20 November 2015 (03:30 UTC-07 Tango 01)/29 Aban 1394/07 Safar 1437/09 Ding-Hai 10th month 4713
The Chinese government has revealed that since September they’ve been at war with “foreign extremists” inside their country!
For the past 56 days a seek and destroy mission raged in the western region of Xinjiang after foreign led insurgents attacked the Sogan coal mine in Aksu on 18 September. People’s Liberation Army units hunted down those they believed were responsible for the attack.
28 insurgents killed, five cops killed and 16 civilians killed. 18 people wounded. It should be noted that ‘western’ news sources reported the attack back in September, how did they know? This is apparently the first time the Chinese government reported the attack through state run news media!
It should be noted that China took over territory belonging to Uyghurs (who just happen to be predominantly Muslim), and as such sometimes call those who fight back “foreign extremists”.
One of the earlier non-government approved ‘western’ news reports said the Sogan coal mine attackers used knives, not guns, and were able to kill five policemen and dozens of civilians.