China issues alert in Algeria (al-Qaeda)

[Coventina]

Source: BBC

China has urged its citizens in Algeria to take extra care, after reports that a militant group might take revenge for the recent deaths of Muslim Uighurs.

On Tuesday a UK-based security firm reported that an al-Qaeda-linked group had threatened to target Chinese workers in north Africa.

The Chinese foreign minister recently appealed for understanding within the Muslim world in the wake of the unrest.

Officials say 137 Han Chinese and 46 Uighurs died in the riots, in Urumqi.

Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang province, is currently under heavy police and military control.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8151008.stm

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Anyone who attacks an unrelated third party for something their government does is a terrorist, and the action is inexcusable.

What al-Qaeda does has no honor whatsoever.

Having said that, the Chinese government has opened up a whole mess of trouble for themselves with their cruel actions in Urumqi. Unfortunately, the architects of the brutal policy will not be the victims of it.

*sigh*

No "good guys" to root for in this one....