In a lecture to resistance fighters and unidentified \"foreign representatives\" on 27 August, a translation of which from Chechen into Russian was posted on chechenpress.org on 17 September, acting Chechen President and resistance commander Abdul-Khalim Sadullaev reaffirmed that the Chechens \"will never leave\" their territory and that \"we are obliged to create an Islamic state here, on our native land.\" Sadullaev praised the military operations carried out by the resistance in recent months, but at the same time he expressed concern that during the bomb attack in Znamenskoe two months ago a child was killed. He said that Islamic justices will in future be assigned to all resistance detachments and will decide on the appropriate punishment for militants who inadvertently kill children or fellow Muslims. Sadullaev further warned that the resistance stance on peace talks with Russia has toughened, and that the Chechen resistance leadership will no longer compromise on its demands for independence, nor will it seek to offer Russia a face-saving way to end the war. He said an upcoming session of the Military Council will draft a new peace treaty, but he did not clarify in what circumstances that draft will be presented to Moscow. (RFE/RL)