December 4, 2001 - 22:49 AMT
VAFA GULUZADE JUSTIFIES AZERI MERCENARIES FIGHTING IN CHECHNYA
As «Turan» agency informs the ex-council of the President of Azerbaijan for internal policy Wafa Guluzade has had a speech justifying the activities of 12 Azeri citizens accused of participation in illegal armed formations fighting in Chechnya. «Every Azerbaijani and every Muslim has a right to fight for the idea and for Islam. Being appropriately trained he can go to Chechnya or any other country to fight», noted Guluzade. According to him "now Islam peoples are in difficult condition and those people who turn to religion to find their strength for the struggle do not have to be called Islamist terrorists". It should be noted that Usama bin Laden, who Guluzade thinks is a terrorist, has also "turned to Islam to find strength for the struggle".