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To: El Gato

It’s not just the Gitmo detainees, though. From what I can find, most Uyghurs seem to have names that look a lot the names Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan/Etceterastan. Which makes sense since they’re ethnically, linguistically and culturally a lot more similar to those neighbors immediately to the west than they are to the Han Chinese.


35 posted on 08/05/2008 5:03:22 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep
most Uyghurs seem to have names that look a lot the names Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan/Etceterastan.

True, but some have Arabized those names, some have not. More of the detainees seem to have done so than the other Uyghurs on that page.

However while most Uyghurs are Muslim, not all Chinese Muslims are Uyghurs. Some are even Han.

Time will tell. All we can say now is that this guy's actions resemble those of a member of the ROP who gets SJS.

46 posted on 08/06/2008 4:44:27 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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