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Outrage in Turkey
Monday, July 11, 2005
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can find it here.
Well, well, well, less than three days after I
highlight the plight of the people of occupied East
Turkestan, my friend Anwar Yusuf Turani, Prime
Minister of the Government-in-exile, is subjected to
an outrage in Istanbul, Turkey.
The government in exile was set to take part in a
conference sponsored by the Turkic Cultural and
Folklore Association, starting next week. The mayor of
Yalova (a suburb of Istanbul, I believe), had invited
Prime Minister Turani to the conference. Prior to the
start of the conference, Turani had planned to spend
about a week in Istanbul, after a couple of days in
Munich.
The Turkish government apparently had other ideas.
Turani touched down in Istanbul on July 9, picked up
his visa, presented it to the immigration office at
the airport – and was promptly surrounded by airport
security. He was then detained by Turkish officials –
“on orders from Ankara” – for nine hours, then given
his passport, and put on a plane back to Munich. No
explanation was given for his treatment – outside of
“orders from Ankara.”
Now, most people may wonder why I am so agitated about
this. I have several reasons.
First, I know Turani well; the idea that he and his
people are a threat to anyone is absurd. He has been
in the U.S. for nearly two decades after escaping
occupied East Turkestan, and has been a model resident
and citizen.
Secondly, I helped put together the government in
exile over the course of about six months last year.
The government’s goal is freedom and democracy for its
people, and an end to Communist China’s occupation.
Moreover, it is explicitly non-violent, has repeatedly
condemned al Qaeda-sponsored acts of terrorism, and
has offered support for the United States in the War
on Terror (ETNFC).
Third, there is the fact that East Turkestan is
occupied by Communist China: the largest supporter of
terrorism on the planet. Whether it’s the Iranian
mullahcracy’s lust for nuclear weapons, Saddam
Hussein’s desire for weapons and defenses of any kind,
or even al Qaeda’s need for a money launderer,
Communist China has been there – ready and willing to
help anyone who wants to kill Americans and weaken
America. Yet the Communists have taken advantage of
East Turkestan’s overwhelmingly Muslim population to
smear them as al Qaeda supporters and anti-American
terrorists, when nothing could be further from the
truth (third, third, second, second, and second items).
The proof of that comes from al Qaeda itself, which
has not mentioned East Turkestan so much as once in
any of its diatribes against the civilized world.
Osama bin Laden has demanded the U.S. leave Iraq (and
before that, Saudi Arabia), the Israelis leave
Palestine, and even that the Spaniards leave Spain.
However, he has never criticized his Communist cronies
– who, according to at least one expert on Islam, have
turned their Communist-controlled “official” Islam
into a Wahabbist knock-off – for their horrific
occupation of East Turkestan.
In other words, as Communist China continues to give
aid and comfort to our enemies in the War on Terror,
the Muslim country they have brutally occupied for
over half a century has been struggling to make its
pro-American voice heard. Instead, its leader,
democratically elected from among the diaspora, gets
this outrageous treatment.
The blood boils again.
China e-Lobby
http://china-e-lobby.blogspot.com/2005/07/outrage-in-turkey.html
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