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	3-19 shooting incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nevertheless, the attack provoked shock and unease in Taiwan, where political violence of this kind is virtually unheard of in recent times.
		On September 9, 2004, three men - Yeh Ho-chiang, 37, Chen Ching-hung, 33, and Huang Chin-shou, 43 - were arrested at an illegal weapons factory near Tainan possessing bullets matching those found at the crime scene.
		Henry C. Lee suggests that it was not a serious assassination attempt in which the assassin would usually aim for the head.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/March_19,_2004_assassination_attempt_in_Taiwan (2626 words)

	Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Since Spain and the U.S. ignored the Filipino representative, Felipe Agoncillo, during their negotiations in the Treaty of Paris, the Battle for Manila between Spain and the U.S. was perceived by some to be an attempt to exclude the Filipinos from the eventual occupation of Manila.
		Under the Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico to the United States; the United States paid Spain the sum of $20,000,000 and the civil and political status of the ceded territories were to be determined by the U.S. Congress.
		On March 29, 1969, the Communist Party of the Philippines led by José Maria Sison formed the New People's Army, which has been waging a guerrilla war against the government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philippines (5020 words)

	2003
		March 12 - Iraq disarmament crisis: British prime minister Tony Blair proposes an amendment to the possible 18th U.N. resolution, which would call for Iraq to meet certain benchmarks to prove that it was disarming.
		March 16 - Iraq disarmament crisis: The leaders of the United States, Britain, Portugal, and Spain meet at a summit in the Azores Islands.
		March 22 - The United States and the United Kingdom begin their shock and awe campaign with a massive air strike on military targets in Baghdad.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/2/20/2003.html (5178 words)

	April 9, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry C. Lee arrives in Taipei to investigate the March 19, 2004 assassination attempt in Taiwan.
		US Marines resume their advance into Fallujah, after a pause to allow humanitarian supplies to enter the city.
		An attempt to use the pause to negotiate terms of surrender fails when the representatives from the city fail to show.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/April_9,_2004 (219 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Taiwan poll ends in dispute drama
		Taiwan's close-fought election has ended in high drama, a day after President Chen Shui-bian survived an apparent assassination attempt.
		Analysts told the BBC a petition has already been filed with a court in the southern city of Kaohsiung to examine the validity of the poll but Vice-President Lu rejected claims that it was unfair.
		Taiwan's national security bureau has ruled out involvement by China or illegal gambling rings, who are rumoured to have staked millions of dollars on the election outcome.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3551843.stm (648 words)

	The China Desk - Taiwan's Stolen Election, Part III: The Most Successful Assassination Attempt in Modern History
		The primary purpose of the "assassination attempt" was to serve as a smoke screen for election fraud, allowing Chen to falsely attribute his unbelievable and implausible Reversal of Fortune to "sympathy votes" instead of creative accounting by the Central Election Committee.
		Two, the shooting was not an assassination attempt, as the ballistic characteristics of the bullet were too weak and the point of aim too low to kill.
		At no time following the "assassination attempt" did a tearful, overwrought Wu Shu-chen ever appear before the television cameras, demanding to know her husband's condition, wondering where was the bullet was lodged, or whether he would survive his gunshot wound or wounds.
	thechinadesk.tripod.com /taiwans_stolen_election_part_iii.htm (2553 words)

	Wikinfo \| April 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Macedonian officials admit that they staged a bogus gun-battle with "terrorists" in March 2002 and that they knew the seven men slain had no terrorist connections.
		2004 South African legislative election: The African National Congress (ANC) of President Thabo Mbeki, which has been in power since the end of the apartheid system in 1994, is re-elected with an increased majority.
		April 13th 2004 Press Conference of the President is held at 8:30 PM EST by George W. Bush in The East Room of the White House.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=April_2004 (3914 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Taiwan's president shot at rally
		Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian and Vice-President Annette Lu have been shot at a rally only hours before the country goes to the polls.
		The BBC's Chris Hogg in Taiwan says the president and vice-president were being driven in a red open-top car through crowds of supporters when the shots were fired.
		China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province which should be reunited with the mainland, by force if necessary.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3548893.stm (671 words)

	The Yale Herald - March 26, 2004 - Chen back in office in Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		19, both because of the recent presidential elections and the assassination attempt on incumbent Chen Shui-bian and his vice-president, Annette Lu.
		Taiwan, home of the defeated Chinese KMT troops since 1949, once aspired to "reclaiming the motherland," bringing its government back to the mainland.
		Save Taiwan!" At the height of the rally, Lien and his wife laid on the ground and kissed it to express their "love of this land" to a circle of pandering cameras.
	www.yaleherald.com /article.php?Article=3120 (979 words)

	Taiwan Assasin 3/19/04
		Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian survived an assassination attempt on Friday while campaigning on the eve of a presidential election and escaped with a bullet wound to the stomach.
		Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian delivers a nationwide TV address from his official residence in Taipei March 19, 2004.
		Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian survived an assassination attempt on Friday while campaigning on the eve of a presidential election.
	www.tzengs.com /News/Assasin/photos_.htm (355 words)

	News for Friday, March 19, 2004
		• Taiwan President Released from Hospital After Shooting Taiwan's president is said to be in stable condition after being shot the day before the island's presidential election.
		• Taiwan's Push for Referendum to Coincide with Elections Spurs Controversy The referendum pushed by Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian is at the root of much of the controversy surrounding Saturday's elections.
		• Taiwan's President 'Feeling Good' Despite Wounds from Attack Taiwan's president says he is feeling good, despite being wounded in an apparent assassination attempt, one day before the island's presidential election.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/20040319.html (2584 words)

	AsiaSource: AsiaTODAY - A resource of the Asia Society
		Events had deteriorated well before the bizarre assassination attempt on Chen and his running mate vice president Annette Lu on the eve of the election.
		While Taiwan's referendum law in many ways is a model of democracy, the organization of the vote is a deliberate travesty of democracy and fairness.
		The assassination attempt in his hometown on the eve of the election was not the first act of violence to strike Chen Shui-bian.
	www.asiasource.org /news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=109736 (2828 words)

	Wecht promises to tell Taiwan truth on assassination attempt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		She is holding her leg as a security guard in the front of their vehicle ducks away from an apparent bullet hole in the windshield.
		They were campaigning in the open car Friday, March 19, in Tainan, Taiwan, about 186 miles from Taipei.
		Wecht has participated in scores of high-profile investigations, from Elvis Presley to Chandra Levy, and has long contended the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was the result of a domestic conspiracy.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04090/293461.stm (797 words)

	March 30, 2004 TAIWAN ELECTION: CHEN'S 'RAZOR-THIN' WIN HIGHLIGHTS 'POLARIZATION'
		The pro-independence, English-language Taiwan News contended (3/25): "The re-election of President Chen Shui-bian marks the rise of a majoritarian consensus of Taiwanese identity....
		Chen will try to take Taiwan in the next four years if his political opponents fail in their legal challenges.
		Such broad-mindedness was noticeably absent, we submit, in China's refusal to approve for Taiwan its desired associate membership in the World Health Organization following the outbreak of the SARS epidemic.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/taiwan/2004/wwwh40331.htm (9781 words)

	RTE News - Demonstration over Taiwan election claims
		They accused President Chen of staging last week's assassination attempt on him to swing the elections in his favour.
		The protestors said they planned to camp out overnight to maintain the pressure, undeterred by rain, with organisers promising them they would be joined in the vigil by all opposition lawmakers.
		The High Court in Taiwan earlier ordered that all ballot boxes be sealed after calls for a recount in yesterday's presidential election there.
	www.rte.ie /news/2004/0321/taiwan.html (187 words)

	NucNews - October 19, 2004
		Taiwan was forced by Washington in the 1980s to scrap its plans to develop nuclear warheads.
		Taiwan must acquire a fleet of submarines to prevent China from mounting a naval blockade of the island in the event of a war, Defense Minister Lee Jye was quoted by a newspaper as saying Tuesday.
		The unprecedented march was held in defiance of threats and intimidation by paramilitaries, guerrillas and official armed forces alike--including the abduction of indigenous leaders.
	nucnews.net /nucnews/2004nn/0410nn/041019nn.htm (21204 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: Taiwanese Leaders Survive Assassination Attempt -- March 19, 2004
		Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian and his vice president were shot and slightly wounded Friday as they rode in an open vehicle while campaigning a day before a presidential election.
		Chen was grazed in the abdomen and Vice President Annette Lu was hit in the right knee in the apparent assassination attempt.
		Beijing wants Taiwan to unify and has threatened to attack if Taiwan seeks a permanent split.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/taiwan_03-19-04.html (536 words)

	Taiwan President Survives Assassination Attempt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Hours after an assassination attempt against President Chen Shui-bian, Taiwanese stunned by the attack started voting early Saturday in an election focused on the military threat from mainland China.
		Besides picking a president, Taiwanese also are voting in their first referendum: It asks if Taiwan should beef up defenses if China refuses to withdraw missiles targeting the territory, and whether to seek peace talks with Beijing.
		At a junior high school in the capital, Taipei, Veronica Wu, a 35-year-old cook, said she was voting for Chen and that the shootings didn't influence her vote.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2004/3/19/230155.shtml (960 words)

	Democracy Project
		On March 11 I commented on Yale historian John Lewis Gaddis's argument that liberal historians underestimated the innovative nature of President Bush's foreign policy.
		Taiwan is weathering the storm and will, it appears, emerge with its democratic institutions in tact.
		The assassination attempt on President Chen Shui-bian earlier this week, and the conspiracy theories to which it has given birth, mark serious challenges to Taiwan's budding democratic institutions.
	www.democracy-project.com /archives/2004_03.html (10250 words)

	MissileThreat :: Chinese Assassination Attempt?: Taiwan President Shot on Day Before Election, Missile Defense ...
		One day before the Taiwanese presidential election and referendum, which asks voters whether the island nation should deploy missile defenses in response to the continued Chinese missile buildup, Taiwanese president Chen is shot while campaigning.
		China has been bullying Taiwan for months, unhappy with Taiwanese efforts to deploy missile defenses to defend themselves.
		And on Tuesday, China will be holding a large naval exercise with France, which is also perceived by Taiwan as an attempt at intimidation.
	www.missilethreat.com /news/200403191511.html (222 words)

	Captain's Quarters: Comment on Assassination Attempt on Taiwan President, VP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Comments: Assassination Attempt on Taiwan President, VP Even if the attack was carried out by a local splinter group of sorts, this shooting could still conceivably draw sympathy votes from undecided voters.
		The most obvious group to want Chen Shui-bian out of the way is the CCP, and voters, regardless of what they will read, will associate this shooting with the opposition to Chen's push for complete independence.
		Posted by Biggerz at March 19, 2004 09:35 AM If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear.
	www.captainsquartersblog.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=1196 (120 words)

	CNN.com - Chen back in Taipei after shooting - Mar 19, 2004
		TAIPEI, Taiwan (CNN) -- Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has arrived back in Taipei after surviving an apparent assassination attempt in the southern city of Tainan.
		Huang said Taiwan's armed forces had been placed on high alert and the National Security Council held an emergency meeting.
		Beijing views Taiwan as a breakaway province that must be reunited with the mainland, by force if necessary.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/taiwan.chen/index.html (632 words)

	Q&A: Assassination attempt rattles Taiwan's elections \| csmonitor.com
		Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu were shot Friday while campaigning ahead of Saturday's national election.
		A lot of them think the assassination was staged - a last-minute election ploy to gain sympathy votes.
		The stronghold of DPP, the pro-Taiwanese solidarity crowd is in south Taiwan.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0322/p25s02-woap.html (690 words)

	Different Lights - March 2004 Archives
		Waffling, Kerry Style (21:56) - Public Policy major Nicholas Bolzman sent in this item: Presidential candidate John Kerry, in a March 17, 2004 speech successfully managed to take every possible stance on the defense budget: it is too high, it is too low, and it...
		Chen Shui-bian, the incumbent president of Taiwan, and his vice-president Annette Lu, survived an assassination attempt at a parade today, on the eve of an election that will determine the...
		She attempted to purchase about a grand worth of merchandise...
	patrickhenry.worldmagblog.com /patrickhenry/archives/2004_03.html (3742 words)

	From Seattle writer and consultant Matt Rosenberg...
		It was planned after the March 11 train bomb killings of 190 in Madrid by suspected Islamic extremists.
		Hostage-taking is the latest in a series of (Abu Sayyaf) actions which began in the early 1990s with a spate of bombings, assassinations and kidnappings of priests and businessmen.
		Hamas on Friday delivered new threats of revenge for the assassination of its founder, but had trouble carrying them out: Israel foiled a seaborne attack on a settlement, shooting dead two attackers in wet suits, and a militant was killed in the West Bank when his explosives blew up prematurely.
	www.rosenblog.com /2004/03 (9845 words)

	Cato Daily Dispatch for March 19, 2004
		Voters will be asked whether Taiwan should beef up its defenses to protect against hundreds of Chinese missiles pointed at the island."
		According to former Cato defense policy analyst Ivan Eland, "China's economy is four times the size of Taiwan's and apparently growing at a faster rate; that economic disparity between China and Taiwan could eventually lead to a military disparity as well.
		Taiwan is not strategically essential to America's national security.
	www.cato.org /dispatch/03-19-04d.html (694 words)

	NAPSNet Daily Report, Friday, March 19, 2004
		Around 5,000 are expected to join the rally that begins at 3 p.m., and the protesters will march to Gwanghwamun to join the anti-impeachment rally.
		Agence France-Presse ("TAIWAN PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT SURVIVE APPARENT ASSASSINATION," 03/20/04) reported that Taiwan's president and vice president survived an apparent assassination attempt a day before the island was due to vote in an election and a landmark referendum on relations with the PRC.
		As a huge hunt began for the man who attacked Chen, the opposition was left condemning the shooting and claiming that it would not affect the result.
	www.nautilus.org /archives/napsnet/dr/0403/MAR19-04.html (1744 words)

	Underreported News: March 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		More than two dozen fl pastors added their voice to the critics of same-sex marriage, attempting to distance the civil rights struggle from the gay rights movement and defending marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
		On the eve of Taiwan's presidential elections, the mouthpiece of the Chinese military warned the island on Friday against holding its landmark referendum, but stopped short of spelling out the consequences.
		Colombian troops have marched into this farming town that for years languished under rebel rule, but its people fear the thinly stretched forces may not hold it for long.
	dominionpaper.ca /newswire/2004/03 (9257 words)

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