or Were They Complicit in Them?

A.J.

'Calmatives' banned but OK for law enforcemen

28.10.2002 20:20

TV news tonight (Channel 4) states that the gas used was possibly an opiate 'calmative' gas - banned by international chemical weapons treaty but OK for use for 'law enforcement' - ie. by a state on its own people!!

Reader

utilitarian concept lost on monkeys

28.10.2002 21:00

yeah ok, the loss of those hostages... that sucks.

better then ALL of them being blown up by islamic terrorists... which was minutes away from happening.

If the west had backed russia rather then villifying it for its war in chechnia the ruskies might have taken out those chechen bastards with fuel air bombs or a few tactical nukes already.

win some lose some

BZ - a lethal nerve gas

28.10.2002 22:45

This was no calmative - unless you describe calmative as comatose or dead - a great experiment on a captive population useful for studies on populstion control and reduction

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,820655,00.html

Clumsy usage - my arse - an intended outcome - you need a lot of dead innocents to further your cause even if you have to blatantly kill them yourself

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