City #39 14 января 2000

Самиздат

Beech - caps on the towers.

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(C) V. Pelevin


                 Cap on the tower


  Since the days of Homer is well known for the next literary 
subject - blind librarian Remove the two group of heroes, one 
of which defends a kind of fortress, while the other tries to 
take it by storm. Plot extremely intrusive - people tend to 
perceive through his lens, even events that are factually 
absolutely not fit into this outline. For examples look no 
further than is necessary - just open any newspaper and read 
about the "assault Space. "That the object of the assault is an 
absolute void, should not be confused - it once again confirms 
the well-known thesis of the philosopher Ilyina about that the 
Russian idea in its self-development comes to spontaneous 
Buddhism. Or, for simplicity, we can take "Battle for the 
harvest" - here the role of the fortress has a wheat field 
(possibly with a label "Wheat"). In addition to these examples, 
you can remember storming pole atom, the depths of the ocean 
and so on. 

  Interesting - and revealing - that in all these cases it is 
unclear who the defenders. It is possible that we did not know 
about them because no one of these storms and have not been 
fully success.


  But the most interesting thing that is to some
real-life event fully meet
within the scope of Homer's story, as consciousness at all
refuses to recognize him for what happened and persistently 
trying to see in its place is something else. In addition, the 
original defenders usually not even aware that their actions 
are protected by the fortress - as evidenced by, and serves our 
history. 

  In that memorable August, when Shamil Basayev
took the Kremlin, the news for some strange reason, a long time 
did not want to apply for within the Garden Ring. Maybe the 
point is that the word "took" not very suitable to the 
situation - except for the murder of an officer of GAI, sitting 
in his glass at the entrance to the Kremlin, the action cost

no casualties. And then, as it turned out, a policeman was
shot because Ukrainian snipers, ehavshey
in one of the lead car appeared suspicious
big black telephone on which he was someone talking. Such a 
lightning operation's success is due primarily to the fact that 
the action was carefully planned and took into account all the 
problems encountered during Budennovskiy raid.


  At this time there was no Kamaz trucks and no
Camouflage - two hundred of Basayev's subversive assault 
battalion went on forty "Mercedes-600, seized for this purpose, 
the residents of mountainous areas of Chechnya. Success of the 
operation facilitated by the fact that most of the machines, as 
this requires the highland tradition has been with flashing 
lights. Each soldier battalion was clean-shaven and dressed in 
a bright crimson jacket (they were hastily made from dyed beet 
juice sacs), and the neck was unitaznuyu thick chain, painted 
with gold paint - these chains, as shown by the investigation 
were hastily produced in one of the Grozny-based funeral 
services. 

  An additional result of careful preparation
was a big saving money - this time for bribes
GAI took a little over three hundred dollars, because
that most police officers simply did not dare
stop such a representative cortege, and those
who nevertheless raised his wand, contented thrown out the 
window one hundred thousandth the bill. By appear among the 
consultants found Basayev, a psychologist, who knew that by 
virtue of innate subservience to wealth doormen, police and 
prostitutes tend to take much less to those who affects their 
minds to the luxury of leaving or attire. 

   In accordance with the original plan the operation,
immediately after the seizure of the Kremlin all the ins and 
outs of He had barricaded. From the cellars of the Palace

Congresses were pulled out ready-made there
weapons, fighters, dressed in their traditional protective 
orders, and between the teeth of the Kremlin wall flashed 
scopes Basayev snipers. In short, the success was complete, 
except for the fact that The Kremlin was almost empty - not a 
single member of the Government or any discernible public 
servant was unable to capture. The number of hostages taken 
Basayev's group was about twenty people - mostly workers were

Casino of the Palace of Congresses, and a few technicians who 
carried out repair work, despite the Sunday day. But Basayev 
was not at all discouraged by a small number of trapped. 

  - Tomorrow they will come, slyushay - said he lost the 
Pakistani instructor. - To put nekuda be.


  Flair, and this time has not changed a terrorist, but on
We say a little later. Immediately after the seizure
the Kremlin and the organization of nodes defense
three main areas of possible counter-attacks, Shamil Basayev, 
took up the second part his plan. This second part has a direct 
relation to such seemingly far removed from the terror event, 
as the sharp appreciation of Persian lamb fur on the Moscow 
stock exchange. 


              to be continued ...