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Pakistan, China to kick off anti-terror exercises ISLAMABAD: Traditional allies, Pakistan and China will hold joint military exercises this week aimed at helping the two countries fight terrorism, the Pakistani military said yesterday. A contingent of China's People's Liberation Army arrived in Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi, adjoining Islamabad, on Sunday to take part in the exercises, named 'Friendship - 2006'. The joint exercises - the first by Chinese troops outside their country - come two weeks after a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to Pakistan. The two armies held such exercises in China in 2004. "The focus of exercises will be to mutually benefit from each other's experience in planning and conduct of anti-terrorist operations," the military said in a statement. "The ten-day long exercises are aimed at strengthening the existing bonds of friendship between the armies of the two countries." Pakistan, a key ally in the US-led war on terrorism, is fighting militancy at home and its security forces have launched operations in the lawless tribal belt, bordering Afghanistan, against Al Qaeda-linked militants hiding there. China has also waged a relentless campaign against what it calls the violent separatist activities of Uighur Muslims in its far-northwestern region of Xinjiang province. The region shares borders with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, Mongolia and three former Soviet Central Asian republics. The military exercises begin today. China is the main supplier of conventional arms to Pakistan and analysts believe it has also supported Islamabad's missile and nuclear weapons programme. During Hu's visit, the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding for long-term collaboration in defence production including development of an airborne early warning surveillance system. - Reuters +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
