powerclown

Well it looks like the hostage situation was handled with typical putin skill & tact. A bloodbath, nicely done.

Mojo_PeiPei

Is anybody really surprised that this turned out any other way than this? Sadly 100+ casulties were taken, what's even worse is it was almost a best case scenario all things considered.

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dbcb

well i think the americans (and us ozzies) would negotiatite (ie lie, misdirect etc) to get as many people\women\children etc out, and keep doing that, all the while planning and bringing in speciallist (ie seal, MEU SOC units (could be a american school in a foriegn land), delta, SAS (in australia case) swat whose units have trained for this type of action) as soon as someone gets shot they would go in, and would take the terrorists into custodey (either in handcuffs or a bodybag) and rescue as many hostages as quickly and safely as possible. Then the bleeding heart hippies would demand that a commision be created that condems president bush for killing the hostages, and then micheal moore will create a complete work of fiction and claim it to be true. All the while osama bin laden sits in his cave lauging at the dumb americans blaming their president for the deaths, instead of himself.

dbcb

DO NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS.

whocarz

Over 100 hostages dead, many of them children. No word on how many terrorists or Russian units are dead. There are still some hostage takers holding out.

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Schwan

Surely stroming a school on US soil by foreign terrorists would be tough. It is very possible, however, that a similar attack might happen on one of the american schools that are run by american ambassies in arab countries. I know for a fact that there used to be a big american school in Damascus (http://www.state.gov/www/about_state...odamascus.html - BTW, isn't it creepy how much intel info you can gather through the Internet?). There are numerous similar american schools like that throught the middle east region. It's not very hard to imagine a group of terrorists sneaking into Syria through the unguarded Iraqi border and storming the school. I just hope that attacking schools won't be "the next big thing" for terrorists.

powerclown

If this happened in America:
1 - the media (local & foreign) would descend on the scene like piranhas in heat.
2 - the building would be surrounded by an army reserve battalion.
3 - jesse jackson would arrive in a limo with his posse, all in black ray-bans.
4 - geraldo would arrive via helicopter.
5 - oprah would hold a 'Village Congregation' with the relatives of the hostages. much emotion and venting.
6 - an unknown local would get shot and wounded trying to steal away one of the hostages, in the process becoming a nationwide folk hero and appearing on mainstream magazine covers.
7 - president bush would declare a state of emergency. would remain on campaign trail.
8 - john kerry would call for establishing an immediate dialougue with the hostages. would pipe blankets, food, water and toliet paper into the school.
9 - washington would consult with israel as to methods of approach.
10 - john ashcroft appears on the morning talk shows, puts america back to sleep.
11 - terrorist-alert awareness' programs adopted in schools & universities across america, spearheaded by tom ridge & homeland security.
12 - standoff unceremoniously drags on into Day 47.
13 - shaq offers to give the families of the hostages $3 million.
14 - unmanned drones fly 24-7 surveillance runs over school, pissing off locals with the noise. one mysteriously shot down, cause unknown. lands in mayor's pool. now mayor pissed, too.
15 - wag photog snipes a fuzzy pic of the terrorist leader as he runs by window. image manipulation experts called in from around the globe...cnn allots 6 hours a night to interview experts and bring up wild hypotheticals. zapruder film referenced.
16 - standoff unceremoniously drags on into Day 73. a few kids manage to escape by squeezing into ventilation ducts.
17 - infighting amongst hostage takers, rebellion sets in. battalion snipers reportedly kill 18 'terrorists'. validity disputed - possibly civilian casualites?
18 - a movie script is passed around hollywood studios.
19 - world looks on in wonder.
20 - On Day 112, kidnapper's demands met; town renamed 'freedom city'.



edit: let me just say that I posted this nonsense before I heard that 200 people, women & children, died today in the school. I didn't mean to be grossly insensitive, just stupidly satirical; mods delete if desired.