Topic: - on October 29, 2002 at 12:04:25 AM CET
Russian gas may be secret crowd-control weapon
Weapons experts have suggested a 1950s chemical weapon called 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate, or BZ, may have been used. This causes disorientation and hallucinations and was tested by the US on servicemen in the 1960s.
But according to Christopher Holstege of the University of Virginia, BZ takes an hour to start working and its effects peak at eight hours - whereas the Russian gas worked in seconds. Moreover, a hallucinogen seems a risky choice for terrorists strapped to bombs.
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Topic: - on October 28, 2002 at 11:58:56 PM CET
Military Toxicologists Guilty of Death Toll
The Western media pointed out the unwillingness of the Russian government to release the name of the gas. The Daily Telegraph of Great Britain wrote with reference to a London military expert that it was probably BZ gas. This gas was first used by the American military in Vietnam.
Russian experts also believe that it was BZ gas. Doctor of Chemical Science Lev Fyodorov, said: “There can be no other variant. Our special forces have only this kind of gas. Theoretically, it is not a lethal gas if it affects healthy people. However, there were elderly people, children with weak organisms, and asthma-sick individuals among the hostages. This gas was lethal for them.”
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Topic: - on October 28, 2002 at 9:43:37 AM CET
U.S. diplomat killed in Jordan
"Gunmen sprayed the diplomat with several shots, killing him instantly," Information Minister Mohammed Affash Adwan told The Associated Press. He said he did not know if the attack was a terrorist incident, adding: "I do not want to speculate."
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Topic: - on October 28, 2002 at 2:28:14 AM CET
Der Giftgaseinsatz in Moskau
Geiselnahmen sind ein gemeines Verbrechen. Der Einsatz von Giftgas ist ein geächtetes Verbrechen. Wladimir Putin, der den Gashahn aufgedreht hat, macht die Welt sehr viel unsicherer (auch Kavkaz.org wurde vom Netz genommen).
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Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 11:15:41 PM CET
Slideshow: Gunmen Take Moscow Audience Hostage
The Russian presidential standard flies at half staff over the Kremlin as Russia observes a day of mourning October 28, 2002. Russia lowered national flags and cancelled entertainment across the country on Monday to mourn the victims of the hostage taking drama in Moscow.
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Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 11:08:44 PM CET
Cell Phones Were Mujahideens’ Downfall
When calls from hostages came, family members first established whether any terrorists were near the person placing the call. Family members and security officials said the phone would be passed to a security officer, who would ask “yes and no” questions to confirm key information about the terrorists — careful not to draw the hostage into a conversation that would be suspicious to the Chechen fighters.
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Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 8:00:13 PM CET
Soporific Used During Special Operation
It’s likely that the special forces that stormed the theater building where Chechen terrorists held hostages used soporific to neutralize the terrorists, according to NEWSru.COM commenting on the video shot on the attack scene and demonstrated on the Russian ORT television.
The video demonstrated the terrorists, camouflaged men and women of Caucasian appearance, strapped with explosives. Judging by the poses of their bodies, the terrorists were killed while asleep.
hypnotic (soporific) n. a drug that produces sleep by depressing brain function. Hypnotics include benzodiazepines (such as nitrazepam and temazepam), chloral hydrate, and some sedative antihistamines (e.g. promethazine). Hypnotics are used for insomnia and sleep disturbances, especially in mental illnesses and in the elderly. They often cause hangover effects in the morning.
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Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 7:12:02 PM CET
300 'al-Qaeda and Taliban' set free from Camp Delta
Up to 300 of the 598 supposed al-Qaeda and Taliban suspects - branded "the worst of the worst" by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld when it was set up 10 months ago - will be sent home.
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Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 7:04:29 PM CET
URGENT 650 Hospitalized After Moscow Raid
Nearly 650 of the released hostages still are hospitalized and more than 200 of them are in critical condition, Russian medical authorities said Sunday. They said that the death toll so far was 117.
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Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 7:02:45 PM CET
Al-Qaeda 'hacking' websites
THE al-Qaeda terror network has begun using hackers who break into websites to create secret pages that send messages to its followers, internet specialists say. An example came earlier this month when a message purportedly from al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden appeared on cenobite.com, a website started by a fan of science fiction writer Clive Barker.
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Topic: - on October 27, 2002 at 11:14:07 AM CET
Experts: Valium Gas Used in Raid
Military experts and toxicologists say Russian commandos probably pumped a gas containing Valium into a Moscow theater to subtly disable and disorient heavily armed Chechen rebels prior to Saturday's dramatic assault.
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Topic: - on October 26, 2002 at 12:17:23 PM CEST
Russian forces storm siege theatre
Russian security forces have stormed a Moscow theatre where Chechen rebels were holding hundreds hostage and brought it under their control, officials say.
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