Posted on 08/03/2008 9:11:11 PM PDT by HAL9000
via translation-
ALERT - China: 16 customs officers killed and 16 wounded in an attack in Xinjiang
BEIJING - Sixteen customs officers were killed and sixteen others injured Monday morning when the attack on their post in Xinjiang, Muslim region of northwestern China, according to the China New Agency.
I know the first thing I look for in the morning paper, after a recap pf the Dodger game, is the box score from China.
“...individuals who frequent bars, nightclubs and similiar establishments are more likely to be involved in phsical altercations after midnight”.
Oh, really. I would have never known. LOL!
BEIJING - A Chinese army officer warned Friday that Islamic separatists are the biggest threat to the Olympics, but a regional official played down the danger.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25970449/
UPDATE:
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2008/08/2008843587330723.html
“Deadly attack hits China’s Xinjiang”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The Xinhua news agency said “rioters” tossed grenades into a border patrol station in the Kashi region on China’s frontier with Central Asia on Monday.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The report said the assailants drove a lorry inside the paramilitary police station before throwing two grenades.
The area is home to the Muslim Uighur people who have been waging a separatist rebellion against Chinese rule and who Beijing have accused of plotting to sabotage the Olympic games with “terrorist” attacks.”
UPDATE:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7540138.stm
Page last updated at 04:26 GMT, Monday, 4 August 2008 05:26 UK
“Chinese border attack ‘kills 16’”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The group promised attacks on the Olympic Games, due to start on Friday.
In a brief dispatch, China’s state news agency said two attackers were arrested in a dump truck at the scene.
They had, it said, used the truck to break into the police post at about 0800 (0000 GMT) on Monday.”
“Terror Attacks Threatened During Beijing Olympics - Turkestan Islamic Party ‘ETIM’”
July 26, 2008
1900 miles. 64 hours overland.
I’m gonna remember you at the end of the year when it comes time to submit the name of a poster for a Freepy’s nomination.
Oh, my gosh, I just really looked. It is very funny. Well done.
uighur crackdown 2008 begin!
The Chinese musy be occupying Muslim land again./s
**Olympic Games.**
What are they? </sarc
Don’t plan to watch anything!
It seems that the Chinese and the Russians have an easier time dealing with these sort of elements.
I am having trouble understanding how this would affect the Olympics. Of course, with the Chinese crackdown on internet, hardly anyone will hear about it, unless the Chicoms parade the dead bodies on National Television.
I will be very surprised if something happens in Bejing, as they threw out nearly every Westerner over the summer by not renewing their visas. I am sure the others are heavily screened.
It’s those darn Methodists again!
China hasn't had any trouble dealing with rebellions lately that I know of.
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