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To: Neocon who wrote (26465)	9/11/2001 1:29:39 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Tuesday September 11 12:53 PM ET Putin Expresses Condolences to American People MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) expressed sympathy and anger over attacks on U.S. targets on Tuesday, summoning security chiefs and calling for a coordinated international response to terrorism. Russian media said a number of security bodies went on higher alert after the attacks, which included the crashing of two aircraft in succession into the World Trade Center in New York and an explosion at the Pentagon (news - web sites) in Washington. In a ``Dear George'' telegram to President Bush (news - web sites), Putin said ''barbarous terrorist acts aimed against wholly innocent people cause us anger and indignation.'' ``I ask you to pass on our deepest sympathies to the relatives of the victims of this tragedy, and the entire suffering American people. We understand their sorrow and pain as Russia has also suffered from terrorism,'' he wrote. ``There is no doubt that such an inhuman act must not go unpunished. The entire international community should unite in the struggle against terrorism.'' Kremlin spokesman Alexei Gromov said Putin was immediately informed of the attacks and described them as a ``terrorist act, this terrible tragedy.'' Television pictures issued by the Kremlin showed Putin meeting with top security officials. Gromov said Putin held a crisis meeting with security ministers and issued instructions to be followed. A U.S. embassy spokesman said ``precautionary measures'' had been taken, with public areas of the embassy closed from Wednesday along with a school attended mostly by foreign children. The embassy spokesman said diplomats saw ``no credible threat to U.S. citizens in Russia.'' But they were asked to exercise ``extreme caution and adopt a very low profile until the extent of attacks and danger to Americans can be identified.'' Interfax news agency quoted the head of Russia's Interior Ministry forces as saying his troops had been put on a higher alert. It said members of Putin's personal security service had been ordered to return to their posts. Russia's anti-aircraft force was also placed on higher alert and Itar-Tass news agency quoted police as saying additional checks had been imposed on the baggage of passengers arriving at and leaving Moscow's four main airports. Vehicles near the airports were also being checked. Interfax also said Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu had offered to send help to deal with the aftermath of the attacks. us.news2.yimg.com