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| Southeast Asia |
| Chinese rescued from militants |
| 2010-07-07 |
| A CHINESE shopkeeper held hostage by Islamist militants for nearly 19 months in the Philippines has walked free after his abductors clashed with police, officials said on Tuesday. Wu Xili, an illegal immigrant who also goes by the name Peter Go, was rescued after a firefight with Abu Sayyaf militants on Jolo island late on Monday, regional military chief Lieutenant-General Ben Dolorfino said. 'The rescue operation was initiated by local police in the area,' Gen Dolorfino told reporters, confirming that the 28-year-old was now in government hands and uninjured. Police said there were no reports of casualties on either side after the 10-minute firefight. They said they recovered two rifles, a grenade, and machine-gun bullets from the scene of the clash. Police said the Abu Sayyaf, blamed for the worst terrorist attacks in the Philippines, snatched Wu in December 2008 shortly after his family migrated to the troubled south of the country from China to set up an appliance store. The gunmen at one point demanded 10 million pesos (S$301,399) in ransom, though it was unclear if any amount changed hands. Local authorities rarely acknowledge paying ransom, which is against government policy. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 WMF > JAPAN SLAPPED IN THE FACE BY RUSSIA'S ETOROFU ISLAND MILEX + CHINA'S SECOND PLAN "MIYAKO/OKINAWA" SOJOURN. * SAME > CHINA'S TOLERANCE ENDS CIRCA 2020: YEARS 2015-2018 IS THE DESIRED BENCHMARK TIME PERIOD WHERE ALL REGIONAL, INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS AGZ CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY OVER TAIWAN, DAOYUS, SOUTH CHINA SEAS [various islands], + BORDER DISPUTES WID INDIA WILL DIPLOMATICALLY OR FORCIBLY END. IOW, AFTER 2018 or 2020 > CHINA is more liklely to resort to UNILATERAL MILPOL BELLIGERENCY than diplomatic negotiation or the UNO??? * SAME > CANADIAN THINK TANK: CHINA'S ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN EFFECTIVE PROJECTION OF PLA MILITARY FORCES IS SERIOUSLY HAMPERED BY LACK OF LR STRATEGIC AIR TRANSPORTS, AIR REFUELING, + LR BOMBER, FIGHTER CLOSE AIR SUPPORT [CAS]. AT PRESENT CHINA CAN ONLY LIFT ONE DIVISION-SIZED LARGE UNIT. * SAME > RUSSIA'S VLADIVOSTOK, USSURI RIVER, + SAKHALIN REGIONS HAD BEEN CHINESE TERRITORY SINCE ANCIENT TIMES. CHANGING GEOPOL DYNAMICS LED TO REPEATED FAILURES BY IMPERIAL CHINA, SUN YAT-SEN, CHIANG KAI-SHEK, + MAO ZEDONG TO RECOVER SOVEREIGN TERRITORIES LOST OR FORCIBLY TAKEN FROM CHINA BY RUSSIA. MAO'S DESIRE TO DEFEAT CHIANG KAI-SHEK, VERSUS STALIN'S FEAR OF STRONG CHINA + VICTOR MAO OR KAI-SHEK ALLOWING US-ALIED FORCES TO BE BASED INSIDE CHINA ALONG RUSSIA'S BORDERS. STALIN'S FEAR OF A STRONG CHINA + POST-1945 NUCLEAR USA LED TO SOVIET BREAKING OF TREATIES TO RETURN CHINESE TERRITORIES, SOVIET SUPPORT OF POST-WAR INDEPENDENT MONGOLIAN VOTE AGZ CHINA. * SAME > RUSSIA'S HISTORICAL BORDER OR TERRITORIAL DISPUTES WID CHINA EXISTED LONG BEFORE THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT OF NORTH AMERICA + CREATION OF THE US AS A SOVEREIGN NATION. MOSCOW WILL NEVER ACCEPT CONTROL OR SUPERIORITY BY CHINA. * SAME > A "CHINESE VLADIVOSTOK"? RUSSIAN FAR EAST + SIBERIA MAY ULTIMATELY BE DEMOGRAPHICALLY, NOT MILITARILY, LOST TO CHINA AS RUSSIA'S GOVT. ESTIMATES THE NUMBER OF THE NUMBER OF CHINESE LIVING IN RUSSIA'S FAR EAST AS APPROXIMATLEY 20.0MILYUHN, WHILE ONLY 10,000 CHINESE POSSESS THE LEGAL PERMIT RIGHTS TO LIVE + WORK THERE. 20.0M versus 10K = Thats one hell of a RUSS GOVT-AGENCY ACCOUNTING GAP. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-07 23:55 |
| #1 Versus WAFF > HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR CELESTIAL PLA TO TAKE BACK OUTER MONGOLIA? | {Video] MONGOLIAN NEO NAZIS ALLEGE GROWING CHINESE POPULATION THREATENS NATIONAL, ETHNIC IDENTITY. * ION NEWS KERALA > ARMENIA IS THE MOTHERLAND OF METALLURGY, WINES-MAKING, + HORSE-BREEDING. ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY-CIVILIZATION? as new Archaeo excavations reveal MESOPOTAMIA = "CRADLE OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION" seemingly learned or adopted these vital industry skills from ancient Armenia??? DON'T TELL CHINA > WE ARE ALL RUSSIANS + SLAVS NOW??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-07-07 03:12 |