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US lawmakers condemn crackdown on China's minority Muslims
AFP ^ | July 12 08

Posted on 07/11/2008 9:15:45 PM PDT by camerakid400

WASHINGTON (AFP) — US lawmakers on Friday "strongly condemned" what they called Beijing's harsh pre-Olympic crackdown in China's Muslim-populated far northwest Xinjiang region.

The bipartisan leadership of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus in a statement cited "credible" reports about a July 9 conviction in a closed trial of 15 minority Muslim Uighurs on terrorism charges that led to "the immediate execution of two" of them.

Three others were given suspended death sentences and the remaining 10 received life imprisonment, it said.

These are "abuses of due process and rule of law," said caucus co-chairmen Democrat Jim McGovern and Republican Frank Wolf.

On the same day, they said, police in Urumchi, the regional capital of Xinjiang, reportedly killed five Uighur men who authorities claimed were part of a 15-member criminal gang allegedly trained for "holy war."

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1 posted on 07/11/2008 9:15:46 PM PDT by camerakid400
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To: camerakid400

Pardon me for not giving a sh!^.


2 posted on 07/11/2008 9:18:27 PM PDT by mathurine
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To: camerakid400

On this one, China is right.


3 posted on 07/11/2008 9:20:07 PM PDT by nonliberal (Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
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To: camerakid400
US lawmakers condemn crackdown on China's minority Muslims

To put this in perspective, imagine what the world would be like if China became a muslim nation.

Okay, you can snap out of your nightmare now...

4 posted on 07/11/2008 9:21:30 PM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: camerakid400

Who are the R- Bi polars? They need a serious kick in the ass!
Publish Names... No donations.

RNC doesn’t have any dough- nuts, but WE DO!


5 posted on 07/11/2008 9:22:42 PM PDT by acapesket
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To: mathurine

Red on red friendly fire incidents don’t usually cause me to cry, either. Chuckle, maybe.


6 posted on 07/11/2008 9:23:20 PM PDT by magslinger (Infidel, American type, quantity one (1) each.)
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To: mathurine

Our politicians kissing muslim ass.


7 posted on 07/11/2008 9:26:18 PM PDT by Levante
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To: mathurine

Yeah, can we send money to the cause?


8 posted on 07/11/2008 9:26:53 PM PDT by TheGunny (Re-read 1&2 Corinthians)
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To: camerakid400

It seems that the Chinese know how to deal with muzzie terrorists and the U.S. is castigated for putting panties on their heads.


9 posted on 07/11/2008 9:27:19 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: snarks_when_bored

To put this in perspective, imagine what the world would be like if China became a muslim nation.”

At least we can rest assured that THAT will never happen. It’s bad enough that Indonesia is the largest muslim country in the world.


10 posted on 07/11/2008 9:30:15 PM PDT by llandres (I'd rather be alive and bankrupt than dead and solvent)
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To: mathurine

Amen!


11 posted on 07/11/2008 9:31:40 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: camerakid400

I hope the Chinese kick their asses.


12 posted on 07/11/2008 9:35:22 PM PDT by raptor29
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To: camerakid400
The bipartisan leadership of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Oh, Really?

I did a quick Google on Congressional Human Rights Caucus, and why is it so hard to find membership?

Even Wiki says "No Match".

Hmmmmm....

13 posted on 07/11/2008 9:51:49 PM PDT by FlyVet
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To: camerakid400

And the last time congress condemned china for their treatment of Christians???? Yeah I thought so.


14 posted on 07/11/2008 10:19:19 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: camerakid400

Chi-coms vs. the Muzzies...pass the popcorn


15 posted on 07/11/2008 10:28:27 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: camerakid400

I’m beginning to like the way China handles problems.....


16 posted on 07/11/2008 10:33:19 PM PDT by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: camerakid400

Like-—who cares...let the Chinese eliminate these Moosrats any way they can...Maybe even a $10 yuan bounty might help get ‘er done sooner...


17 posted on 07/11/2008 10:41:02 PM PDT by billmor (The American Voter--the Sleeping Tiger. Kicked in the back end.)
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To: camerakid400

The U.S. is going the way of England. Protection for the religion of terrorists.


18 posted on 07/11/2008 11:06:18 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Quick justice for the senseless killing of Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield.)
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To: camerakid400
Are we trying to piss them off or what?!

How Hypocritical can we get?

19 posted on 07/12/2008 8:08:48 AM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: river rat

http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=53EDA97A-4626-4866-80A2-6694936F101B

FP: Are you optimistic that the West can prevail against Islamo-Fascism and that we will be able to defend ourselves against Sharia?

Kumar: No. Too many of our intellectuals do not recognize the threat of Islamo-Fascism. Our public is not being educated about the goals and beliefs of our enemies. Our government is trying to fight organizations, not the beliefs that give rise to them.


20 posted on 07/12/2008 10:30:59 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Having custody of a loaded weapon does not arm you. The skill to use the weapon is what arms a man.)
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