Negotiating with Terrorists by Guy Olivier Faure I. William Zartman

Author:Guy Olivier Faure, I. William Zartman [Guy Olivier Faure, I. William Zartman]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Military, General, Language Arts & Disciplines, Communication Studies, Political Science, Security (National & International), Peace, Political Freedom, Terrorism
ISBN: 9781136998669
Google: DJ5dBwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-02-25T15:53:09+00:00

Day 3

The morning of September 3 brought some optimistic news: Maskhadov had sent a message confirming that he was ready to fly to Beslan to negotiate. The local authorities responded by announcing: “Important new faces are about to enter the negotiation process, they will arrive soon.”21 Only an hour after this announcement the storming started, leading some sources to speculate that the explosions that triggered the mayhem were no accident, and that their purpose was to deny Maskhadov the chance to come in and save the day.22 The federal authorities in turn, categorically denied Maskhadov’s willingness to come to Beslan to negotiate in the first place.23

The small glimpse of optimism that was present outside following the morning announcement, however, was not shared by the people inside the gym. Conditions were increasingly deteriorating with some of the children resorting to drinking urine to survive, and at least two of the kids already reaching the verge of death. The terrorists were acting increasingly aggressive, became even less responsive to hostages’ anxious pleas for water, and their anger grew with their inability to quiet the hostages down.

At 1:02 PM, following a morning agreement with the terrorists to allow the collection of bodies of the hostages killed on the first day, a lorry approached the school and suddenly, several shots were fired. Almost simultaneously, the first explosion inside the school ensued, followed by a large explosion exactly twentytwo seconds later. Shortly thereafter, all hell broke lose. By this point the firefight had become irreversible. At 6:13 PM, there was one last contact with the hostagetakers. “It’s all your fault. Say ‘Hi’ to you, Putin!” Around 2:00 AM, more than twelve hours since the initial explosions, the last shots were fired.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.