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Al-Qaida Leader Urges Uighurs to Launch Holy War Against China

Video posted on Islamic Web site says it is the duty of Muslims to stand by their 'wounded and wronged brothers' in Xinjiang ...full story at Voice of America

from Voice of America on Thu, Oct 08 2009

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