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To: James H. Barnes who wrote (174292)	4/29/2003 4:20:26 PM
From: Saturn V	Respond to of 186894

Ref < trying to go to Afghanistan and fight with al-Qaida and the Taliban against the US > Anyone trying to go to Afghanistan via China to link up with the Taliban in October 2001, needed to have his head examined ! Travel within China is highly restricted even for the Chinese. Travel to the troubled provinces in Western China would be very dificult. Then to get across the border and go through the Central Asian Republics of Kazakistan, Kirgistan, Tajikistan and then get into the part of Afganistan controlled by the Taliban would have been quite a challenge. It would have been far easier to go Pakistan, and then directly across the porous border into the Taliban heartland.[ A lot of news reporters did precisely that !] A lot of things about the Chinese trip do not add up. In October 2001 all international travel practically dried up, so what were these guys upto ? If these guys were indeed Al Qaida operatives, Bin Laden would have liked them to lie low in USA for future "operations". Were these guys crazy volunteers for Taliban, just like the recent Syrian volunteers for Saddam ? A few odd happenings, but no evidence of intent to do any harm. John Walker Lindh actually engaged in combat for the Taliban, and got off lightly.