Author: PTI
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: July 6, 2010
URL: http://www.dailypioneer.com/267249/Chinese-Islamic-militants-setting-up-bases-in-Pakistan.html
An increasing number of militants of the East
Turkistan Islamic Movement fighting for separation of China's Muslim majority
Xinjiang province were "fleeing to Pakistan and settling down there for
future plots," a state-run newspaper reported on Sunday.
"According to latest reports, the ETIM
has been in close collaboration with the Taliban and Osama bin Laden,"
the China Daily said in its lead story on the first anniversary of the bloody
riots in Xinjiang capital Urumqi in which an estimated 200 people were killed.
It said an ETIM leader is also reported to
be hiding in Pakistan and there are also reports of a "Chinese battalion"
made up of about 320 ETIM members in the Taliban forces.
