Al-Qaeda vows to hit China over Uighur unrest

AFP ^ | 07/14/09 | Polly Hui

[TigerLikesRooster]

Al-Qaeda vows to hit China over Uighur unrest

by Polly Hui 1 hr 48 mins ago

HONG KONG (AFP) – Al-Qaeda is threatening for the first time to attack Chinese interests overseas in retaliation for the deaths of Muslims in the restive region of Xinjiang, according to a risk analysis group.

The call for reprisals against China comes from the Algerian-based offshoot Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), according to a summary of its report sent to AFP by the international consultancy Stirling Assynt.

"Although AQIM appear to be the first arm of Al-Qaeda to officially state they will target Chinese interests, others are likely to follow," said the report, which was first divulged by the South China Morning Post Tuesday.

Osama bin Laden's network has not previously threatened China, but the Stirling report said a thirst for vengeance over Beijing's clampdown in Xinjiang was spreading over the global jihadist community.

Hundreds of thousands of Chinese work in the Middle East and North Africa, including 50,000 in Algeria, estimated the group, which has offices in London and Hong Kong providing risk advice to corporate and official clients.

"This threat should be taken seriously," Stirling said, basing its information on people who it said had seen the AQIM instruction.

[ETL]

Good— China does not subscribe to political correctness and will not dick around in their response.

You mean like what happened at Tienanmen Square in 1989?

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"You mean like what happened at Tienanmen Square in 1989?"

That's Exhibit A, yes.

They can run over as many jihadists with their tanks as they want. Obama would give the jihadists daisies and ask them to the prom. So someone's gotta do the wetwork, and at least for the next 3.5 years it won't be us. Great time for AQ to pick a fight with China, then, don't you think?

[y6162]

Al-Qaeda vs Chicoms

Better watch out Mohammed. The Chinese invented water torture and they don’t have any ACLU to feel sorry for you.

[ETL]

You're making a big mistake equating the Uighurs to al-qaeda, and playing right into the ChiComs' hands.

[Dana] Rohrabacher's statement on Uighur Nationalism
Hearing, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight

..."Much to my dismay some pundits in the Republican Party have fallen for the bait and lump the Uighurs in with Islamic extremists."...

"An ongoing attempt to appease Communist China has been behind the detention of the Uighurs currently being held in Guantanamo. By detaining the Uighurs, the United States was and still is an accomplice in China’s continued brutal occupation of East Turkestan and discrimination against the Uighur people. Both Republican and Democratic parties need to recognize this mistake and correct it, we certainly should not cower and kow tow to Beijing.

It is my hope that this hearing will help to dispel some of the serious confusion and propaganda about the Uighurs."

http://rohrabacher.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=132587

[holden]

With each starting at a baseline of about 1.3B people, it could be straightforward to keep score, even to watch how the second-order effect of single child families fares against the rampant whelping-as-a-world-domination-policy adherents.

HF

[ETL]

Re: You're making a big mistake equating the Uighurs to al-qaeda, and playing right into the ChiComs' hands.

Clarification: I meant *IF* that is what you are doing. Anyway, I seriously doubt that genuine jihadi al-qaeda types would attack the ChiComs.

[BradyLS]

ChiComs won’t coddle them in a Club Gitmo, either.

[Abathar]

To quote a wise little guy -

"Well, good luck with that!"

[COBOL2Java]

Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.
  - Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar" (Antony's solioquy after Caesar's murder)

[Rockitz]

Big mistake AQ! China doesn’t put up with that kinda shi+!

[Tainan]

It appears that this "threat" is being made by a break-awat faction of AQ..."AQIM."

Whether this splinter group has any substance or alignment with the main AQ group has yet to be determined.
Reminds me of the many different "PLO-type" groups scrambling around for credit after the numerous terr incidents in Europe/Mid-east.
Anyone with access to a fax machine or public telephone could make-up a new cell and claim credit or make threats.
Might be the same type of thing here.
AQ central knows who/what they are dealing with in the PLA.
Would they risk reprisal and the cut-off of funding/logistics over the Uigher issue?
I am skeptical on the authenticity of this one....but...stranger things have happened in the name of allahu FUBAR.

[ketelone]

Dana Rohrbacher for President, dammit!

[SueRae]

If there’s a downside to having the red Chinese fight Islamic extremists, then I sure don’t see it.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

Al-Qaeda vows to hit China over Uighur unrest

[G8 Diplomat]

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

The real Beijing Olympics!

[tet68]

The taliban will find out what it feels like to mess
with ruthless folk.

[GOPJ]

If there’s a downside to having the red Chinese fight Islamic extremists, then I sure don’t see it.

Their intelligence agency's information won't be leaked to the press either. Can't see a downside either...

[BJClinton]

Now let's see if China urges calm and caution, emphasizing harmony

Most importantly I hope both sides read each other their rights...

[ETL]

If there’s a downside to having the red Chinese fight Islamic extremists, then I sure don’t see it.

There are some serious questions as to whether this is a legitimate al-qaeda-aligned group. Because it isn't at all likely that al-qaeda jihadists would launch attacks against the ChiComs. It may be a set-up to justify their cracking down even harder on the Uighurs. Please my post# 44.

"Much to my dismay some pundits in the Republican Party have fallen for the bait and lump the Uighurs in with Islamic extremists."--Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Ranking Member of the International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (Republican)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2292074/posts?page=44#44

[mquinn]

Isn’t this the line that some used to use to support the Chechens?