This was yesterday, but here is the newshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...atre_hostage_dchttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2354753.stm:(

Does this have anything to do with our hobby??? Or aviation in general ??? :-outta Francois :-wave________________________Francois A. "Navman" DumasAssociate Editor &Forums AdministratorAVSIM Online!email: [email protected]________________________

nope,and that's why it is posted in the hangar chat forum :)

Hmmmm... I still would think that the discussions in the AVSIM Hangar Chat should have something to do with aviation... not just 'anything'. There are plenty of places on the internet for the 'anyhting' discussions. :-outta Francois :-wave________________________Francois A. "Navman" DumasAssociate Editor &Forums AdministratorAVSIM Online!email: [email protected]________________________

What about the few other 'off topic' posts you can see in the front page?btw, up to 67 killed! :(http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/26...doff/index.html

>What about the few other 'off topic' posts you can see in >the front page? >>btw, up to 67 killed! :( >>http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/26...doff/index.html I agree the Bali bombing thing is hardly on-topic. Yes it's sad 67 were killed but the authorities had to act as the terrorists were starting to execute hostages. Anyway, 34 of the

Yes, there are other places but the 'family' is here at AVSIM we want to share news and intereesting topics with the people we know here. Otherwise, can we have an everything forum? a place where we can discuss anything... like airliners.net has a forum for anything..i think it would be cool for when we want to discuss something off-topic.Anyway...The situation in Russia is terrible..they said they are willing to die for their cause nad take the hostages with them. I wonder if the Russians are gonna stand there or go in and take their chances!Mike

From a Russian special forces soldier involved in the operation: "...Sleeping gas was let into the theatre hall through the ventilation, several grenades were fired right in the hall. We managed to liquidate the female kamikaze: soldiers penetrated into the hall through special crawlways and shot the sleeping terrorists point-blank. Right at the temple. I agree that it

"shot the sleeping terrorists point-blank. Right at the temple. I agree that it

I agree with everything the Russian Forces did to the Chechan Rebels, I am very sour about the whole Chechnya thing, after losing my cousin to Chechan Rebels in Grozny last week.Best Regards Derek Beal :-wave[link:www.spb.ru/]http://flightsimmers.net/va/aeroflot724/stpeteflag.jpgPROUD RUSSIAN/CANADIAN! :D http://www.x-plane.org/users/dbeal/3dflags...om_russi2bl.gif http://www.x-plane.org/users/dbeal/canadaa.gif