Alkhanov demands to stop linking the words �terrorist� and �Chechen� Grozny, July 15th � RIA �Novosti�. The president of Chechnya, Alu Alkhanov, demands a stop to the linking of the term �terrorist� with the word �Chechen�. �It is about time for some politicians and representatives of the mass media to step away from the custom of sticking a label on the Chechen people and using the word �terrorist� in context with the term �Chechen��, Alkhanov said in a speech at the �Hot Line� which was organized by the �Rossiyskaya Gazeta�. According to his words, he never classifies terrorists by the characteristic of nationality. �I never say: a Dagestan, an Ossetian or a Karachai-Circassian terrorist. The whole world knows, that terrorists don�t have a nationality and that they all have the same face � the face of inhumanity�, the head of the republic said. �It is always clear who is who. Nevertheless, we never make an investigation to find out the nationality of terrorists�, Alkhanov said. According to his words, the leaders of terrorist groups are not Chechens, Englishmen or representatives of other nationalities. �They are people who don�t want the world to live in peace. They don�t care where they carry out their attacks because their main aim is to spread death and fear�, the Chechen president stated. [22.07.2005] Source: RIA "Novosti"
Alkhanov demands to stop linking the words �terrorist� and �Chechen�
�It is about time for some politicians and representatives of the mass media to step away from the custom of sticking a label on the Chechen people and using the word �terrorist� in context with the term �Chechen��, Alkhanov said in a speech at the �Hot Line� which was organized by the �Rossiyskaya Gazeta�.
According to his words, he never classifies terrorists by the characteristic of nationality.
�I never say: a Dagestan, an Ossetian or a Karachai-Circassian terrorist. The whole world knows, that terrorists don�t have a nationality and that they all have the same face � the face of inhumanity�, the head of the republic said.
�It is always clear who is who. Nevertheless, we never make an investigation to find out the nationality of terrorists�, Alkhanov said.
According to his words, the leaders of terrorist groups are not Chechens, Englishmen or representatives of other nationalities. �They are people who don�t want the world to live in peace. They don�t care where they carry out their attacks because their main aim is to spread death and fear�, the Chechen president stated.
[22.07.2005]
Source: RIA "Novosti"
