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Early yesterday morning soldiers from the ‘Alpha’ special operations unit stormed the theatrical center at Dubrovka, where Movsar Barayev’s group of suicide martyrs was holding 800 hostages.  The terrorists were destroyed and a majority of the hostages ended up hospitalized.  The leadership of the special operation judged it to be a ‘B+’.  Its long-term consequences, however, have turned out to be dramatic: the gas used by the special forces killed many more hostages than the terrorists did.

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From Rossiyskaya Gazeta, October 28th, 2002

Fifty-eight hours

That is how long the nightmare on Melnikov Street in Moscow kept the entire nation on edge

Wednesday, October 23rd

9:15 p.m.  A group of armed militants in camouflage enter the theatrical center at Dubrovka, on Number 7 Melnikov Street, what was formerly known as the Palace of Culture (DK) of the government bearings plant.  The theater is variously referred to as ‘Nord-Ost’ (from the musical being performed in the theater at the time), Dubrovka, or simply ‘DK’.  More than 800 people are watching the musical at the time.

In Sueddeutsche Zeitung

“I dream of repeating what my brother did.”  Their sons, brothers, and sisters held all of Russia in fear for several days.  Why are the relatives of the terrorists who seized hostages in Moscow ready to do it again?

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