-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Taiwan Test-firing U.S. Missiles NewsMax.com Wires Tuesday, June 19, 2001 TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan will test-fire U.S.-made Patriot missiles on Wednesday as China conducts major war games across the Taiwan Strait, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported Tuesday. Authorities in Taipei refused to disclose when they plan to fire the missiles but Taiwanese newspapers said the tests could be conducted as early as Wednesday, reports said. Officials said previously that they plan to do the test sometime this month but did not give a date. However, the military has warned civilian aircraft and fishing boats to stay away from the southeastern coast in the mornings of Wednesday through Friday for live-fire drills, the Kyodo report said. Quoting newspapers in Taipei, the report said a missile battalion was stationed in the southern Pingtung base getting ready to fire the Patriot missiles. The tests coincide with China's war games off the southeastern coastal province of Fujian, facing Taiwan. The exercises include a simulated attack on a Taiwanese island. Taiwan acquired 200 Patriot missiles, an improved version of the original missile used in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. They have been deployed around Taipei, the capital but have not yet been tested. Washington has repeatedly said it is committed to selling Taiwan weapons needed for its defenses. China considers Taiwan a breakaway province that must be reunited with the mainland, by force if necessary. Taiwan has sought to build up its missile defense, arguing that China may have as many as 800 missiles pointed at the island within the next decade. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
