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2009-07-18 China-Japan-Koreas

Mosques reopen in Xinjiang under heavy security

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Posted by Fred 2009-07-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 See also WORLD NEWS > IS CHINA DISINTEGRATING? + CHINA AND CHINESE IS AL QAEDA'S NEW TARGETS + OTHER MILITANT GROUPS TARGETING CHINESE IN MIDDLE EAST.

* OTOH SAME > VARIOUS > ISLAMISTS/MILITANTS LOOK TO INCREASE PRESENCE IN RUSSIA, + XINJIANG: MILITANT GROUPS TO SUPPORT JIHAD AGZ CHINA?

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-07-18 00:52|| NA]">[NA] 2009-07-18 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 OOOOPSIES, forgot add TOPIX > UIGHURS WANT MORE SUPPORT FROM TURKEY [TURKEY-based Uighur, Turkic relations, etc. + ANKARA Govt].

Seems CHIN's UIGHURS have decidedly NOT been impressed wid ANKARA's PAST SUPPORT FOR THEM > TIME TO MAKE REDRESS FOR THE PAST???

Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola 2009-07-18 00:56|| NA]">[NA] 2009-07-18 00:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Seems CHIN's UIGHURS have decidedly NOT been impressed wid ANKARA's PAST SUPPORT FOR THEM > TIME TO MAKE REDRESS FOR THE PAST???

I think the Turks like the idea of pan-Turkic solidarity if it gets them special privileges (mining concessions, trading rights, etc), but aren't into actually spending money on their cousins in Central Asia. Think of pan-Turkism as a less organized version of the equally useless pan-Arabism.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-07-18 14:53|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-07-18 14:53|| Front Page Top

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