XPost: talk.politics.misc 
 From: bhk@dsl.co.uk 
  
 [Newsgroups reset; I don't take tpm, but _would_ like to see responses] 
  
 On Sunday, in article <878ybouz5i.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu> 
      rra@stanford.edu "Russ Allbery" wrote: 
  
 > This was only a portion of his original statement, he was talking about 
 > the final resolution of the standoff that resulted in 350 dead rather than 
 > the initial act of terrorism, and even this has been withdrawn and 
 > clarified.  Rather than looking for bizarre pop psychology to explain why 
 > someone would ask this question, you may want to remember the previous 
 > hostage crisis where the Russians ended up killing a fair chunk of the 
 > hostages through misapplied use of crowd control gas. 
  
 Actually, the gas did NOT kill many of the hostages; quite a large 
 majority of them were brought out alive.  Unfortunately, the stretcher 
 bearers bringing them out did not have time to do more before re-entering 
 the theatre to fetch the next one, so they were left on the pavement. 
 Outside, in the pouring rain, on their backs (no one seems to have been 
 aware of the recovery position).  So many died _after_ rescue, from 
 either exposure or even, in some case, drowning[1]. 
  
 Partly this was due to a shortage of ambulances and trained first-aiders; 
 which probably accounts for so many private cars having been used on 
 Friday. 
  
 [1]The media tends to ignore this fact; preferring instead to portray the 
 overpowering of those particular terrorists as being bungled. 
 -- 
 Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                     bhk@dsl.co.uk 
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