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Some Contend Russian Planes Were Shot Down by Air Defenses
Kavkaz Center | August 29 2004
This is the most likely version of the plane crashes that happened August 25. The southern direction of flights from Moscow (especially towards Sochi, Southern Russia) is the air route that Putin often uses. Also, there are increased security measures used for the Ruler of Russia.
prisonplanet.com...
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
We are talking about the security of a president. I wouldn't underestimate that. I'll ask my friend who is in Sochi what he thinks of that.
Originally posted by Rugoolian
well think bout this russia is a very bankrupted country and it seems that mybe as well as bad weather these planes might not have been in tip top condition as for awl planes arnt the best of tec and low budget too mybe this may be connected, so realy u might not even get a straight answer out of awl this ie terroist attack makes them look bad and badley maintained and low budget cost planes would also make the russion nation look bad too as they are the second largest superpower
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
At this point, I don't think Chechnya or Russia was behind it. Look at their separate reactions to the disaster. It's strange. All of a sudden there has been a lot of mayhem all over. It's almost a subliminal backdrop to the Republican convention. Bombs going off remind people of 9-11 on a subconscious, if not conscious level.
The bottom line is this:
BE AFRAID! BE VERY AFRAID! ONLY BUSH CAN SAVE YOU!
Originally posted by jrsdls
ECK, man you obviously really hate Bush. you seem to blame Bush for everyting from creating Al-Queda, to 9-11, to iraq. now your claiming the he somehow was involved in a terrorist attack against Russia. Are you an anarchist? or do you just hate republicans.
Russian Government Keeps the Lid on Who the Hostages-Takers Were and What They Wanted
Kavkaz Center | September 4 2004
Note: This article was written before the school was stormed.
The school building in Beslan, where hostages are being held, is about to be stormed. For the past three days Russian power structures have been blocking all of the information coming from the hostage-takers. Dosed Russian reports about alleged demands do not have a single confirmation from the gunmen or from any independent sources. Telephone communications in Beslan have all been blocked. The Russian side explains that it has been done in order to allegedly prevent the terrorists from receiving instructions from the organizers who are not at the scene of the events. It�s happening in the times when you can communicate over the radio (across the entire region) or by using satellite phones without the local operators of cellular communications getting involved
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon proposed Israel and Russia work together to fight terror, Israel Radio reported Sunday.
Sharon is expected to discuss the issue Monday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who will be visiting Israel, the radio said.
In a message of condolence to Russia, Sharon said Israel stands by Russia's side in this difficult period.
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom also expressed his condolences, saying the attack on innocent civilians proves that terror has no borders.
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The mystery of the Russia hostage-takers
AFP[ SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 05, 2004 07:32:47 PM ]
MOSCOW: Names, nationalities and ethnic origins have been suggested, but the burning question about the militants who took 1,000 children, parents and teachers hostage in southern Russia remains unanswered: Who were they?
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Chechen rebels deny links to bombing, hostage drama
01 Sep 2004 18:42:13 GMT
Source: Reuters
MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Chechen separatists denied involvement in a school hostage drama in southern Russia on Wednesday and a bomb attack in Moscow the previous day.
But Akhmed Zakayev, UK-based envoy of rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov, could not rule out the possibility Chechens could have been driven to such an act out of "despair" over Russian policy in their region.
At least nine people were killed and more than 50 injured late on Tuesday when a suicide bomber set off an explosion in busy central Moscow.
On Wednesday morning an armed gang attacked a school in the province of North Ossetia near Chechnya and took up to 400 children and parents hostage.
"No such actions have been sanctioned or agreed to in any way," Zakayev told Reuters by telephone from London.
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Russian School Siege Bears Hallmarks of Potential Staged Psy-Op
Paul Joseph Watson for Alex Jones' Prison Planet | September 5 2004
The murky events of the school siege in which hundreds of children were killed are raising disturbing questions as to which entities were actually behind the co-ordination of the attack. Subsequent developments will bring a clearer picture but many indicators point to this event being a staged psy-op.
www.prisonplanet.tv...
Originally posted by EastCoastKid
Some suggest Israeli provocateurs are behind this atrocity.
Chechen leaders deny they approved this action.
It was an excellent backdrop for the Republican National Convention's message of rule by fear.