http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4732783.stm Quote:
Russian military freezes out ABC
Russia's defence chief has barred the ministry from contact with ABC TV after the US network's interview with Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev.
Sergei Ivanov said the ministry considered ABC "persona non grata" following Thursday's broadcast.
However, the foreign ministry has said it will not deny ABC accreditation.
The rebel has claimed the 2004 raid on a school in Beslan. In the interview he said he was a "terrorist" but that Russians were "terrorists" too.
Russia's most wanted man also said he was plotting more attacks.
Condemnation
"Today I have given the order to the head of the press service that not one serviceman of the defence ministry should have contact with the American television channel ABC," Mr Ivanov said in televised comments.
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I support Russia's banning of ABC in Russia. Maybe the corporate suits will come under some heat for approving that misguided segment. Our double standard as to who and what a terrorist 'is' needs to be redefined in the modern world. Just because the USA doesn't classify Bayasev as a terrorist does not make him not a terrorist. To the Russian society he is a terrorist on the same level as OBL, with tactics just a vile.
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Quote by: Zee I don't see much validity in the claim that this is different because the kids weren't deliberately targeted. |
ZEE - lets see - deliberately invading a school with the intention of murdering children versus taking out a terrorist in a building. I'd say that is a huge difference.