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1 posted on 07/05/2009 4:09:59 PM PDT by maccaca
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Unless I missed something, it looks like lunch hour at TRW and surrounding restaurants.


2 posted on 07/05/2009 4:16:01 PM PDT by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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How do you know that they are Muslims?


3 posted on 07/05/2009 4:20:44 PM PDT by Islaminaction
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To: maccaca

Who to root for?


4 posted on 07/05/2009 4:21:27 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Muslims hate, invade, upset and/or create violent chaos in;

Iran, Iraq, France, China, The Philippines, Pakistan, Russia, Bosnia, Spain, England, Israel, India, Indonesia ...

Those are all I can remember.

Please add to the list ... I'm working on a placard that will go on the side of my car.

5 posted on 07/05/2009 4:22:45 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: maccaca

The comments indicate the video is from Xinjiang China; that it shows a crowd of “separatists”; and that there was a bomb attack on Han Chinese.

From Reuters (sorry, it’s the best thing out there right now):

FACTBOX - China’s restive Xinjiang region
Sun Jul 5, 2009 4:04pm EDT

(Reuters) - Rioting erupted in China’s restive far west Xinjiang region on Sunday, killing three people when locals burnt vehicles and blocked traffic in the regional capital Urumqi, the state news agency reported.

Here are some facts about the region.

* Xinjiang in China’s far northwest is the country’s largest provincial-level administrative unit by area. It covers one-sixth of the country, but is relatively sparsely populated with a population of around 20 million.

* It is home to 8 million Uighurs, a Turkic, largely Islamic people who share linguistic and cultural bonds with Central Asia. Many resent the growing Han Chinese economic dominance in Xinjiang, as well as government controls on religion and culture.

* Along with Tibet, Xinjiang is one of the most politically sensitive regions in China, and in both cases the government has sought to maintain its grip by controlling religious and cultural life while also vowing economic growth and prosperity.

* Xinjiang was hit by some attacks before and during last year’s Olympic Games in Beijing. Chinese security officials blamed the violence on independence-seeking Uighur militants. Sixteen armed police were killed in a bomb and stabbing attack in the far western city of Kashgar.

* The government has accused militant Uighurs of working with Islamist militant group al Qaeda to bring about an independent East Turkestan by violent means.

* Human rights groups say China has used its support for the U.S.-led fight against al Qaeda to justify a wider crackdown on Uighurs, including arbitrary arrests, closed-door trials and use of the death penalty.

* Xinjiang borders Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. It has abundant oil reserves and is China’s largest natural gas producing region.

* 17 Uighur Chinese nationals were detained at the United States’ military prison at Guantanamo Bay, after being swept up in security operations following the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001, hijacking attacks.

* Four of the Uighur detainees in Guantanamo were recently released to Bermuda. Their lawyers said the four men never took hostile action against the United States. The other 13 are also looking for a country to take them after the United States found no basis to keep holding them.

Sources: Reuters, Xinhua


6 posted on 07/05/2009 4:27:37 PM PDT by angkor
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'A Number Of Civilians' Dead In Violence In Xinjiang: Xinhua+
14 posted on 07/05/2009 6:54:10 PM PDT by blam
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