Tango01 | 23 Oct 2014 12:51 p.m. PST |
"Al-Qaeda has joined the Islamic State in calling for jihad against China for its Uyghur policies. Al-Qaeda central appears to have joined the Islamic State in calling for jihad against China over its alleged occupation of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This week, al-Sahab media organization, al-Qaeda's propaganda arm, released the first issue of its new English-language magazine Resurgence. The magazine has a strong focus on the Asia-Pacific in general, with feature articles on both India and Bangladesh, as well as others on Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, the first issue also contains an article entitled "10 Facts About East Turkistan," which refers to the name given to Xinjiang by those who favor independence from China. The ten facts seek to cast Xinjiang as a longtime independent state that has only recently been brutally colonized by Han Chinese, who are determined to obliterate its Islamic heritage…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
jowady | 23 Oct 2014 12:57 p.m. PST |
One has to wonder how much of Al Qaeda is actually left. This seems like another attempt to "stay relevant" in the terrorist world now that IS has seemingly become the "popular" choice for radicalized Islamists these days. |
cloudcaptain | 23 Oct 2014 1:07 p.m. PST |
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders – The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia"! |
Mako11 | 23 Oct 2014 1:17 p.m. PST |
Good. We need more powerful, allies in the war on terrorists. I suspect the Chinese will be a bit more effective than most, since they will be far less hampered by legal niceties in dealing with them. |
Legion 4 | 23 Oct 2014 1:19 p.m. PST |
Yeah … go ahead AQ … start stuff with China … If AQ and ISIS have a bad human rights record … see what the PRC can do. As unlike the US and others, the PRC has little use for being PC with extrernal threats. |
Just Jack | 23 Oct 2014 1:19 p.m. PST |
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Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 23 Oct 2014 3:56 p.m. PST |
Isn't one of the requirements for declaring war to be an actual country? Because if not, then I am totally declaring my family at war with Caldera de Taburiente National Park. |
Lion in the Stars | 23 Oct 2014 5:38 p.m. PST |
Oh, please, AQ&DAESHbags, get China ed off enough to send troops. I have been meaning to learn some Chinese… "Good luck and good hunting" sounds like as good a phrase to start with as any! |
Rebelyell2006 | 23 Oct 2014 6:37 p.m. PST |
Well, I was looking for an excuse to buy Command and Conquer: Generals… |
Deadone | 23 Oct 2014 6:48 p.m. PST |
Isn't one of the requirements for declaring war to be an actual country Nah. You can declare war on anything e.g. drugs or terrorism. Personally I want a War On War. The only way to stop war is to wage war on it.
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GROSSMAN | 23 Oct 2014 7:11 p.m. PST |
Just Jack, I do not think the word means what you think it means… |
John the OFM | 23 Oct 2014 7:35 p.m. PST |
Isn't one of the requirements for declaring war to be an actual country Nah. You can declare war on anything e.g. drugs or terrorism.
It's like suing someone in the USA. An actual reason is optional. |
Chortle | 23 Oct 2014 7:57 p.m. PST |
Perhaps this is a case of the terrorists thinking with their little heads? Uyghur girls get calls to become ISIS 'sex slaves' "They told me that they received anonymous calls, asking them to go to Syria through Indonesia for battlefield service. They were asked to dedicate themselves to jihadists. But the girls did not report this to the police. They were hesitant, because (they thought) all Muslims are brothers and sisters," Zheng noted |
Coelacanth1938 | 23 Oct 2014 8:43 p.m. PST |
Reminds me of an old joke… The Wicked Witch of the West summons the chief flying monkey and commands him to kill a little girl, a scarecrow, a tin man, and a little dog. The chief flying monkey looks at the Wicked Witch for a few moments and then says, "Can't you get along with anybody?" |
Cyrus the Great | 23 Oct 2014 9:12 p.m. PST |
I'd guess it depends on how much support they'd get from Uighur militants. |
Chortle | 23 Oct 2014 9:25 p.m. PST |
No relevance. Just something I stumbled on. "Forcibly conscripted Turcik-Uyghur soldiers near Kumul in 1930"
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latto6plus2 | 24 Oct 2014 2:56 a.m. PST |
If we pause the Yee-Haws for a minute; whos the bigger risk a bunch of medieval guerilla fighters or a billion ed off chinese? Why on earth would anyone want to encourage china to get involved in the near east? |
Lion in the Stars | 24 Oct 2014 11:35 a.m. PST |
1.2 billion ed-off Chinese will hopefully have a stabilizing effect on the area. After all, the Chinese have demonstrated an epic disregard for the media talking heads, so they're much more likely to have permissive rules of engagement and shoot the troublemakers. |
Mithmee | 26 Oct 2014 9:58 a.m. PST |
PRC has little use for being PC with extrernal threats. Or Internal threats either. They will just round out the scumbags and killed them. True they will have to do this time and again but the end it still the same. |
49mountain | 27 Oct 2014 1:15 p.m. PST |
While I know that the PRC has a very through internal security force, their army is supposed to be somewhat suspect. The last time they really fought anyone was the Vietnamese and they got their butts handed to them. Not sure if the PRC army would be effective unless they were to simply overwhelm them with numbers. |
Legion 4 | 27 Oct 2014 2:39 p.m. PST |
Or Internal threats either. They just may be a little more covert in the handling … or try … But either way the PRC don't take no , at least not for very long … And regardless, PRC vs. AQ … my $$$ in on the Chinamen. Besides like AQ, they are not too afraid to take casualties … Plus there is a whole bunch of the mutha' ! |