israel has been thrugh all that stuff in the past... beslan is a PLOarafat copyright, check out Maalot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maalot_massacre
israel was also first to experience widespread suicide bombing, and hijackings (9-11 is derived from hijacking IMHO)
russia is doing the right thing if you ask me, but the sad thing is that their strategy will eventually lead to suicide bombings...