Posted by
InchDeep on Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:33:55 PM
The tile of the article from ABC news in Australia is
"Would-be plane attackers 'not from China"
But the woman who did this was from Xinjiang in northwest China. She is part of a group called Uighur Muslim separatists. These are terrorist in China's own back yard. Here is the story.
Chinese security sources say militant Muslims who
tried to attack a Chinese passenger plane earlier this month were from
overseas.
Separatists who tried to bring down a commercial passenger flight
bound for Beijing are Pakistani passport holders, according to a report
from Reuters.
The news wire, quoting Chinese sources, says they may not be Pakistani nationals because the passports could be forged.
On March 7, an aeroplane from the Western province of Xinjiang
landed in early Gansu, after flight crew discovered a woman with
inflammable liquid in the toilets.
It is being reported that she may have been born in Xinjiang but then spent many years in Pakistan.
The Chinese Government claims to have already spoiled several
attempts by armed Xinjiang separatists to attack the Olympic Games.