If there is a cyber-attack on the U.S., hopefully an investigation will consider the Huawei/Al Qaeda link.
China Reform Monitor No. 452,
June 26, 2002
American Foreign Policy Council, Washington, D.C.
Chinese military provided training to Taliban/al Qaeda; Beijing remains world's number one weapons importer
Editor: Al Santoli June 21
U.S. intelligence has found that China's military provided training for Afghanistan's Taliban militia and elements of al Qaeda before the September 11 attacks on the United States, reports Bill Gertz in the Washington Times. The training of the Taliban forces was carried out in cooperation with Pakistan's ISI intelligence service, defense officials told the Times.
The report, and others like it, is unwelcome news for some of the pro-China analysts within the U.S. government who are pushing the Bush administration to adopt a more conciliatory posture toward the communist government in Beijing. In addition, evidence of Chinese military backing for the Taliban continues to surface. Late last month, U.S. Army Special Forces troops discovered 30 Chinese-made SA-7 surface-to-air missiles in southeastern Afghanistan. Still other intelligence reports have indicated the Chinese shipped missiles to the Taliban after September 11.