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  • April 2008
    • China Arrests 45 in 'Olympic Terror Plot'

      China Arrests 45 in 'Olympic Terror Plot'

      (Newser) - China has rooted out two terrorist groups plotting to kidnap Olympic athletes and attack tourist hotels during the games, the Ministry of Public Security announced today. Chinese forces rounded up 45 suspects and seized explosives and “jihadist” literature in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. But China has often cried “terrorism” as a means of repressing dissent in Xinjiang, human rights groups note. More »

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      China   2008 Beijing Olympics   kidnapping   jihad   Human Rights Watch   terror plots   terrorist groups   Xinjiang   East Turkestan Islamic Movement

  • March 2008

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