Date :9/30/01 11:37:11 PM
  No.: 36 		 
SPA -36- POLITICAL/ NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE IGNORE OUR ITEM NO SPA- 34 AND REPLACE IT WITH THE FOLLOWING: PRINCE NAIF HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE ON TERRORISM 7 RIYADH

HE SAID, 'A DIFFERENCE SHOULD BE DRAWN BETWEEN TERRORISM, THEKILLING OF THE INNOCENT AND CHILDREN AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR PROPERTIES, AND THE ACTS OF THOSE WHO ARE DEFENDING THEIR CAUSE SUCHAS OUR PALESTINIAN BROTHERS, WHOSE STRUGGLE IS THEIR RIGHT. IF WE WANT TO FIGHT TERRORISM CORRECTLY, WE SHOULD LOOK INTO SUCH BASIC MATTERS AND DEAL WITH THEM SO THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER BE CAUSES FOR ANGER EXPLOITED BY SOME PEOPLE AS IF THEY WERE ISSUES INFRINGING ON THE FAITH AND FEELINGS OF PEOPLE IN THE ARAB WORLD. THESE ARE CAUSESFOR INSTABILITY IN THE ARAB WORLD FROM THE 1940S UNTIL NOW.'

'THIS CANNOT AFFECT THE POSITION OF THE KINGDOM AND THE WHOLEARAB WORLD' HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE POSITION OF THE ARAB COUNTRIES ON THIS ACT IS THAT WE ARE ALL AGAINST TERRORISM AND THE KINGDOM'S LEADERSHIP, GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE WILL NEITHER BE A SOURCE NOR EXPORTER OF TERRORISM.

AFTERWARDS, PRINCE NAIF ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS OF JOURNALISTS.

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