Hostage-Takers at Russian School Phoned Saudi Arabia

(Guardian-UK) Nick Paton Walsh - Two of the militants who took part in the Beslan school hostage siege phoned the Middle East during the drama, a senior source from the Russian security services has said. Two calls were made from Beslan in Arabic, and "one call was to Saudi Arabia by one of the Arabs who was there." The investigation has established that there were two Arabs in the group.