heavily armed special police

In this July 7, 2009 file photo, heavily armed special police face off a crowd of Uighur residents after they protested when journalists visited the area in Urumqi, China. A U.S. group that monitors militant Web sites says an offshoot of a secessionist group with ties to al-Qaida is threatening revenge Thursday, July 16, 2009 on China for the deaths of Muslim Uighurs in clashes this month.
(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)