Turkestan or in Chinese .... XinjiangFrom Times Online:
A MILITANT Islamic group has threatened to attack the Beijing Olympics with suicide bombers and biological weapons and has claimed responsibility for a string of fatal bombings and explosions in China over recent weeks.
In a video released by IntelCenter, a terrorism monitoring group, a bearded man identified as “Commander Seyfullah” is seen reading a declaration of jihad against the Olympics and warns athletes and spectators, “especially Muslims”, to stay away.
It was issued by a group calling itself the Turkestan Islamic party. The group may be allied with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement – designated a terrorist organisation by the US, China and several other countries – which seeks independence for the Muslim Uighur people of China’s far west province of Xinjiang, which Uighur separatists call East Turkestan.
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Some Background On Turkestan from Global Security.org
My Comment: I can now understand why the Chinese Government will be putting 100,000 police and soldiers on the grounds at all Olympic events. This is one very dangerous terrorist group. The Olympics are now a target for this group, and none of their members have been arrested recently.
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