Islamists Imitate 'Sophie's Choice'
Sunday, September 05, 2004
There are no limits to the terrorists' depravity:
Jihadists force mother to make real-life "Sophie's choice"
BESLAN, Russia — Zalina Dzandarova cradles her son Alan as he sleeps with his small face buried against her stomach. He is the child Dzandarova was able to save. The child she chose to save, really.
It is the other one, little Alana, her 6-year-old daughter, whose image torments her: Alana clutching her hand, Alana crying and calling after her. Alana's sobs disappearing into the distance as Dzandarova walked out of Middle School No. 1 here Thursday, clutching 2-year-old Alan in her arms.
Guerrillas armed with automatic rifles and explosive belts who are holding hundreds of hostages at the small provincial school in southern Russia allowed 26 women and children to leave. About a dozen mothers, like Dzandarova, were allowed to take only one child, forced to leave another behind.
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The girl is alive, thank God (and no thanks to Allah).
UPDATE:
(Kill Them All courtesy SondraK)