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Article: US has evidence ETIM plans attack
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- August 30, 2002
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The United States has evidence that an obscure western Chinese
Muslim group has been planning terrorist attacks on US interests
abroad, the US embassy in Beijing said yesterday.
The accusations against the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)
came after Washington announced this week it is prepared to freeze
any US-based assets of the ethnic Uygur group.
The US move appeared to mark a change in policy on how Washington
views ethnic unrest in western China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region.
"(We) do have some evidence that the ETIM have been planning
attacks against US interests abroad," a US embassy spokeswoman said.
"The ETIM is believed to be responsible for more than 200 acts of
terrorism in ...