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Its funny up until the theatre rescue Russians used Spetznaz, a highly specialized group of special warfare soldiers.# Highly trained, highly specialized they had a reputation for competance especially for situations like this one.
It would be interesting to know who these commando's were, I have a feeling that they might have been attached to law enforcement as opposed to military.
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Today's Telegraph (London) piece carried in the Herald mentions Spetznaz as leading the assault.
As competent as I'm sure they are in tactical situations, I wonder if this specific unit was trained in counter terror / hostage rescue. Sure doesn't look like it. When local villagers join in with WW2 rifles you definately do not have situational control....
Stunning... absolutely stunning.... [/b][/quote]
This still dosen't sound like thier work. I've read a couple of outside books on these guys and they rank with the British SIS in a lot of ways or the Israeli special forces commando's who's name escapes me.
However they did lose control of the situation and were forced into a very reactive fight which gave the advantage to terrorists
I think this might be the turing point in Putin's mass popularity. We'll see how this all unravels politically.
I-Hate-Hulse Posted on Sep 4 2004, 02:38 PM
In which way?