Eight dead after bombings in western China mars Olympic opening weekend

[cnredd]

Eight dead after bombings in western China mars Olympic opening weekend

A wave of a suicide bombings and police shootings left eight people
dead in western China yesterday, as Uighur Islamic separatists
attempted to steal global attention from the Beijing Olympics.

In what appears to be one of the most widely coordinated assaults in
recent memory, the militants threw or carried home-made explosives
into a dozen government sites in Kuqa city, killing a security guard,
injuring two police officers, destroying two police cars and damaging
trading and commerce offices.

Their most ambitious assault involved wheeling a tricycle laden with
explosives into a public security bureau just before dawn. One
attacker was shot, another blew himself up and two were captured,
according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

Six hours later, police tracked down some of the alleged militants in the
local marketplace. In the ensuing battle, two militants were reportedly shot and three blew themselves up with bombs made from bent pipes, gas canisters and liquid gas tanks.

One suspect was detained, one was taken to hospital, and at least six were thought to have got away. The entire county of 400,000 people has
now been cordoned off, business suspended and roadside
operations shut. Paramilitaries with machine guns were patrolling the
streets.

The clashes come less than a week after Xinjiang witnessed the deadliest attack on Chinese security personnel in a decade. Last Monday, two alleged Muslim jihadists in Kashgar droved a lorry at high speed into a rank of jogging paramilarites, then killed the survivors with bombs and knives, eventually claiming 16 lives.

The authorities linked the earlier attack to threats made by three separatist groups who want to create an "East Turkistan" homeland for ethnic Muslim Uighurs in the region.

I guess this is another example of the US creating more terrorism for being in Iraq...

Or maybe it's because the US meddles in Middle Eastern affairs...

Or maybe it's because the West is perverting the women to wear lipstick and jeans...

Or maybe it's because of another of Bush's failed policies...

Whatever...just don't blame Islam...You don't want to be called an Islamic fearmongerer...

[Mikeyy]

Originally Posted by cnredd

Eight dead after bombings in western China mars Olympic opening weekend

I guess this is another example of the US creating more terrorism for being in Iraq...

Or maybe it's because the US meddles in Middle Eastern affairs...

Or maybe it's because the West is perverting the women to wear lipstick and jeans...

Or maybe it's because of another of Bush's failed policies...

Whatever...just don't blame Islam...You don't want to be called an Islamic fearmongerer...

I don't know about all that. But it must be a lot easier rooting out terrorists when you don't have to deal with a bill of rights. They have the same problem with extremists as us. If I were POTUS I would see this as an opportunity to work together against religious crazies. We should try to expand on these sort of things to influence change in China. Islamic extremists are all over the globe.

Bush has had a bad run. But I wouldn't blame islamic extremism on him. He may have helped reignite it here and there with his poor leadership. To this day they think they scored without reprisal. after 7 years the worlds baddest mofo hasn't been able to get two guys. That sort of stuff makes us look weak in the eyes of our enemy. But China has had this problem long before our president.

[saltwn]

If Bush has ideas about China being more "open" due the the Olympics, I'm afraid his efforts are being thwarted. Chinese government is apt to crawl back into its communist hovel and not come to the door except for pizza delivery, after all the violence. Sad.