For China, Islamic terrorism has been a back-burner issue - until recently. Lately a series of bombings blamed on Muslim Uighurs from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in NW China prior to the Beijing Olympics has forced the Chinese government to pay attention. A confrontation could start as early as the 8th of August, especially in light of this Reuters news story quoted in Jihad Watch:
A group calling itself the Turkistan Islamic Party released a video threatening the Beijing Olympic Games and claiming responsibility for recent deadly explosions on two Chinese buses, a terrorism monitoring firm said.
IntelCenter, a US-based terrorism monitoring firm, said the group had released a video entitled "Our Blessed Jihad in Yunnan," featuring a statement by the group's leader, Commander Seyfullah, threatening next month's Olympics.
"Despite the Turkistan Islamic Party's repeated warnings to China and international community about stopping the 29th Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese have haughtily ignored our warnings," IntelCenter quoted Seyfullah as saying.
"The Turkistan Islamic Party volunteers who had gone through special preparations have started urgent actions."
Word to the wise: One national policy dating from the days of the imperial dynasties that the Communist government will enforce is that they will fight to defend any land regarded as Chinese territory, and move against any threat to their national security. It may not happen today or tomorrow, but once they get going, heads will roll.
More information on threats from the Turkestan Islamic Party from the Washington Post/MSNBC.
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