Russia's Putin and Germany's Schoreder's Statement on Terrorism

We may be seeing signs of a revitalizing of international unity against islamic radical terrorism. Yet still no word from France and their dialogue diplomacy.

MOSCOW. Sep 9 (Interfax) - The terrorist attack in Beslan which was aimed against children "is a new dimension of the threat international terrorism poses to mankind," says a joint statement issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Thursday.

"Thirty-six months after the terrorist attacks in the U.S. and six months after the terrorist acts in Madrid, the Russian Federation became a target for attacks of international terrorism," reads the joint statement, which was read out on Russia's Channel One.

"We agree that terrorism should be cooperatively fought everywhere," the statement says.

"Today, international terrorism, along with the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, regional conflicts and organized crime, is the most dangerous challenge to the security of our countries," the statement said.

Is President Putin laying the ground work for a pre-emptive campaign of his own? Is this the early stages of developing an international coalition of support for what he might need to do next? Wonder if he will be addressing the U.N. to ask permission to take out the terrorist bases in Chechneya or Georgia? Give us your thoughts here or on the ZZ Portal Forum.