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Monthly Archives August 2008

Victims of Latest Violence all Uyghurs

Posted by Porfiriy on August 30, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

The victims of the latest bout of violence in Jiashi/Peyziwat County were all Uyghur police officers local to the area, according to the information-laden latest report from Radio Free Asia. Furthermore, the attack was linked [...]

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First Incident of Post-Olympic Violence in Kashgar

Posted by Porfiriy on August 28, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Just a quick post – BBC’s got a story about a gun battle that occured Thursday between seven “militants” and police in Jiashi County (伽师县), or in Uyghur, Peyziwat County, near Kashgar. BBC’s stories are [...]

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Associated Press Releases Photos of August 4th Kashgar Attack

Posted by Porfiriy on August 21, 2008 under Links

As usual, after the numerous attacks that occured in the weeks leading up to the Olympics, it was noted by many that government provided no solid proof of the attacks, resulting in speculation that some [...]

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Emerging discrimination? Three Uyghur pilots grounded.

Posted by Porfiriy on August 20, 2008 under Links

Update: Xinhua has quickly released an article responding to these allegations. Check it out here. It asserts that the Uyghur pilots in question, Aikebaier Maimaiti and Ailiyiming Niyazi who are 757 captains for China Southern, [...]

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Location of August 4th Kashgar Attack

Posted by Porfiriy on August 16, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

While we’re posting maps, I figured I’d also post for our readers the exact location of the dump truck/knife/homemade explosives attack on the jogging police that occured on August 4th. Thanks to this website I [...]

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Violence reported near Kashgar, marking 3rd Xinjiang attack in 8 days

Posted by Porfiriy on August 12, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Here are links to BBC, AFP, and CNN reports on the story: according to the most current information, “assailants” leapt from a vehicle at a military checkpoint in Yamanya, about 30 kilometers from Kashgar, and [...]

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Suspects Arrested, Killed, in Kucha Attacks

Posted by Tewpiq on August 11, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Xinhua’s English-language site is now reporting that eight of the suspected bombers in Sunday morning’s attacks in Kucha (Quchar, 库车) have been shot and killed by security forces. Two more apparently committed suicide by way [...]

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Reported Blasts in Kucha, Xinjiang

Posted by Porfiriy on August 10, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

According to BBC, several blasts have been reported by PRC state media in Kucha (库车), China, I’ve taken a preliminary look on the Xinhua website and have been unable to find the the Mandarin language [...]

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Another Video from Turkestan Islamic Party: A Universal Call to the Muslims of the World

Posted by Porfiriy on August 08, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Update: The Christian Science Monitor has a comprehensive piece on and links to analyses of the video by various news organs, while the New York Times now has an article on the video, including some [...]

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Interrogations Underway, Suspects Named

Posted by Porfiriy on August 06, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

This article is part of a series of articles covering emerging details and reactions to the recent terrorist attack in Kashgar. Information released in English continues to stay one pace ahead of information released in [...]

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Attackers in Kashgar Incident are PRC Citizens

Posted by Porfiriy on August 05, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Quelling worried speculation that the perpatrators of the recent Kashgar attack had come from abroad, possibly even Tajikistan, the PRC’s official state news organization Xinhua has release information in a Mandarin language report that the [...]

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Kashgar Attackers ID’ed as Uyghurs

Posted by Porfiriy on August 05, 2008 under Xinjiang in the News

Though Mandarin language coverage of the incident remains subdued and restricted to the terse one-sentence announcement we linked in an earlier post, Chinese news agencies are continuing its policy of distinct reporting in different languages [...]

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