Paramilitary policemen take part in an anti-terrorism drill in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, July 30, 2008. China will have nearly 100,000 commandos, police and members of the military on standby up to and during the Beijing Olympics to handle potential terrorist attacks, state media reported. REUTERS/China DailyFrom International Herald Tribune:
BEIJING: The violence in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang rose sharply Sunday morning with the deaths of a security guard and at least six suspects after a daring series of bombings that began with a predawn assault on a police station, the state news media reported.
The attacks, coinciding with the first weekend of the Beijing Olympics, occurred less than a week after what the Chinese authorities had previously described as China's worst terrorist assault in recent memory, in the Xinjiang city of Kashgar. Last Monday, two Uighur Muslims rammed a truck into a group of paramilitary officers who were doing their morning exercises, then attacked with explosives and knives. Sixteen officers were killed and several more were wounded.
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More News On China's Terrorism Problem
China attacks worst in years but Games look safe: analysts -- Yahoo News/AFP
China links bombings in west to Olympics -- International Herald Tribune
A China Threat From Pakistan? -- Time Magazine
China, India and Pakistan? -- Asia News Network
My Comment: China is learning what India and the U.S. have learned ... working and dealing with Pakistan is a double edge sword.
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