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Article: China targets Xinjiang rebels for bin Laden links.(A)(World)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 22, 2002
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Byline: Joe McDonald
BEIJING - China stepped up efforts yesterday to win acceptance of its fight with Muslim separatists in its northwest, issuing a report accusing one group of being part of Osama bin Laden's terror network and of getting weapons and money from him.
The report was the most explicit Chinese claim yet linking bin Laden and separatists in the northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang, also known as East Turkestan. It singled out the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which it said coordinated action with bin Laden and sent him fighters for training.
"The `East Turkestan' terrorist organization . . . has the unstinting support of bin ...