These are Islamic terrorists. The media refuses to address them as such.
The media refuses to do nothing of the sort, don't try looking for boogeymen where none exist.
All media outlets have reported the presence of Arabs in the group, all have called them terrorists, all have reported Putin connecting the terrorists to Al Qaeda, and all have reported the connection between the Chechen terrorist leader and Al Qaeda.
I was in a cab in the city today (nyc) and the radio was turned to 1010wins. I was surprised that thye actually called a spade a spade and referred to the terrorists as islamic terrorists, not chechen rebels.