Posted on 07/10/2009 8:10:27 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
US lawmakers came to the defense of Rebiya Kadeer, the leader of exiles from China's Uighur minority, after Beijing accused the US-based activist of fomenting the country's deadliest ethnic violence in decades.
Two lawmakers, one from each US political party, appeared alongside Kadeer at the US Capitol and announced they were introducing a resolution in Congress to condemn China for its "violent repression" of "peaceful Uighur protests."
Congressman Bill Delahunt, a member of President Barack Obama's Democratic Party, said Beijing's allegations against Kadeer have been "offensive and repugnant."
"We are calling on the Chinese government to desist in slandering this woman who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on three separate occasions," Delahunt told the news conference.
"I think what it demonstrates is the desperation of this particular regime in terms of dealing with what clearly is becoming a public relations disaster," he said.
Chinese authorities have accused Kadeer of orchestrating the ethnic bloodshed in Xinjiang, a vast western province native to the Uighurs but which a growing number of settlers from China's Han majority have made home.
Beijing has said Kadeer, head of the World Uighur Congress and Uighur American Association, is also supported by "terrorists" among the Uighurs, who are predominantly Muslim.
Kadeer, who spent six years in a Chinese prison before she was released in 2005 under US pressure, adamantly denied the charges.
"I'm against all violence. I have not done this and I will not do such a thing," she said next to the congressmen.
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They'll have to go someplace else.
US lawmakers....Islamic ass kissers. Arafat has a Nobel Prize.
Amen!
Not all muslims are bad.
A great many are. But, not all.
I been following that story on Twitter JJ getting crazy there
Are these not the ethnic muslims that joined the Jihad against the US?
What is your take?
Yes. A few Uighers were captured in Afghanistan. The whole group of Chinese muslims did not.
Not all Germans were bad either. It has reached the point were it does not matter, their immigration is the Trojan Horse to the West. It is time to end it.
More defense of a group of people who do give a damn about us.
Here is what they did.
Pictures of the Recent Muslim Riots in China
http://islaminaction08.blogspot.com/2009/07/pictures-of-recent-muslim-riots-in.html
As the West continues the wishful thinking of the “moderate” Islam fantasy.
Sounds like meddling to me. Yup! It’s meddling.
I do not support the lax immigration policies of muslims to the west. Especially the radicals.
But, I will not paint them all with a broad brush.
You nailed it.
I think freeper land has been seriously infested with ACORN et al paid trolls. I keep seeing posts about “Palin is great BUT she quit and is over” (lib/MSM talking point) and “Uighur Muslims are really moderates” even though they expressly want an islamic sharia state.
Mods, isn’t it time to crank up the zot generator yet?
Well when you come up with the plan to separate the “good” ones from the bad please let the world know. Keep in mind that it took over 10 years for people to catch on to CAIR and the Holy Land Foundation. If we do not end their immigration it is just a matter of time until they take over.
I think you are right, I went round and round with some of them. One even admitted that they were Al Qaeda trained and still try to say that they meant no harm.
They admit that they want an Islamic state, yet some people think that they are different from Muslims anywhere else who want the same.
Keep up the good work!
The DNC is liable to lose the Chinese military cash contributions.
Let China deal with the muslims on their own... They seem to have the right idea. Piss us off or do bad things... we kill you!
Exactly.
I’m getting really sick of folks defending the Uighurs. These folks are working with Bin Laden. Why must the left constantly defend those who want us dead?
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