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					Originally Posted by SoLiDUS
					
				 
				... or stupidly, depending on your angle. They were told that if ONE soldier 
was spotted storming the building, they'd blow it all to hell: I guess they 
decided to take the chance, no matter how suicidal it was and regardless of 
the hundreds of lives at risk. 
 
I know, I know: they didn't have many options... so don't flame me, plz? 
I'm cute, remember?  freak:   biggrin:   happy: 
			
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 well, teh British SAS did the same thing in an embassy situation in the 80s.
It was basically the same deal as here only on a smaller scale.
As far as I understand the Russians made a feint atack in the middle of the night, making the terrorists stay awake, then a fresh commando team stormed the building at the crack of dawn, many of the terrorists were asleep. Essentially they caught them with their pants down.