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...July 7, thousands of club-wielding Han Chinese mobilized on the streets, clearly intent on revenge. Military police blocked them from moving south into Uighur neighborhoods, at times firing tear gas. Xinjiang People's Hospital in the city center took in at least a dozen Uighurs who were beaten. One patient, 22-year-old Abdul, says he was attacked by a crowd of about 100 Han men. He suffered a head injury and a broken arm. (See TIME's China covers...
...change it? I actually don't have a rubber stamp. I have to get one. I went down and sat down with the RC South commander, and I didn't put specific changes to timelines or where forces were going, but we talked a lot about the coin intent and the purposes of the operation and the importance of the hold and build - we can clear anywhere we want, but holding and building are hard - so ensuring that the ANSF [Afghan National Security Forces] come in with the Marines, so that they do the partnership up front...
...There is an awful lot of energy moving towards protecting civilians, but you can't have too much energy. I believe that I have emphasized that across the force, which has probably reached some people, it is my intent to do that. So I think that is a major evolution and shift in the way that we do business...
...release on Helmand op - no indirect fire, no bombardments? Where did this come from? I don't know if they are reading my mind, but they are certainly following my intent. If you think about going into an area to protect the population, if you go into an area and no shots are fired but you achieve control, the population is going to feel a lot better. On the other hand, if you come in and you destroy buildings, homes, you may take the ground, but the population is left impoverished - they may have suffered casualties among their civilians...
Uttering refers to the use or circulation of bills or documents known to be counterfeit with the intent to defraud...