The supply of ink, words and emotional outrage about this sort of thing ran out a long time ago.
The most horrifying aspect is that we have come to expect this, or at least are no longer surprised by it.
"It was a terrorist act carried out by the female suicide bombers," said Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, in reference to the first and most lethal explosion, citing the Federal Security Service. "They were specifically timed -- for ... the train was nearing the station -- to make the most damage."
So, to The Question: What are the odds, once the Russian security services run the perpetrators to ground, that they will be read their Miranda rights, housed safely with Halal meals and Muslim chaplains, provided lawyers and tried as civilians at the courthouse closest to the scene of the crime?
And, while we're at it...
What are the odds, also, that these murderers are traced back to Pakistan via Chechnya?
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