6 September 2004

The Brave Warriors of Islam

The Sydney Morning Herald has the horrible details.
"When children fainted from lack of sleep, food and water, their masked and camouflaged captors simply sneered. In the intolerable heat of the gym, adults implored children to drink their own urine."

And this:
"Pandemonium broke out and captive children and parents fled for their lives. From the rooftops the terrorists fired into their backs."

And when they encountered people who could shoot back, they ran like rats.
"Of the 32 killed, only eight died in the grounds of the school, the rest being hunted through the suburbs of the town. Three were in custody and two remained on the run."


Payback is on the way.
"For some North Ossetians, grief had turned to anger. "Fathers will bury their children, and after 40 days [the Orthodox Christian mourning period] they will take up weapons and seek revenge," said Alan Kargiyev, 20, a university student in the regional capital Vladikavkaz."

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