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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (14352)	12/21/2001 12:06:50 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

For those who recall, the day of the Sept 11th attack China signed an economic assistance agreement with the Taliban. This appears to have been some of the "fruit" of that agreement, and undermines China's claims to be allied with the US in a war against terror. China is looking for a means to subvert US influence in the Middle East, since they also will required significant oil supplies for their economy to grow. The question is whether US actions have made China's leadership think twice about supporting Islamic fundamentalist groups as a means of creating turmoil in the west. Hawk ****************************** China-al Qaeda nexus China continued to supply arms to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist even after the group began the September 11 attack on America, says a senior U.S. official. The official said that a week after the terrorist attack, the ruling Taliban and the al Qaeda fighters embedded among them, received a shipment of Chinese-made SA-7 missiles. The shoulder-fired anti-aircraft weapons are similar to the U.S. Stinger. This official says the shipment raises serious questions about Beijing's pledge to help fight terrorism. We already know the Taliban and al Qaeda got sizable arms shipments from China, which borders Afghanistan on the north. Opposition forces found huge amounts of Chinese ammunition in the caves of Tora Bora. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld says Chinese have been found fighting among al Qaeda. Earlier this week, Mr. Rumsfeld said eastern alliance forces near Tora Bora made another China-related discovery. "They also interestingly seem to have captured a good deal of Chinese ammunition," Mr. Rumsfeld said. One U.S. official said the Chinese ammunition may have been left over from the 1980s, when Beijing, along with the United States, was a major supplier of the anti-Soviet mujahideen fighters. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman in Beijing said Tuesday he had "no idea" what Mr. Rumsfeld was referring to in mentioning the large quantities of Chinese ammunition found in al Qaeda caves.** Asked if China had sold weaponry to Afghanistan or neighboring nations, the spokesman said, "the United Nations once adopted the resolution on weapon embargo against Afghanistan, and China has acted according to the Security Council resolutions." washingtontimes.com