More Fighting In China/Claims of crackdowns of Uighers

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Beijing reports they have clashed with members of the minority group Muslim Uighur, in the western province of Xinjiang.

They have reported 2 Chinese policeman were killed and that 7 were injured. There are no claims on who started the firefight or if the Muslim Uighers suffered any casualties.

Activist Dilxat Raxit says that 20 Uighers were arrested by Chinese authorities and said there is a widespread crackdown on Uighers.

As you may know, terrorist attacks were threatened in China, and they happened, most say by an Uigher seperatist group. Is this just me, or is China showing a little weakness in preventing these attacks?:hmmm: And do you believe this could turn into a full, blown insurgency?

History of events so far, from Yahoo. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/...a_uighur_clash

The wave of violence began on Aug. 4, four days before the start of the competition, in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan. Two men stole a truck and rammed it into a group of police on their morning jog. The men continued attacking with homemade bombs and knives, killing 16 police.
Six days later, bombers struck in the west-central Xinjiang county of Kuqa, targeting a police station, government building, bank and shops owned by Chinese. Police said they killed 10 of the attackers — including one woman — while a security guard and a bystander died in the violence. State media said another attacker, a 15-year-old girl, was injured.
On Aug. 12, attackers jumped from a vehicle and stabbed civilian guards, killing three of them at a roadside checkpoint in Yamanya town, near Kashgar. The assailants escaped.
No one has claimed responsibility for any of the incidents, though government officials have suggested terrorism is behind the violence.
Citing local Uighurs, Raxit, the activist, said large-scale arrests have been taking place in Kuqa and Kashgar since the attacks and residents of Kuqa are prohibited from traveling outside of the area. Checkpoints also have been set up, he said, adding that Wednesday's incident has triggered even tighter restrictions.