Chechnya brings the war to Moscow...

Another horrible suicide bombing.

MOSCOW, Dec. 9 - A suicide bomber blew herself up outside a historic hotel in the center of Moscow today, officials said, killing at least 5 other people and seriously wounding 13 only steps away from the Kremlin, Red Square and the Parliament.

The bomb exploded just before 11 o'clock on a cold, snowy morning, leaving a scene of chaos and carnage. Russia has suffered a wave of suicide attacks this year that has killed more than 200 people, but the explosion today brought terrorism's grisly results to the historic and political heart of the country.

The Russian military has wrecked havoc in Chechnya, in one of the most brutal occupations in modern history. I am sickened and repelled, but not surprised, that Chechnyans are strapping on explosives and striking back on Russian soil.

It frightens me, too. Unless we change our foreign policy, withdraw our troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, I fear it is simply a matter of time until such retaliatory attacks become common in the U.S.

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