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Patrol station attack may be linked to terrorist group

XINJIANG police said today that bombs seized in yesterday's deadly border attack were similar to those used by the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, a group the United Nations labeled a terrorist organization in... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Aug 05 2008

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