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More than 750 hostages were rescued, including all 75 non-Russians and 25 children, when special forces stormed the building
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from this article
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe...off/index.html
You people only see the negative!! Look on the bright side the MAJORITY of the hostages were saved and the explosives werent detonated.If the gass wasnt used maybe the death toll would be ALL of the hostages.Then everyone would be criticizeing the Russians inaction and how they allowed the hostages to be killed.IMNSHO the Russians did the best they could with what they had.Useing the gass was their best chance for success and since the majority of the hostages survived I would say it was a smashing success. Someone posted on here that an article on AOL said that the russians were executeing unconsious terrorists. That is definately a step in the right direction!! Why send someone with a rifle in their hand and a bomb strapped to their chest through the legal system? All it does is waste time and slow down the inevitable, or maybe they are innocent of any wrong doing and it is all just a big misunderstanding. Maybe the bomb just magicaly appeared and strapped itself to them and the rifle forced itself upon them. The government should treat terrorists caught in the act just like a home owner would treat a house breaker, like an opportunity for target practise!!