Uighur group claims China bus attacks, threatens Olympics(Turkestan Islamic Party)

AFP ^ | 07/26/08

[TigerLikesRooster]

Uighur group claims China bus attacks, threatens Olympics

Sat Jul 26, 3:14 AM ET

A Uighur separatist group has taken credit for a deadly bus bombing in Shanghai in May and warned of new attacks in China during the Olympics, a group monitoring threats by extremists on the Internet said.

In a video statement, Commander Seyfullah of the Turkestan Islamic Party claimed credit for several attacks, including the May 5 Shanghai bus bombing which killed three; another Shanghai attack; an attack on police in Wenzhou on July 17 using an explosive-laden tractor; a bombing of a Guangzhou plastic factory on July 17; and bombings of three buses in Yunnan province on July 21.

Three people were killed as a result of the explosion on the crowded bus in Shanghai on May 5, police and witnesses said.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Dutch Boy]

I'm shocked. Just shocked.

[Soliton]

I’d hate to be an Uighur any time. But I would REALLY hate to be one in China in the next couple of weeks. Look for the price of kidneys to go down due to oversupply.

[mylife]

Those wacky muslims sure know how th make friends and influence people.

[TigerLikesRooster]

We are seeing the worldwide Mad Jihadi Bubble inching toward its peak.

[mylife]

They want Red War

[Fred Nerks]

In a video statement, Commander Seyfullah of the Turkestan Islamic Party claimed credit for several attacks, including the May 5 Shanghai bus bombing which killed three; another Shanghai attack; an attack on police in Wenzhou on July 17 using an explosive-laden tractor; a bombing of a Guangzhou plastic factory on July 17; and bombings of three buses in Yunnan province on July 21.

islam/china...

[Calpernia]

ping

[compound w]

When China brings the hammer down on these savages, watch for some to start crying “repression!”

[Cindy]

Thank you for the ping, Calpernia.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1995304/posts?page=510#510

[Cindy]

ARTICLE SNIPPET from the link at post no. 1:

"According to global intelligence analysts Stratfor, the Turkestan Islamic Party is another name used by the Islamic Party of East Turkestan (ETIM), an ethnic Uighur and Muslim separatist group seeking to create an independent state out of China's westernmost, heavily Muslim Xinjiang province. The United States, China and other countries have designated ETIM a terrorist group."

[Cindy]

http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_4180.html

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http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1762.html

Olympics 2008 Fact Sheet (China)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs

[KylaStarr]

Thank you for the ping Calpernia.

I’ve a neighbor who is flying over there for the Olympics and she just shrugs off any kind of information that we’ve tried to give her as minor distractions. I pray for her a lot.