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2003-09-12 Central Asia

Separatists trained in Pakistan, says China

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-09-12 00:12|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Making friends everywhere. Keep it up - I don't think you've pissed off the Tierra del Fuegans yet...

Posted by mojo 2003-9-12 12:47:19 AM|| 2003-9-12 12:47:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 the government is winning the battle against forces that oppose Beijingâs rule in the Xinjiang region

I believe that. I doubt the Chinese will pull any punches, if push comes to shove.

Posted by Rafael 2003-9-12 12:53:25 AM|| 2003-9-12 12:53:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Bout time we heard from the Eastern front.

We're winning the battle over a trivial number of extremists. That's one to buck up one's spirits.

It will come to shove. Who would have ever thought one possible future is the US, Russkies and Chicoms joining forces to fight a common enemy, nazis in turbans?

If they'd just stop coming in, all would be fine.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-9-12 2:00:58 AM|| 2003-9-12 2:00:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Better in China than Afghanistan. Not that I'm advocating that as a strategy, no...that would be...bad...

Posted by Brian 2003-9-12 2:42:58 AM|| 2003-9-12 2:42:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hard to pick a side between the tight turban tops or our little asian buddies.

Posted by Douglas De Bono 2003-9-12 9:19:50 AM|| [http://www.douglasdebono.com] 2003-9-12 9:19:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd go with the little Asian buddies, where pragmatism keeps raising its ugly head no matter how many times they try to whack it.

A "pragmatic" Islamist uses black powder because there's no C4 available.

Posted by Fred 2003-9-12 11:26:49 AM|| 2003-9-12 11:26:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't think you've pissed off the Tierra del Fuegans yet...
Don't be so sure. There was the little matter of a bombing in Argentina several years ago that an Iranian diplomat is supposed to have been a part of. I'm sure some of the others with him were Paks. Argentina and Chile "share" Tierra del Fuego. I doubt the Argentines are terribly fond of turbans, regardless of color.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-9-12 12:34:56 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-9-12 12:34:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Ok, ok... well, uh, um, what about the far flung Isles of Langerhans, huh? Peace reigns there, I betcha. ;-)

Posted by .com (Abu This RoPâ¢ Asshats) 2003-9-12 12:46:07 PM|| 2003-9-12 12:46:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Are there any Islamist explod-a-dopes on Easter Island? Or Pitcairn?

There's a thought for ya...

Posted by Ed Becerra 2003-9-12 1:36:15 PM|| 2003-9-12 1:36:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Pitcairn? Attack by suicide whale boats?

Posted by Shipman 2003-9-12 1:57:49 PM|| 2003-9-12 1:57:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Or Krakatoa, oh wait... that was a splodeyisland I guess. I'm sure that proves something, though I haven't a clue what. Maybe it means that even islands can become insane. Or that they get religion and it kills them. Or something.

Posted by .com (Abu This) 2003-9-12 2:19:10 PM|| 2003-9-12 2:19:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Just wondering, but how much did China contribute
towards the Pakistani nuclear bomb effort?

Posted by Phil 2003-9-12 3:42:50 PM|| 2003-9-12 3:42:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 This is in a Pakistani paper? Is that good?

Posted by John Anderson 2003-9-12 5:51:03 PM|| 2003-9-12 5:51:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Now Pakland and China--there's a nuclear confrontation I would hate /irony see happen

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2003-9-12 11:10:44 PM|| 2003-9-12 11:10:44 PM|| Front Page Top

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