Posted by NEWS on 9/9/2004, 20:28:26, in reply to "Kidnappers of French hostages 'demand end to headscarf ban'" We remind our viewers that the statements, opinions and points of view expressed in this article are those of the author and shall not be deemed to mean that they are those of Jihad Unspun, the publisher, editor, writers, contributors or staff. "Oh you who Believe! If a Liar comes to you with a news, verify it, lest you should harm people in ignorance, and afterwards you become regretful for what you have done." [EMQ 49:6] The siege of a Russian school/higher education and military academy in North Ossetia has ended in massive bloodshed and loss of life, leaving possibly hundreds dead. Some analysts report that at least 700 people have been killed in total. Fridays events are but the latest in a chain of recent attacks inside Russia that have almost floored Russia and the failing Putin Presidency. The academy was seized on Wednesday by an group calling itself the Phalanges or divisions of the Martyrs of Riyaadh as-Saaliheen. A total of 32 men and women stormed the academy in Beslan during its opening ceremony for the new term, taking hostages as human-shields in order to make a political statement to the Russian authority and to the world about the brutal occupation of Chechnya by the Russian invaders. The mujahideen's demands were ten-fold: Putin must be put on trial (with Islam as the judicial process) as a war criminal for Genocide in Chechnya A clear timetable for the withdrawal of the occupying Russian forces from Chechnya must be laid out A "Release to Release" policy where for every ten academy hostages released the Russians would release a hundred Chechan prisoners languishing in Russian jails, some 6500 to date Economic compensation for the Russian aggression The result of the recent rigged elections must be overturned To leave the country by the agreed date and to let the people in Chechnya take authority The removal of all foreign forces in the region To allow all the displaced Chechan's to return back to Chechnya from the surrounding areas To put the Chechans who work with the Russian authority on trial as traitors who have committed a grave crime in the sight of Islam. Though officials put the number of hostages at 354, up to 1,500 people were, in fact, taken hostage exposing the Russian lies. Putin refused to negotiate to save the lives of the hostages. His overriding aim was to demonstrate, though a ruthless and violent action, the power of the state, once he had learnt of the mujahideens demands especially with respect to himself. Indeed, the mujahideen made attempts to release all the children inside the academy freeing 26 women and a number of the youngest children on Thursday. More had been ear-marked to be released. At no-stage did the mujahideen ever contemplate killing women and children, as this was expressly forbidden by Islam, this is borne out by the statements made by those captured and paraded by the Russians on state-run TV. With the refusal to negotiate, the Russians prepared to attack the academy because as the siege continued to be drawn out more and more people had started to focus on the root causes of the crisis and the atrocities committed by Russia in Chechnya. On Friday, September 3, after the Russians had cut off power to the academy as well as the food and water supplies, they made an assault using Russian Special Forces brought into Beslan from outside the region. Similarly to the use of the old Red Army when attempting to crush any local opposition groups, Special Forces were ordered in to ensure that the job was done properly and that no hostages were left alive, even if that meant killing their own country men caught in any cross fire. The explosions and the resulting collapse of the academy roof led to scores of casualties. The fierce fighting left hundreds injured and wounded, including many children caught in the cross-fire. Twenty-seven of the mujahideen were taken as martyrs (shuhaadaa) and around eight escaped with some of the hostages as protection. Putin, who visited Beslan and the hospital early Saturday, September 4, shut the borders of North Ossetia in order to control the media reporting of the atrocity committed by his own troops and to cover up as much of the evidence as possible. With respect to the question of the legitimacy of targeting a school in Islam or any other building(s) for that matter, we say the following. Because Jihaad (legislated fighting) in Islam is not restricted by time or by place we do not need an evidence (from the Sharee'ah) to permit fighting in the mountains of Tora Bora or in the streets of Beslan, because by its nature, Jihaad is not restricted by time or place. This much is clear. Allah (swt) says: "And fight in the way of Allaah those who fight you....And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from wherever they have turned you out" [EMQ 2:190-191]
EXCLUSIVE: The Truth Behind The Russian Academy Seige
By Abu Mujaahid
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