Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2233-1001187830-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 22 Sep 2001 12:46:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 2626 invoked by uid 510); 22 Sep 2001 19:44:15 -0000 Received: from n34.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.84) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 22 Sep 2001 19:44:15 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2233-1001187830-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.55] by mk.egroups.com with NNFMP; 22 Sep 2001 19:43:50 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 22 Sep 2001 19:43:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 36568 invoked from network); 22 Sep 2001 19:43:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 22 Sep 2001 19:43:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 22 Sep 2001 19:43:49 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id MAA19823 for iwar@onelist.com; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 12:43:48 -0700 Message-Id: <200109221943.MAA19823@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 12:43:48 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Chinese.counterterrorism.experts.will.meet.U.S..officials.Tuesday.to.share.intelligence] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit By Steven Mufson Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, September 22, 2001; Page A30 Chinese counterterrorism experts will meet U.S. officials Tuesday to share intelligence that might help the Bush administration's war on terrorism, Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan said yesterday. But Tang cautioned that the anti-terrorism campaign should "respect the United Nations charter and norms of international law." In a 20-minute meeting with President Bush and an earlier two-hour meeting with Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, Tang pledged China's support for battling terrorism. In an interview later, he said that "China is also a victim of terrorist attacks," a reference to unrest in China's western regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. The issue of U.S.-China military cooperation to combat terrorists did not come up, Powell and Tang said. "I made the point to the foreign minister that we would be looking at a complete campaign that would involve going after finances, information, intelligence, law enforcement, and might have a military component," Powell told reporters. "But we did not get into any details of a military component, nor did I ask the Chinese government what their reaction might be, nor did they suggest to me any participation." In the interview, Tang declined to speculate on China's reaction to any U.S. attacks against suspected terrorists. "I cannot make characterizations in an abstract way," he said. Bush and Powell tried to solidify China's general support by reaffirming Bush's intention to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Shanghai next month and then to travel to Beijing for a summit with Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Much of the meeting with Powell was devoted to preparing for the Bush trip, including discussion of nonproliferation, human rights and missile defense. Tang said later that Taiwan remained the "most important and outstanding issue in U.S.-China relations." Terrorism was a key part of the talks, however. "We firmly oppose and strongly condemn all forms of terrorism in all their evil acts, and both sides agree to carry out even better cooperation on this question in the future," Tang told reporters. Powell said China could help fight terrorism in Central Asia because "it has influence in that region. It has knowledge and information. It has intelligence that might be of help to us." The U.S. effort to target accused terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and the Taliban militia in Afghanistan that has supported him puts China in an awkward diplomatic position. China has maintained close relations with Pakistan, a past supporter of the Taliban. But it is also concerned about violence from its own Muslim population, especially from restive Uighur nationalists living in the westernmost Xinjiang region. A small part of that region borders on Afghanistan, and Chinese and American sources have said that some Uighurs have fought alongside the Taliban. Although a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman made comments earlier in the week suggesting that China would expect a war on terrorism to include China's fight against what he called "separatists" from Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang, Tang said yesterday that China would not link its help to the United States with those issues or any other. Powell told reporters: "There was no suggestion of a quid pro quo. In fact, both sides recognize that this [terrorism] is a threat to both countries." © 2001 The Washington Post Company ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/XrFcOC/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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