Al-Qaida threatens to attack China!

[Better Believe It]

Al-Qaida threatens to attack China
October 8, 2009

DUBAI: A prominent Al-Qaida militant on Wednesday threatened to attack Chinese targets in "reprisal" for the July 5 riots in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

He urged Uygurs in Xinjiang to "make serious preparations" for a "holy war" against the Chinese government and called on fellow Muslims for support.

Abu Yahya al-Libi, in a video posted on an Islamist website yesterday, called for "a true return to their (Uygurs) religion and ... serious preparation for jihad in the path of God the Almighty and to carry weapons ..."

He urged the Muslim world to "support them (the Uygurs) with all they can".

It was not the first time a terrorist group has threatened to attack Chinese targets after the July 5 riots, in which nearly 200 civilians, most of them Han Chinese, were killed.

In mid-July, Al-Qaida's Algerian-based offshoot, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), issued a call for "reprisals".

AQIM pledged to target the 50,000 Chinese workers in Algeria as well as Chinese projects and workers across northwest Africa, said the London-based international consultancy Stirling Assynt.

In August, the leader of a group calling itself the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) urged Muslims to attack Chinese interests worldwide.

TIP has claimed violent attacks in the past, including the bombing of two public buses in Shanghai in May last year.

Read the complete article at:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-10/08/content_8767743.htm

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Al-Qaida threatens Chinese abroad
By Cui Jia and Cui Xiaohuo
July 15, 2009

Chinese authorities Tuesday alerted its citizens and organizations abroad about potential terrorist attacks, one day after Al-Qaida threatened to target Chinese interests overseas in retaliation for the deaths of Uygurs in Urumqi.

Al-Qaida's Algerian-based offshoot, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), issued the call for reprisals in the wake of the riot in the capital city of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to a report sent to China Daily by the international consultancy firm Stirling Assynt, based in London.

AQIM pledged to avenge the deaths of Muslims in Urumqi by targeting the 50,000 Chinese workers in Algeria as well as Chinese projects and workers across northwest Africa.

The Chinese embassy in Algeria issued a statement on its website last night, urging Chinese organizations and citizens in Algeria to be on alert. The Chinese embassy in Tunisia also told China Daily Tuesday that it was aware of the warning from AQIM and was working on plans to fend off any possible threats.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said at a press conference Tuesday that China will "take any measure necessary to protect the safety of its overseas institutions and citizens."

It was the first time Al-Qaida had threatened an attack against Chinese interests overseas.

Read the complete article at:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009xinjiangriot/2009-07/15/content_8428724.htm

[jeffbr]

1. Hmmm... Good luck!

[MidwestRick]

2. If they think we torture...

wait til one of them gets caught by the Chineese.

[GaYellowDawg]

3. I hope they do.

China won't fuck around. They'll take them out.

[Selatius]

4. China is a dictatorship. It does not care if a few Chinese workers die.

Also, the Chinese regime does not care about human rights or the Geneva Conventions. Anybody who wants to mess with China should realize they will get treated far worse than what the US has done the last eight years. They are not above committing war crimes on enemy fighters.

[TxRider]

5. I dunno, losing face is a big deal...

Moreso than in our culture.

[Better Believe It]

6. Is that a quote from Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck or Joseph McCarthy?