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| China warns Germany of ’Eastern Turkestan terror’ Munich meeting |
| 2004-04-16 |
| I know, unwieldy headline. It’s Expatica’s, not mine. China on Friday warned Germany about a conference of East Turkestan groups this weekend in the southern German city of Munich which Beijing described as "terrorist activities". A spokesman for the ministry of public security told the official Xinhua news agency that some "Eastern Turkestan terrorist groups" will reportedly be meeting in Munich 16 to 18 April, including two terrorist organizations that have been banned in China. East Turkestan is the name still given to the central Asian region of Xinjiang, a traditionally Moslem region bordering Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Surprise meter jumped a bit. Here is PRC Red Commie China participating in the WoT! Keeping their ears to the ground and sharing some intel with Western agencies! Several Whatever. PRC abuses all its’ citizens rights. But China is reaching out to the West and telling them of a meeting of T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-T-S. "The Chinese ministry of public security calls on its counterparts in Germany and the state of Bavaria to be on high alert against the ’East Turkistan’ terrorist groups and terrorists in Munich, Germany," Xinhua quoted the spokesman as saying. "It would be very dangerous if ’Eastern Turkistan’ terrorists were allowed to operate in Germany and their activities were not stopped," it added. The spokesman called for cooperation between the Chinese and German governments and people to fight the "terrorist and separatist forces" and safeguard their "national and public interests." Presidential Daily Briefing for Gerhard Schroeder... |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #7 So who is sponsering the Wiggers? Good money is on the Saudis, I would wager. I say we help the Chicoms when they help us, and not before. They helped Sammy and Afghanistan with phones and fiber optic lines pre invasion. If they want to cause mischief with us, don't expect any help. BTW 5 million tons of copper is not much if it is measured in ore. Typical numbers without any units. Equivalent pure copper, equivalent 5.5% copper? I worked on the development of an orebody with the calculated reserves of 46 million tons of equivalent 5.5% copper, which is equivalent to 2.5 million tons of refined copper. Just more lazy and sloppy press reporting. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-04-16 11:35:25 PM |
| #6 China's credibility in this is zilch. While the Uighurs are Moslem, labeling them terrorists could just as easily be a typical smokescreen for repression. About 50 large ore deposits are to be located in the areas over the next 15 years. The region has 68 kinds of mineral resources. The probable reserves of copper and sylvine are 5 million tons and 350 million tons respectively. Xinjiang is a resource intensive region. Displacement of indiginous tribes under the auspices of fighting "terror" is a perfect way of ramrodding through Chinese appropriation of any business interests in the area. There a consistent pattern of such misconduct by the Sino-Military-Industrial complex. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-04-16 6:37:21 PM |
| #5 These Uighurs (pronounced like Wiggers as in whites trying to be like blacks in America) are a new cause celeb for the elite European leftists. I heard some boo-hoos recently about the Uighurs on BBC radio. They are Islamic Terrorists. But I'm sure they have legitimate complaints against the Chinese. I'm not really sure that we have time to take up another cause...We'll just concern ourselves for now with those of the Uighurs that go out of "Uighurstan" for jihadi activity against the West. We'll entertain their concerns later on when we deal with Red China (And we will deal with them eventually if they don't collapse from within before then, but we're busy with these Islamic jihadis right now. |
| Posted by: Kentucky Beef 2004-04-16 4:14:54 PM |
| #4 Aris, they also have splodydopes on buses coming via Pakistan or they're Pakistani. Pakistan's been warned w/in the last 18 months, IIRC. These barbarians are muslim. And they're going against the godless $)%*$()%*( commies. We just don't hear about it too often, but it's been mentioned here occasionally. ------ Only if the Tibetians start booming..... China's been trying to deal w/them, but seems they want to start turning up the heat. |
| Posted by: Anonymous2U 2004-04-16 3:27:55 PM |
| #3 I wonder what group of supressed people is next in line to be called terrorists... Maybe the people of Tibet ? |
| Posted by: lyot 2004-04-16 2:59:47 PM |
| #2 I agree that China is worthy of skepticism, however in this case I think they have a point and some credibility. The Rantburg search for Uighur shows that at least a dozen Uighurs are being detained in GTMO and they participated heavily in the recent Waziristan festivities. I think you could make a good case that their province geopolitically is more Caucasus than China, but I don't think that we are wrong in keeping a close eye on them for links/sympathies/direct involvement in al-Queda. They are worthy of monitoring for terror activities, and good on China for pointing this meeting out. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-04-16 2:56:59 PM |
| #1 I'm saying the obvious here, but just because China calls them terrorists doesn't necessarily make them so. No offense but I'd be highly sceptical of anything claimed by the China government against its opponents. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-04-16 2:39:54 PM |