Posted on 07/20/2008 11:04:01 PM PDT by rdl6989
BEIJING - Three separate bus explosions killed at least three people and injured 14 in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming on Monday, media said, amid a security clampdown ahead of next month's Beijing Olympics.
The causes were not immediately clear, but the blasts came within a matter of hours of each other in the capital of Yunnan province and less than three weeks before the Beijing Games, which China has warned could be a target of terrorist attacks.
An explosion on one bus happened at the Panjiawan stop at 7.10 a.m. and the second blast was nearby, the official Xinhua news agency said. Pictures showed a gaping hold in the side of one of the buses and glass scattered in the street.
Another explosion occurred near Minshan, also nearby, the semi-official China News Service said in a report on its Web site (www.chinanews.com.cn).
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
is this a rop area?
Massive amounts of water and air pollution, unsafe food, human rights abuses and atrocities, Communist government spies, and now terrorism?
Only a fool would go to Beijing for the Olympics.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I don't believe so, but it is close to Tibet.
ah thanks. Also, prayers.
Ping.
My thoughts exactly.
Thank you for posting this article.
I appreciate it.
stepping back in time...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980849/posts
“Chinese police shoot dead tourist bus hijacker[10 Australian tourists on Board]”
Telegraph ^ | 05 Mar 2008 | Richard Spencer
Posted on March 5, 2008 11:26:42 AM PST by BGHater
I’m glad to do it. :D
The incidents add to tensions ahead of next month’s Beijing Olympics, amid repeated warnings from the Chinese government about a dire terrorism threat for the Games.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hyzgU0GpVJcQHMJqgVlIgtkXyn1Q
I put it in “breaking” for you. The mod will downgrade it to simply “front page news,” if deemed more appropriate.
Three separate bus explosions is pretty serious stuff. And a lot of times, sad to say, the casualty count increases after more time has passed.
Thank you.
Massive expense, a mainstage for any special interest group waiting to exploit the media focus, infrastructure built specifically for the event that turn into unused eye sores when the games are over...on and on and on..
Yes, thank you rdl6989.
#
ON THE INTERNET:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043869/posts?page=5#5
http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1762.html
“Olympics 2008 Fact Sheet (China)”
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs
You thinking 2008 will make Munich 1972 seem like a day in the park?
"...but the blasts came within a matter of hours of each other in the capital of Yunnan province..."
RIP.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.