CHINA BLASTS GERTZ OVER AL-QAIDA ARMS REPORT
Thu Dec 27 2001 14:47:30 ET
The Chinese government once again strongly objected to a report by the WASHINGTON TIMES's Bill Gertz -- a report which revealed China provided weapons to al-Qaida after the September 11 terror attacks!
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue called the explosive Gertz report "groundless" and made with "ulterior motives".
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"China has actively participated in the international cooperation of combating terrorism and rendered support and assistance to the U.S. side since the September 11 incident, she said, adding that the facts are obvious to all.
"She pointed out that a limited number of people in the United States have tried to use the rumor to defame China and impede the improvement of Sino-U.S. relations. 'Their ulterior motives are doomed to failure,' she said."
Gertz on Thursday stood by his report, which quoted a senior U.S. official.
"A week after the terrorist attack, the ruling Taliban and the al-Qaeda fighters embedded among them, received a shipment of Chinese-made SA-7 missiles," revealed Gertz and Rowan Scarborough in their weekly Inside the Ring report.
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