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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (2407)	10/24/2002 4:48:58 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	of 3959

Rebels Take Moscow Audience Hostage Wed Oct 23, 8:50 PM ET By JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer MOSCOW (AP) - About 50 armed Chechen rebels stormed a crowded theater in a daring assault, took hundreds of theatergoers hostage and threatened early Thursday to shoot their captives and blow up the building if Russian security forces attacked. Police and security forces surrounded the building amid the crackle of sporadic automatic weapons fire and were on high alert throughout the Russian capital after the brazen attack, which Russian military experts said was meticulously planned. Moscow police spokesman Valery Gribakin said about 100 women and children had been let out of the theater, and news reports quoted some of them as saying there were pools of blood in the theater halls. The freed hostages were distraught, sobbing and shaking as they emerged from the building where they had been watching a popular musical show. "The terrorists are demanding one thing - the end to the war in Chechnya," Gribakin said. [snip] story.news.yahoo.com Well, I guess Putin's message to Bush is pretty clear: "Now, you let me crush these Chechen 'bastards' and I'll stop stonewalling any US-drafted UN resolution to wage war on Iraq --fair deal?"

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