Murder of Children Was a Literal Act of War

One of the terrorists captured after the School Murders in Russia claims that they seized the school in an attempt to widen the Chechen War to all of Russia. Allegedly, one of the top military commanders of the Chechen rebels directly ordered the attack.

Appearing on Russian state television, the unidentified man said the attack was ordered by Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov and Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev..."They gathered us in the woods and 'The Colonel' said that we should take over a school in Beslan. That was our order," he said. "When we asked why we were doing this, what our goal was, 'The Colonel' answered us, 'Because we need to start a war across the Caucasus." He said the hostage-takers included Uzbeks, Arabs and Chechens.

This is sick. Disgusting. I am thousands of miles away from this event, but it sickens me to no end. America should offer the Russians any investigatory assistance they may need, and should consider using this as a means to get more help in the War on Terrorism. The same report notes many of the supsects are Al-Qaeda, so now we know OBL's organization will attack anyone, anywhere. Makes you wonder how long until one of the nuclear nations who is hit, hits back hard.