Word: beslan
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...Russians in 2000. The Kremlin says it has launched a massive manhunt for Basayev, the Chechen guerrilla leader who has orchestrated a grisly terror campaign that includes, among other atrocities, hijackings, suicide bombings, the 2002 Moscow theater siege and the seizure last month of a school in Beslan, where the final death toll is expected to reach 500. But here in Dyshne-Vedeno, where the Russians have few friends and a senior army officer describes his troops' main role as "protecting themselves," there's little sign that the search is on. Basayev's former neighbors, comrades-in-arms and friends...
...Kerry and Bush are supposedly chasing in the final weeks of the race. These heirs of the soccer moms have provided a handy explanation for how Kerry lost his lead this summer, when terrorism alerts went back up to orange and the scarring images of the school siege in Beslan, Russia, settled into the suburban psyche. In recent presidential elections women have leaned Democratic by at least 8 percentage points, and after his Boston convention, they favored Kerry by 14. But in recent weeks that margin has vanished, and some polls have shown Bush pulling ahead even among women...
...having to make the decision about which child to pick up first on September the 11th," says the President in a campaign advertisement. The ad is designed to show that Bush is empathetic but also to remind women that dangers can break into their daily routine. The Beslan school massacre was a stark reminder of that. Both campaigns realize the atrocity shook women to the core. At the White House on Sept. 24, Bush met with children from the local John Quincy Adams Elementary School who had helped organize a toy and school-supply drive for the children of Beslan...
...only domestic issues but also foreign policy. If they don't, the next time the war on terrorism is invoked to invade an unsuspecting country without conclusive evidence or an international mandate by the U.N., the blood of innocents will be on those voters' hands. Putri Norlisa Najib London Beslan Postmortem In view of the school siege in Beslan, Russia [Sept. 20], it is high time for us psychologists to seriously consider designing a manual on how to handle hostage-taking situations. Such a manual should be based on a very careful study of all the minute details...
...People holding extreme views need to understand that terrorism is a shortsighted approach that triggers an unending chain of actions and reactions. Attackers who take innocent people hostage must learn that violence against civilians only undermines their credibility, even when world opinion supports their cause. Tragedies like the Beslan killings should bring all nations together to root out terrorism. No country should be allowed to harbor terrorists. M. Farooq Shah Srinagar, Kashmir...