Word: budennovsk
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...hostages were killed by Russian knockout gas, Basayev declared himself to be the commander of the Chechen "martyrs" who will carry out more attacks. There is no reason to doubt him. He became infamous for the seizure of over 1,000 hostages in the southern Russian town of Budennovsk in 1995 - a raid from which he did not expect to return, though he did manage to escape with most of his men and a human shield of 100-odd hostages who were later released. Basayev may feel this is a good time for martyrdom. He lost a leg in early...
...that the action was planned in a "foreign terrorist center," its roots more likely lie in a long-established tradition among Chechen insurgents of mounting dramatic terror strikes aimed at tilting the balance of power back in their favor. The latest siege is reminiscent of the hostage drama at Budennovsk in 1995, when Chechen rebels led by Shamil Basayev seized a Russian hospital in order, he later said, to make Russians suffer the way Chechens had suffered. Although 166 hostages died when the very same Russian anti-terrorism unit that is currently surrounding the Moscow theater stormed the Buddenovsk hospital...
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