An unfathomable tragedy in Russia
In the rescue attempt one of the hostages died of gunshot wounds. 116 of the hostages died from exposure to the "mysterious" sedative gas used to incapacitate the hostages. The Russians have not indentified the type of gas used.
Rod Dreher posted the text of Putin's speech to the Russian people on The Corner yesterday.
"This enemy is strong and dangerous, brutal and severe. It is international terrorism. While it is not defeated, anywhere in the world, people can not feel safe. But it should be defeated. And it will be defeated. Today in the hospital I talked to one of victims. He said to me, 'It was not that terrible - there was a confidence among us, that the future of the terrorists is not enduring.' And this is the truth. They do not have a future. We do."
