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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (42026)	9/18/2001 10:37:40 AM
From: Murrey Walker	Respond to of 65232

Jim...used to be that U.S. Army Special Forces had teams that specialized in fostering and festering the very civil wars you speak of. I wonder if...

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (42026)	9/18/2001 10:48:27 AM
From: Nick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Top Chinese officials on Monday had reportedly criticised US dominance of world political and economic affairs, and put it as the reason behind the terror attacks. The Chinese foreign ministry has also not spoken of any military action against Taleban, but emphasised on the peaceful means. "We urge the relevant parties in Afghanistan to go in for peace, but we will never interfere in Afghanistan's internal affairs. China supports the leading role of the United Nations in a peaceful settlement of the Afghan question. We also support all efforts contributing to the peaceful settlement of the Afghan question," the spokesman said. The argument that China would not support any unilateral US military strikes finds favour with other Chinese foreign policy experts as well. "Chinese reaction to the attack on America has been expected. While expressing sympathy, they have maintained caution against US unilateral strikes," Dr Mira Sinha Bhattacharajea of Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi said. However, it seems that China would not take any concrete steps to stop American strikes against Afghanistan. "China would not do anything to obstruct American action against Afghanistan as it wants stable relations with China," Ranganathan said. Bhattacharajea added that in the long run China might think of US as a threat, but in the short term it wants friendly ties with the US. A section of American media had reported that China has close links with the Taleban. It has been said that a Chinese company is helping the Taleban build its telephone network and China is sending its diplomats there regularly. The Chinese government had refuted any formal links with the Taleban and maintained that the reports in American newspapers deviated from the facts. But strategic affairs expert Brahma Chellaney asserted that China did have close links with Taleban, and had signed a defence cooperation pact with them. "I believe that China wants America to get mired in Afghanistan like the USSR and bleed in the same manner. The role Chinese are playing at the moment is to sit back and watch the developments unfold and exploit the situation later to the hilt," However, there are not many takers for the theory that America would involve its ground troops in operations against Afghanistan. It is being felt that America would resort to air strikes and support the anti-Taleban Northern Alliance.