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| Dupe entry: China, Kyrgyzstan, Manas, and the WoT |
| 2010-12-06 |
| I just wanted to post a pointer to the previous post of this link back on Friday Afternoon here. A confidential State Department cable made public this week highlights China's role in the U.S.-led war on terrorism. The U.S. ambassador in far-off Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, confronted China's ambassador about a covert attempt by Beijing to bribe the government there to shut down the strategic U.S. military transit base at Manas in exchange for $3 billion in cash. So he went and confronted the ambassador, therefore burning the source for apparently no concrete benefit. Also, you pretty much told the Chinese the important parts. Why didn't you tell us too? The Feb. 13, 2009, cable signed by Ambassador Tatiana C. Gfoeller revealed that Chinese Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Zhang Yannian "did not deny categorically" the covert cash offer to close the base, which is a major transit and refueling point for U.S. troops and supplies heading into northern Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:Thing From Snowy Mountain |