Russia gets Terrorized

[hjr]

Russia is being attacked almost daily

1st- 2 planes explode in mid air minutes apart. - 89 killled
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3596354.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3607886.stm

2nd- Car bomb goes off outside a Moscow subway station. - 10 killed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3615970.stm

3rd - 17 Armed men and women seize a school in southern Russia (near Chechnya), holding 200 hostage. - None dead yet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3618606.stm


But of course, watching CNN, you wouldn't even know that other places in the world were having terrorist problems, or even that there were other places in the world.

[BigShow]

I just went to the CNN website and the first thing I read was:

Deaths in Russia School Attack

Four people are killed as armed attackers stormed a school in southern Russia and take at least 100 people hostage, Russian media say.

[Mr_John]

terrorists are the scum of the earth
i hope they all burn in hell

i just went on CNN.com
and I guess the Rebuplic Convention is more important than whats going on in Russia.

[Dave P]

Holding children as hostages, fuckin cowards.

[hjr]

Originally posted by BigShow
I just went to the CNN website and the first thing I read was:

Deaths in Russia School Attack

Four people are killed as armed attackers stormed a school in southern Russia and take at least 100 people hostage, Russian media say.

yes, there is a little link. Try going to news.bbc.co.uk. also, try watching CNN. this whole week has been RNC. VERY little else. What im trying to point out is that imagine if just ONE of these things had happended in the US, and imagine the coverage global media would give it. My point, other than russia is getting a raw deal right now, is that Americans dont give 2 shits about things outside of their country.

[roopi]

I can't believe this isn't get much coverage at all.

They are reporting 8 dead now in the school.

[5.9 R/T]

I'm glad they arnt reporting the airline bombings, the last thing we need is for people to be afraid of flying again.

[method]

the reason it doesnt get much coverage is because there is not a lot of information.

the russian media and government doesnt like to release details about their own shitty situations...

look at: afghanistan, the kursk, that theatre hostage taking, etc etc etc

[Ben]

Originally posted by method
the reason it doesnt get much coverage is because there is not a lot of information.

the russian media and government doesnt like to release details about their own shitty situations...

look at: afghanistan, the kursk, that theatre hostage taking, etc etc etc

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Hell, it took a week for the Chernobyl accident to get out.

[hjr]

i dont know man, there are daily updates on bbc news, and cnn international is also covering it. i started this thread for 2 reasons, 1, to let people know what was happening if they didnt already, and 2 to point out that news in the united states is very domestic and doesnt show much international news

[BigShow]

Originally posted by hjr
i dont know man, there are daily updates on bbc news, and cnn international is also covering it. i started this thread for 2 reasons, 1, to let people know what was happening if they didnt already, and 2 to point out that news in the united states is very domestic and doesnt show much international news

I definately understand what your trying to say , maybe you can post some news sites (global coverage) for me other than cnn.

[Weapon_R]

The Soviet Union and Russia are not the same country.

[civicrider]

I herd on the radio this morning that some bombs went off, does anyone know whats thats about?

[roopi]

Originally posted by Ben

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Hell, it took a week for the Chernobyl accident to get out.

Things have changed since then.

[hjr]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3624024.stm

shit went way wrong....


official statement from the government

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3626190.stm

Head of the Federal Security Service for North Ossetia, Valery Andreyev
I would like to note that we were not planning to use any force.

We were planning to continue negotiations in order to secure the release of the hostages.

what i can peice together, they arranged to release the bodies of those who they had killed at the beginning of the siege, then the roof over the gym exploded (either from the bombs they said they planted, or from the military). The hostages try to escape and the terrorists then start shooting them. the special forces then raids the school to attempt to save the hostages. Some terrorists escape and hold up in a house and fight with the military. unconfirmed reports of terrorists being captured, terrorists escaping with children, and terrorists being wiped out.

[B17a]

Killing children, that's very honorable.

[roopi]

This is insane. 200 dead!

[Weapon_R]

This is pretty disgusting, especially on behalf of the Russian government. This is the second time (in a row) that they have escalated a hostage situation to this point. I think that the Chechens have no real background for their claims of sovereignty, but the way the Russians have met these challenges is completely wrong.

[B17a]

Originally posted by Weapon_R
This is pretty disgusting, especially on behalf of the Russian government. This is the second time (in a row) that they have escalated a hostage situation to this point. I think that the Chechens have no real background for their claims of sovereignty, but the way the Russians have met these challenges is completely wrong.

I like Putin because he's a 'don't take shit' kinda guy unlike our chicken shit leaders (yeah you Martin and Cretien). The theatre thing got fucked up but did they really have a choice? The screw up was not giving the antedote earlier because they didn't want people to know they used nerve gas. I would like to think they didn't intitate this, especially with children involved and the heat they got last time.

[Weapon_R]

I agree - Putin's 'no bullshit' approach is commendable, but hundreds of people died for this...mostly school children, which is kind of hard to take. All for him to look like a tough guy.