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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Who are the Uighurs?</title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/06/1987569.aspx</link><description>Riots and street battles killed at least 156 people in China's western Xinjiang province and injured 828 others on Monday in the most violent ethnic unrest in the region in decades. 
NBC News' Adrienne Mong explains the roots of the discord between ethnic</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Who are the Uighurs?</title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/06/1987569.aspx#1987948</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:36:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1987948</guid><dc:creator>nsam</dc:creator><description>The place has been very peaceful in the past.&lt;br&gt;Not much news until we heard of Uighurs released from gitmo.&lt;br&gt;there seems to be some special interests involved in this destabilization of the region. From the video it was not very clear what the root cause of the problem is ?</description></item><item><title>Who are the Uighurs?</title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/06/1987569.aspx#1987991</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:20:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1987991</guid><dc:creator>Andre ,Shenzhen ,China</dc:creator><description>Uighur terrorists sat bus bomb in 1992,killed several civilians！&lt;br&gt;Last year,uighur terrorists killed 16 soldiers on their morning jog.&lt;br&gt;What's the difference with the terrorist did in 9/11? the casualty? No difference! &lt;br&gt;I think everyone should condemn it,if you trust in peace.</description></item><item><title>Who are the Uighurs?</title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/06/1987569.aspx#1988061</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:21:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1988061</guid><dc:creator>a</dc:creator><description>So, who are they again??</description></item><item><title>Who are the Uighurs?</title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/06/1987569.aspx#1988083</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:02:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1988083</guid><dc:creator>Andre ,Shenzhen ,China</dc:creator><description>what a funny&lt;br&gt;'Your comment or rating has been received. However, due to caching and moderation, it may not be displayed right away.' &lt;br&gt;America loves censorship too!!&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Who are the Uighurs?</title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/06/1987569.aspx#1988088</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:21:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1988088</guid><dc:creator>MURAT TURKMEN.NEW JERSEY </dc:creator><description>WHO ARE THE UIGHURS? Uighur's is TURKIC etnic in China.And they want their own State for many years.They dont want under kominist Chinese autohority.Like Tibet .UIGHURS culture is totally different.religion different.FOREVER FREE UIGHUIRS.</description></item><item><title>Who are the Uighurs?</title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/06/1987569.aspx#1988388</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:45:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1988388</guid><dc:creator>Ray  Manhattan, Kansas</dc:creator><description>Thanks for the coverage. &amp;nbsp;Which reminds me that the U.S. has some Uighur detainees at the Gitmo, and we don't know what to do with them. &amp;nbsp;If we send them home to Xinjiang Province the Han Chinese will probably kill them. &amp;nbsp;Maybe we should send them back secretly in the hope that they will organize a more viable resistance movement. &amp;nbsp;HA!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;With that said, I hope the Uighurs kick Han Chinese butt to the max, to put it crudely. &amp;nbsp;The Uighurs need their own country over there. &amp;nbsp;Atheist Han Chinese and Muslim Uighurs don't mix any better than oil and water. &amp;nbsp;The Chinese strategy (as in Tibet) is to flood an area with Han Chinese (by force) and hope the other population or ethnic group simply &amp;quot;goes away.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;Forget it! &amp;nbsp;The Chinese might crush this Uighur uprising with the usual Han Chinese brute force, but eventually the Uighurs will have their freedom. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; I say none of this lightly because a lot of people on both sides are going to get hurt. &amp;nbsp;But perhaps the Uighurs can temporarily adopt what that old Han Chinese A--hole Mao said about breaking eggs to make an omelet or some crap like that. &amp;nbsp;Good luck to the Uighurs and any other ethnic minority group in China that wants to be free of the sh--thead government in Beijing. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; May Allah be with the religious Uighurs in their just war against the Han Chinese materialistic atheists. &amp;nbsp; </description></item></channel></rss>