Moscow Siege Ends With 90 Dead
Oct. 27th, 2002 12:44 amhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25245-2002Oct26.html
Moscow Siege Ends With 90 Dead
By Jim Heintz
Associated Press Writer
Sunday, October 27, 2002; 12:22 AM
MOSCOW –– A shocked, wary Russia counted its rising toll of dead and steeled itself for new terrorist blows Saturday in its never-ending Chechen war, after commandos striking behind clouds of disabling gas brought a sudden bloody end to a hostage nightmare.
The special forces assault on a Moscow theater after a three-day siege left Russians with feelings of both pain and pride: More than 90 hostages were dead, but 750 others were rescued and dozens of their Chechen captors killed.
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Moscow Siege Ends With 90 Dead
By Jim Heintz
Associated Press Writer
Sunday, October 27, 2002; 12:22 AM
MOSCOW –– A shocked, wary Russia counted its rising toll of dead and steeled itself for new terrorist blows Saturday in its never-ending Chechen war, after commandos striking behind clouds of disabling gas brought a sudden bloody end to a hostage nightmare.
The special forces assault on a Moscow theater after a three-day siege left Russians with feelings of both pain and pride: More than 90 hostages were dead, but 750 others were rescued and dozens of their Chechen captors killed.
( Read more... )