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Article: China accuses Muslim separatists of getting weapons, money from bin Laden
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- January 21, 2002
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Dateline: BEIJING
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 ...