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2002-06-17 The Alliance

China equates Muslim rebels with terrorists

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-06-17 09:33 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Innocent Uighur civilians have suffered under the Chinese regime's policies specificially directed at them. Even the Weekly Standard had an interesting article a year or so ago about Chinese oppression of their muslim minorities (I doubt they're quite so excited about articles detailing oppression of muslim separatists now.)
Let's leave the relativism to people who lack principles. The US isn't supposed to support a *lack* of civil liberties anywhere. Innocent civilians should not be shot or left languishing in prisons for years on end, whether he be Uighurs or Chechyens or some other group at war (even terrorist war) against a regime all too willing to shell them. The US can only be better than these guys, but we still have to urge them to fulfill that superior premise.

Posted by Gissing 2002-06-21 03:47:50|| 2002-06-21 03:47:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, Islamist self-determination means the obliteration of liberty. Let's not attribute freedom of conscience to any "abd" (slave) "allah" (Moslem god).

Posted by RG Fulton 2002-06-17 10:14:17|| 2002-06-17 10:14:17|| Front Page Top

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