Wow, al Qaeda is threatening to take the fight to the Red Army? That is either very brave, or VERY stupid. An interesting side note is that those rioting muslims racked up a 3-1 casualty ratio. 136 Han Chinese died alongside those 46 Uighurs.
China pleads for understanding as al-Qaeda vows revenge over Uighur deaths
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb (AQIM) said it would target the 50,000 Chinese workers in Algeria and elsewhere in Northern Africa.
Two extremist web sites affiliated with al-Qaeda also made threats against the large numbers of Chinese people working in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.
“Chop off their heads at their workplaces or in their homes to tell them that the time of enslaving Muslims has gone,” read one posting.
It is the first time that any al-Qaeda group has threatened China or its interests and illustrates the high price that Beijing may pay for the riots in Urumqi, in which at least 136 Han Chinese and 46 Uighurs died last week.
Beijing’s nervousness over its vast interests in Africa and the Middle East was underlined by the Foreign ministry, which rushed to reassure Muslims that China was not oppressing the Uighurs in the desert province of Xinjiang.
“We hope that our Muslim brothers can realise the truth of the July 5 incident in Urumqi. Once they know the truth, they would support our ethnic and religious policies and the measures the Chinese government has taken to deal with the incident,” said a spokesman.
We have already witnessed how the Chinese cracked down on the Uighurs, imagine if they are provoked and join in on the war on islamists, how they would treat real live jihadis…
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