The Laughing Wolf

Russian School Hostage Crisis Update

First off, to all the Old Media types out there: they people doing this are not rebels, insurgents or frelling hostage takers. They are terrorists. They are murdering cowardly scum with ties to the Al Queda umbrella. Get your heads out of your ventral orifices and quit treating them with kid gloves.

The night over there was filled with random fire out from the school, apparently designed to try and prevent any anti-terrorist units from getting close. This is continuing, with some loud explosions now reported, but with no apparent activity from the outside. None of this bodes well for the children.

I strongly recommend you go to this story at the wonderful Logic & Sanity who is providing some of the best coverage I have seen. There is a LOT of background there and he does a great job of connecting dots and making sure that all possibilities are covered. More to be posted as warranted.

LW

UPDATE 1: Fox News is reporting that one or more children may have been released. Very little real intel here, lots of speculation from the talking heads. More later.

UPDATE 2: Fox reporter on the scene is saying that eight women and small children were released. Other than that, lots or rumors but not much else.

UPDATE 3: The Backcountry Conservative is is continuing his coverage as is Kathy at On The Third Hand and Rusty Shackelford at MyPetJawa. The Command Post also continues to provide coverage. Some English laungauge Russian sources include News From Russia, Interfax, and The Moscow Times.

UPDATE 4: The number released is now 26 according to Fox.

UPDATE 5: The number of released hostages seems to be creeping up. Unfortunately, according to updates at Logic & Sanity it appears that the terrorists executed at least 15 of the male hostages. This is based on eyewitness reports from a man who managed to escape. He had been ordered to throw the bodies out the window, and realizing he might be next, went out the window himself when he could. If you are following this story at all, you need to read today's updates right now.

UPDATE 6: It appears that many of those released are infants. There are reports that the children are safe and there is not panic (for now) based on a message from the principal. We are headed towards night again over there, and no one is sure what is happening or what will happen. Please keep these people in your thoughts and prayers, and keep checking back to Logic & Sanity for the best coverage of this story out there.

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Update here. First post in series is here. Some food for thought is here. Aftermath and some commentary is here. I also suggest that you click here and scroll down to find the latest information on this story in case this update segment is not updated regularly.