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September 27, 2004
Guardian: Beslan militants 'called Middle East'

From the Guardian Unlimited:

Two of the militants who took part in the Beslan school hostage siege phoned the Middle East during the drama, a senior source from the Russian security services has said. The official said two calls were made from Beslan in Arabic, and that "one call was to Saudi Arabia by one of the Arabs who was there".

The report supports the Kremlin's strongly held view that a link exists between terrorist groups sympathetic to al-Qaida and Chechen separatists.

This story has, of course, been reported in the Russian online media. At lenta.ru, for example, the story appeared with the headline rewritten to read: "Terrorists called Saudi Arabia from the Beslan school" (Russian original: Террористы звонили из бесланской школы в Саудовскую Аравию).

Cheers...

Posted by AlexPGP at September 27, 2004 06:27 PM | TrackBack
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WSOP Announcer: "And there's the River Card, it's an Ace, and Don, who went all in on a non-suited 7-3 draw is out of the tournament!"

Once again, Don, my fake veteran co-poster, you have been proven to be utterly full of fertilizer.

Posted by: TL [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 27, 2004 08:02 PM

saudi, saudi, saudi. when are we going to finally come to grips with the fact that saudi arabians have taken the number one spot on our list of enemies?

Posted by: bothenook [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 28, 2004 06:21 AM

lenta.ru article also says there were only 2 arabs among the terrorists.

Posted by: v [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 28, 2004 11:17 AM

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