(MOSCOW NEWS) Russia’s parliamentary commission investigating the September Beslan hostage crisis has announced evidence of the involvement by a foreign intelligence agency, underlining earlier speculations that foreigners-not just Chechens-played a large role Russia’s worst terrorist attack, which claimed the lives of 330 people in a three-day siege.
“For the moment the evidence that we have of this involvement is indirect, so I consider it premature to name exactly which special service it is,” Interfax quoted commission head Alexander Torshin as saying.
Torshin, deputy speaker of the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, said that “when we gather enough convincing evidence, we won’t hide it.”
Earlier the parliamentary commission sparked concern when it said that the truth about Besland was “too scary” to reveal.
Russian officials initially said the attackers killed at the school included nine or 10 Arabs, and other nationalities including Ingushetians and Chechens. Chechen separatist leader Shamil Basayev, who claimed responsibility for the raid, said the militants who seized the school included two Arabs.
Following the spate of terrorist attacks in August and September, which included the downing of two airliners in southern Russia and a suicide blast outside a Moscow subway station, Russian officials accused foreign countries, particularly in the West, of double standards on terrorism. In a televised address after the attack, Putin suggested some people with Cold War mentalities in the West, who are bent on weakening Russia, aided terrorists.
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I have the feeling the Russians will try to pin this on the Saudis.
Never quit, you are a thousand percent correct. There is a secret/not-so-secret alliance going on between Iran and Russia. Iran, the Shiite capita (the minority of Islam) feels that Saudi Arabi, the capital of the Sunni’s (majority of Islam)
has been oppressing them.
Russia feels that same way about the US.
They have a serious plan in motion and it is not to our beneifit.
The original article is accurate. It is a game of Charades…….
what concerns me is that an inordinate amount of Persian and russian people came in beginning in 1979 till the 1990’s under the guise of religious and political assylum…..who snuck in with them and where could they be? Also, if they didn’t pass the US’s sniff test, all they had to do was "claim" Jewish blood (and of course, no one makes up fake documents, do they?) and they were given [b]automatic Israeli citizenship which back before 9/11 enabled them safe passageway to the US..[b]
there are a couple of communities in the world where the russian and persian people given assylum live and they are innocent people I might add. they are: Israel, NY, and Los Angeles (especially colse in Los Angeles. The only thing in LA seperating these two communities is a hospital with a Star of David on top of it)
THIS IS TERRIBLY FRIGHTENING