"In essence, war has been declared on us, where the enemy is unseen and there is no front," Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said.
If these terrorists think that this kind of thing is going to endear themselves to their cause....whatever it is.....they've got another think coming! Does anybody think that Russia, France and Germany will be more willing now to join Pres. Bush and 'GO ON THE OFFENSIVE' against these terrorists.? I'll tell ya: it sure beats sitting around waiting for it to come to your local gradeschool. a
'BESLAN, Russia (AP) - Militants wearing suicide-bomb belts seized a southern Russian school in a region bordering Chechnya on Wednesday, taking hundreds of hostages - many of them children - and threatening to blow up the building if police storm it. As least two people have been reported killed, including a school parent."
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