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Article: China Accuses Muslim Separatist
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- January 21, 2002
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BEIJING (AP) _ China stepped up efforts Monday 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 Laden, and is an important part of his ...