Comments on: Quick action by Russian special services http://cominganarchy.com/2006/09/04/quick-action-by-russian-special-services/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:03:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: von Kaufman-Turkestansky http://cominganarchy.com/2006/09/04/quick-action-by-russian-special-services/comment-page-1/#comment-122525 von Kaufman-Turkestansky Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:22:39 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2139#comment-122525 Two interesting follow up tidbits in this article: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/09/06/018.html ...Meanwhile, Kalinin told Interfax that none of the prison staff would be punished for allowing the hostage-taking to occur. "No one person was at fault, but there are certain weaknesses in our organization and we will take measures to address them," Kalinin said. He added that wages for prison officers were so low that far more women than men were willing to sign on. He said 40 percent of the prison's staff was female and that the average wage for workers at the prison was 5,000 rubles ($187) per month. ... there were no terrorists, but there were convicted murderers among the hostage-takers. Two interesting follow up tidbits in this article:
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/09/06/018.html

…Meanwhile, Kalinin told Interfax that none of the prison staff would be punished for allowing the hostage-taking to occur.

“No one person was at fault, but there are certain weaknesses in our organization and we will take measures to address them,” Kalinin said.

He added that wages for prison officers were so low that far more women than men were willing to sign on. He said 40 percent of the prison’s staff was female and that the average wage for workers at the prison was 5,000 rubles ($187) per month.

… there were no terrorists, but there were convicted murderers among the hostage-takers.

]]> By: Russian special forces rescue hostages at Taking Aim http://cominganarchy.com/2006/09/04/quick-action-by-russian-special-services/comment-page-1/#comment-122141 Russian special forces rescue hostages at Taking Aim Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:51:50 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2139#comment-122141 [...] Coming Anarchy reports on a successful hostage rescue by Russian special forces.  Share this post with others:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Coming Anarchy reports on a successful hostage rescue by Russian special forces.  Share this post with others:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Lexington Green http://cominganarchy.com/2006/09/04/quick-action-by-russian-special-services/comment-page-1/#comment-122081 Lexington Green Tue, 05 Sep 2006 01:48:02 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2139#comment-122081 Yeah, nice work by the Russians. Maybe they are getting better at this kind of thing. On the other hand, these guys don't sound like they were Islamic fanatics, either. Yeah, nice work by the Russians. Maybe they are getting better at this kind of thing. On the other hand, these guys don’t sound like they were Islamic fanatics, either.

]]> By: Curzon http://cominganarchy.com/2006/09/04/quick-action-by-russian-special-services/comment-page-1/#comment-122071 Curzon Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:05:11 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2139#comment-122071 Certainly a change of pace (and result) from "what we've come to expect from the Russian security forces.":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis Certainly a change of pace (and result) from what we’ve come to expect from the Russian security forces.

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