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July 23, 2009
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Feature: The terrorist nature of "East Turkestan" separatists

BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhua) -- With explosions targeting civilians, assassinations, arson attacks, poisonings and al-Qaeda style video footages threatening dire actions, the "East Turkestan" separatists have long been terrorists.

The three "East Turkestan" groups -- the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), the East Turkestan Union in Europe and the East Turkestan Information Center, have proved to have close links with terrorism.

Dolqun Isa, WUC secretary general and president of the East Turkestan Union in Europe, is also the vice president of the East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), which has been classified by the United ...

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