Posted on 07/18/2009 10:08:08 AM PDT by maccaca
Chinese police shot dead 12 Uighur rioters in Xinjiang this month, regional governor Nuer Baikeli said on Saturday, in a rare government admission of deaths inflicted by security forces. ... Asked to elaborate on the casualties, the governor said most of the victims sustained head wounds after they were bludgeoned with bricks and iron rods. Police shot dead 12 armed Uighurs attacking civilians and ransacking shops after they ignored warning shots fired into the air, said Nuer Baikeli, a Uighur, a Turkic people who are largely Muslim and share linguistic and cultural bonds with Central Asia. Of the 12, three were killed on the spot, while nine died either on their way to or after arriving at hospital. ... The government handed out copies of a four-odd-minute DVD with footage from police and surveillance cameras inside and outside a mosque purportedly showing three Uighurs trying to force Muslim worshippers to take to the streets. The knife-wielding trio chased some of the worshippers when they refused, according to the footage. Two of the three were shot dead when they tried to attack patrolling police.
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Just “12”? Right.....
It’s a start.
No, its a lie. More than “12” have been killed, bea assured. Nothng more than propaganda from China’s press service being released to the media.
When they get to 12 million or so, wake me up. I'll take the kids to Disneyland.
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No problem and will do.
Accordingly, you do realize that in the study of armed conflict or international conflict (via the likes of David Singer and Melvin Small, the Correlates of War (COW), etc.), the measuring and defining number is 1,000?
What? Couldn’t they have sent them to Bermuda and get the set up in the restaurant biz?, Sheesh....
If they were at GITMO, they would have already been released to live a life of solitude and waste in Bermuda.
If they were at GITMO, they would have already been released to live a life of solitude and waste in Bermuda.
Good point. Plus a monthly check at the tax payers expense.
That'll work. The kids are anxious to get to the Land of Make Believe, anyway.
(Oops, forgot, that's Washington, DC.)
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lulz ;-)
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