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Kashgar Attack Not What It Seemed?

Last month's attack in Kashgar just a few days before the start of the Beijing Olympics was confusing from the start. It was grenades; no, a bomb; no, a truck and machetes. The attackers were finally identified as a 28 year-old taxi driver and a 33... ...full story at Opposite End of China

from Opposite End of China on Mon, Sep 29 2008

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