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Russian hostage crisis ended
| Fri, 09-03-2004 - 8:42am |
I have just learned -- not so much thanks to our US news mind you, but the internet about the bloody end to the hostage situation. www.bbc.com has a very thorough article and a time line and some amazingly sad pictures.
My prayers and positive thoughts all go to the people who are suffering in this crisis today. It's heart breaking. Devastating. Why would people hurt children? What's it worth?
I don't understand this world. All I can do is pray for peace and for the health of the families who have suffered today. And for those who have died -- which for now are few. Praying hard no one else dies.
Kelly

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Thank you for posting this info.
Children die as school siege ends.
It is incredibly heartbreaking.
alfreda
Because they are the most vulnerable in society and cannot fight against atrocities adults are willing to practice on them.
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The destruction of future progeny. How better to defeat your enemy than to attack the children. In this manner, you prevent future enemy combatants from being born. It's all psychological.
In my view, the muslim terrorists are fully to blame for the outcome. I believe that they fully intended to cause as much physical and emotional damage to both hostages and their families as well as to the Christian community at large.
Putin show restraint?!
Oh well?!
Blaming the Russian army?!
Good lord, you do realize that full blame lies with the terrorists. Not the people who were put in a no-win situation, charged with solving the problem.
If you read the article the army responded when the terroists were shooting at escaping children. What would you have done if you were standing there with a rifle and saw someone firing at children....You'd fire back. Then apparently the terrorists started the mass shooting and bombing.
I'd comment on your signature with 3 different candidates for president if the body of your message wasn't so infuriating.
Jim
Edited 9/3/2004 3:15 pm ET ET by vader716
There have been a lot of conflicting reports as to how many were killed or injured and the number of actual hostages has risen. It's just what we are all trying to scramble to read to understand because there is not much we can do to help. If anyone hears of any funds or any relieve efforts to send things to...please post it here. I have an 8 year old child who asked me what we could do to help and I would like to help him to do that.
It will take a few days or weeks to get the "real" facts. We are all shocked and appauled by this and the other poster was correct. A lot of these "terrorists, seperatist groups" have no reguard whatsoever for others. They look at what they are doing as a good thing and that is a state of mind that you just cannot reason with. In some sense, it's a war on a mindset that is ruthless and has no front or reguard for human life...even their own...because they died for their cause.
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