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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (55480)	10/30/2002 4:57:42 AM
From: zonder	Respond to of 281500

Nadine: Re the idea was sound and must be regarded as successful over all It seems the US state is not so appreciative of the "successful" operation of the Russians that killed 115 of their own people. Please find below the IHT article. U.S. faults Russia for secrecy on gas Peter Baker and Susan B. Glasser The Washington Post Wednesday, October 30, 2002 Envoy says silence probably cost lives MOSCOW The United States on Tuesday criticized Russia for its secretiveness about the mystery gas used to end the theater-hostage crisis last week amid increasing indications that most of the 115 civilians who died might have been saved if medical crews had been prepared. (...) "We don't second-guess the Russian decision to launch the assault," he said. "They had a difficult decision to make. With the bombs that were there they probably saved hundreds of lives, even though we regret that more than 100 died." . But his reproach of the way Russian officials behaved in handling the aftermath echoed sentiments expressed by many politicians, health experts and former hostages here following the revelation that the gas killed far more civilians than the militants. . A Russian doctor who has been treating the hostages at a Moscow hospital constantly since Saturday said the failure to prepare medical rescue units led to the deaths. Agreeing that the gas appeared to be a version of opiate, the doctor said it was "a fairly harmless substance" if used correctly, but that the rescue crews that first arrived on the scene "were not prepared for detoxification." . If people had been "helped to breathe with artificial ventilation while still in the vehicles being brought to the hospitals, almost everyone would have survived," the doctor said Tuesday night on condition that he not be identified. . He blamed Moscow city health officials for not agreeing to accept additional resources from the federal government, such as paramedics and medical equipment. (...) Physicians remain hamstrung in helping their patients as the government continues to withhold any information about the gas.