Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-09-15-Speech-3-022"
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"Mr President, words fail me in the face of the tragedy that has befallen children and adults in Ossetia, but words must be found. Words must be found and action taken to avoid further need for tears. There is no such thing as good or bad terrorism, as all kinds of terrorism are bad. There is no such thing as terrorism in the name of God, as every kind of terrorism is the work of the devil. That said, the film on Chechnya we have been watching for years is not a black and white film, with a good sheriff pitted against the bad guys. In this film the sheriff has also shot people in the back in the past, as in Chechnya there really are two kinds of terrorism. There is the kind currently being discussed at length, both in this House and elsewhere, and there is the other kind no one talks about, namely state terrorism. The fact that the EU is putting forward its views on this issue is to be welcomed. These views should be those of the entire EU, and this fact should be noted by Russia, which in the past has preferred to talk with selected Member States such as Germany and France, as demonstrated by the recent summit in Sochi. If we act together, Mr President, as a single EU, it will be easier for us to exert influence on Russia and to fight for human rights, both in Chechnya and elsewhere."@en1
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