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    Chinese border assault kills 16


    Sixteen Chinese policemen have been killed in an attack on a border post in the restive Muslim region of Xinjiang, state media say.



    Two attackers reportedly drove up to the post in a rubbish truck and threw two grenades, before moving in to attack the policemen with knives.

    The attack came four days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

    Both attackers were captured during the raid near the city of Kashgar, Xinhua state news agency reported.

    Kashgar, known as Kashi in Chinese, is some 2,500 miles (4,000km) from Beijing, near the border with Tajikistan.

    Xinhua said the attack happened at about 0800 (0000 GMT), as the policemen were jogging outside the compound.

    Fourteen policemen died at the scene and two on the way to hospital. Another 16 policemen were hurt.

    One of the attackers was reported to have been injured in the leg.

    Xinjiang, in the north-west of the country, is home to the Muslim Uighur people. Uighur separatists have waged a low-level campaign against Chinese rule for decades.

    Human rights groups say Beijing is suppressing the rights of Uighurs.

    The BBC's Daniel Griffiths in Beijing says China has spoken in the past of what it calls a terrorist threat from Muslim militants in Xinjiang, but it has provided little evidence to back up its claims.

    A spokesman for the Beijing Games Organising Committee told Xinhua he was confident that Olympic participants and spectators would be safe.

    "China has focused on strengthening security and protection around Olympic venues and at the Olympics Village, so Beijing is already prepared to respond to any threat," Sun Weide was quoted as saying.

    Warnings

    Last week, a senior Chinese army officer warned that Islamic separatists were the biggest danger to the Olympics.

    Col Tian Yixiang of the Olympics security command centre told reporters the main threat came from the "East Turkestan terrorist organisation".

    The term is used by the government to refer to Islamist separatists in Xinjiang.

    Late last month a group called the Turkestan Islamic Party said it had blown up buses in Shanghai and Yunnan, killing five people.

    But China denied that the explosions were acts of terrorism.

    The Washington-based IntelCenter, which monitors terrorism communications, said the Turkestan Islamic Party had released a video entitled Our Blessed Jihad in Yunnan.

    In it, the group's leader, Commander Seyfullah, said it was responsible for several attacks and threatened the Olympics.

    "The Chinese have haughtily ignored our warnings," IntelCenter quoted him as saying.

    "The Turkestan Islamic Party volunteers... have started urgent actions."

    'Evicted'

    In Beijing, Chinese police and a small group of protesters clashed in Qianmen district, near Tiananmen Square.

    The demonstrators complained that they had been evicted from their homes to make way for the reconstruction of the district.

    The Olympic torch is due to be carried round a stadium in Mianyang, Sichuan province, which was used to house thousands of people forced from their homes by a devastating earthquake in May.

    The torch will go on to the provincial capital in Chengdu on Tuesday before heading to Beijing for the opening ceremony on Friday.

    BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Chinese border assault kills 16

    Tibet I can understand can any of the Chinese posters can explain the reason for this insurgency.This seems to be somewhat more complex than Tibet
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    Those attacked are armed police. They are basically soldiers.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by yeung3939 View Post
      Those attacked are armed police. They are basically soldiers.
      good thing they aren't targeting civilians yet.You really start getting pissed when they start selective civilian killing

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      • #4
        The muslim are almost throughout entire China. Many minority nationalitys are muslim in China.
        The point is not about the muslim. the key is about the Uygur independent force.(ps:Uygur, a minor nationality living in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China )
        Last edited by Tomluter; 04 Aug 08,, 19:34.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by pravin View Post
          good thing they aren't targeting civilians yet.You really start getting pissed when they start selective civilian killing
          Did not they?
          A uygur girl who carry 2 cans gasoline wanted to fire the plane that flew to Beijing.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Tomluter View Post
            Did not they?
            A uygur girl who carry 2 cans gasoline wanted to fire the plane that flew to Beijing.
            To be fair, that incident could have just been a disgruntled civilian with a grudge against the airline for losing her luggage or whatever. Home made explosives are the number one choice to fatally settle grudges in China, Han or non Han.

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