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| State paper: China arrests Turks smuggling Uighurs to Syria |
| 2015-01-16 |
| [Ynet]. A Chinese state newspaper says Shanghai police have detained nine terror suspects from an ethnic minority in western China plus 10 Turkish people accused of helping them illegally travel abroad, including to Syria. The Global Times reported Wednesday that the Turks were placed in durance vile Book 'im, Mahmoud! in November when the nine Chinese Uighurs attempted to sneak out of China with altered Turkish passports. The nine Uighurs, plus two other Chinese nationals who allegedly helped them, also were detained. Citing Shanghai police, the report said each of the nine Uighurs was charged 60,000 yuan ($10,000) to leave the country via Shanghai's international airport. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 FYI YAHOO NEWS, WORLD NEWS > TALIBAN MILITANTS FACE MERGING THREAT FROM ISIS IN AFGHANISTAN, i.e AFPAK. Beijing must prepare for the day it has its own de facto "Afghanistan" or AFPAK-style Militant troubles. ITS COMING, LIKELY SOONER THAN LATER. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-01-16 22:19 |
| #1 This seems counterproductive. Now if they try to come back to China, that's when you arrest the lot. |
| Posted by: Anice Nim 2015-01-16 14:59 |