Post by rgrove on Feb 3, 2005 13:10:59 GMT -5
The man who masterminded the Belsan terrorist attack has appeared and given an interview for the first time since the episode. There were 330 deaths, about half of which were children in the school as the article notes. He's evidently taken some heat from his own boss for his actions, but apparently wants to do it again. If you happen to remember in prayer time say some for the situation in Chechnya. The civil war has been going on for quite some time there, we just don't hear a lot about it because we're involved in our own battles. Here are some nice quotes from this dirtbag:
"Mr Basayev states: 'We are planning more Beslan-type operations in the future because we are forced to do so.'
Justifying his attacks on civilian targets, he states: 'We are at war and we look at the reality, and not at whether the population has weapons in their hands. We look at the reality of their participation in this war.
People who approve of Putin's policies, people who pay their taxes for this war, people who send their soldiers to this war, priests who sprinkle holy water on them . . . How can they be innocent? They are just without weapons. Russian citizens are accomplices of this war, it just may be that they have no weapons in their hands.'
"Mr Basayev states: 'We are planning more Beslan-type operations in the future because we are forced to do so.'
Justifying his attacks on civilian targets, he states: 'We are at war and we look at the reality, and not at whether the population has weapons in their hands. We look at the reality of their participation in this war.
People who approve of Putin's policies, people who pay their taxes for this war, people who send their soldiers to this war, priests who sprinkle holy water on them . . . How can they be innocent? They are just without weapons. Russian citizens are accomplices of this war, it just may be that they have no weapons in their hands.'
