-Caveat Lector- Euphorian spotted this on the Guardian Unlimited site and thought you should see it.
------- Note from Euphorian: Putin has "weapons of mass detruction" and gasses his own people ... now what? ------- To see this story with its related links on the Guardian Unlimited site, go to http://www.guardian.co.uk Putin rejects criticism over theatre raid Staff and agencies Monday October 28 2002 The Guardian The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, today said he would not "give in to any blackmail" amid rising criticism of the Moscow theatre raid's rising death toll. As the country held a day of national mourning for the 118 hostages killed in the crisis, Mr Putin told cabinet officials that would he give the armed forces greater power to deal with the perceived threat from terrorism. Quoted by the Interfax news agency, his statement appeared to suggest that Russia would embark on its own "war on terror" to counter threats to its security wherever it found them. "International terrorism is becoming bolder, acting more cruelly, and here and there around the world threats of the use of means comparable to weapons of mass destruction are heard," the president said. "If anyone even tried to use such means in relation to our country, Russia will answer with measures adequate to the threats, in all places where there are terrorists, organisations of these criminals or their ideological or financial sponsors." Hours after Mr Putin spoke there were unconfirmed reports later that a Russian airliner had been hijacked flying from Moscow to Perm in the Urals. Emergency officials dismissed the reports. Stunned Russians today mourned the raid's civilian victims but anger is growing after doctors yesterday disclosed that all but two of the 118 dead captives were killed by a gas used to disable the hostage takers. The gas's compositon has remained a secret to medical workers fighting to save people weakened after 58 hours held hostage by Chechen rebels and it is feared that the death toll could still rise. Another 405 of the freed captives remained hospitalised, including nine children, while 239 have been released, the Moscow health department said. The chief Moscow doctor, Andrei Seltsovsky, yesterday said that medics were familiar with the general category of the gas but were struggling to treat their largely unconscious patients without an effective antidote. The gas - which causes people to lose conciousness - can paralyze breathing, cardiac and liver function and blood circulation, the doctors said. Its effects were worsened by the extreme conditions in which the hostages had been confined - next to no movement, lack of water, food and sleep, severe psychological stress - and by chronic medical problems some suffered. "In standard situations, the compound that was used on people does not act as aggressively as it turned out to," Dr Seltsovsky said. Officials in Moscow today said that victims' families would receive financial compensation - 100,000 rubles (£2,050) for each dead hostage and half that amount for those who survived, the Interfax news agency reported. Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
