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2006-02-19 China-Japan-Koreas
Debka sez al-Qaeda's planning to hit China
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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-02-19 05:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 China? That should prove amusing.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-19 06:08||   2006-02-19 06:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, TW, not for the victims... but the aftermath of any jihadi booms in China may prove to be an entertaining spectacle, indeed. The Allanists have no idea what a shitload of cans of worms they would open.
Posted by twobyfour 2006-02-19 07:06||   2006-02-19 07:06|| Front Page Top

#3 They're dumb, but they're not that dumb.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-02-19 07:43||   2006-02-19 07:43|| Front Page Top

#4 I suspect that more than making terrorist attacks, which are already happening in China at a tremendous clip, al-Qaeda plans to *publicize* attacks.

Remember that China is far more concerned about hiding the reality than it is the reality itself. As far as casualties, China could absorb a death rate of 100,000 a DAY for an entire YEAR before really starting to feel a pinch.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-02-19 07:56||   2006-02-19 07:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Prepare to break out the gourmet popcorn.
Posted by ryuge 2006-02-19 08:33||   2006-02-19 08:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Perhaps the Islamonutzis will succumb to a new foe ... Avian Flu. A suicide mission into the Hot Zone may prove ironically a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Posted by doc 2006-02-19 09:13||   2006-02-19 09:13|| Front Page Top

#7 "They're dumb, but they're not that dumb."
I'm not saying they're planning it, but they ARE that dumb. Examples abound.
Posted by Darrell 2006-02-19 10:10||   2006-02-19 10:10|| Front Page Top

#8 #3: They're dumb, but they're not that dumb.

Yes, they really are that dumb.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-02-19 10:18||   2006-02-19 10:18|| Front Page Top

#9 OK, they're that dumb. How may we help?
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-02-19 10:41||   2006-02-19 10:41|| Front Page Top

#10 You're right, of course, twobyfour. It was early, and I snarked without thinking. How is China responding to current [non-suicide] booms caused by those disappointed in love or business deals? We've read about several here, but I don't remember the follow-up.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-02-19 12:35||   2006-02-19 12:35|| Front Page Top

#11 I read a paper about two years ago over on Hal Lindsey's site http://www.hallindseyoracle.com/
about the growth of Christianity in China. And, How appealing Chirsitianity is for the Chinese. Also, the article brought out that the newly created Chinese Christian Missionaries are now targeting Islam and its members for conversion to Christianity. It said to the effect that the face of the war in the Middle East will change dramatically when these Chinese missionaries begin to hit the streets. The goal was to send close to 1.5 million missionaries to the Middle East! Could this be the next Crusade?

Maybe Al Q read the same article. I will try to find the link to it.
Posted by TomAnon 2006-02-19 12:43||   2006-02-19 12:43|| Front Page Top

#12 The PRC makes a lot of money on tourism (big shots in the Commie party own lots of shares of various enterprizes) and an Al Q would be a blow to both the budget and to prestige.

They would not be able to cover up a big hit.

The problem for the PRC is what to do about it. They already persecute the muslim tribes in the western part of China so what else are they going to do?

Posted by mhw 2006-02-19 12:45||   2006-02-19 12:45|| Front Page Top

#13 Al-Qaeda attacking in China would probably only help our cause... would be great to have the Chinese as a real ally in the WOT.
Posted by bgrebel 2006-02-19 14:38||   2006-02-19 14:38|| Front Page Top

#14 A small quibble... China is unlikely to become our ally. The best we can hope for is that they will become the enemy of my enemy. (full stop)

Allies share interests.
Posted by SR-71">SR-71  2006-02-19 15:00||   2006-02-19 15:00|| Front Page Top

#15 I also wonder how capably the Chinese authorities in Beijing could cope with determined terrorist attacks by outsiders. My impression is that their control is shaky and relies in part on Chinese cultural deference to those in authority roles.

I might be wrong about this, but for instance they're having trouble with Net censorship.
Posted by lotp 2006-02-19 15:08||   2006-02-19 15:08|| Front Page Top

#16 Historically, the Chinese relationship with Muslims has been to tolerate them UNTIL they get to uppity then exterminate a large number until they settle down for a few generations.
Posted by 3dc 2006-02-19 15:13||   2006-02-19 15:13|| Front Page Top

#17 The ISI routinely informs the Chinese about their citizens that have trained in the jihadi terror camps. They don't have a long lifespan.

The ISI has even executed Uigars on behalf of the Chinese (muslim brotherhood be damned).
Posted by john 2006-02-19 18:16||   2006-02-19 18:16|| Front Page Top

#18 Sooner or later, the rest of the world is going to have to decide whether our problem is Islamists or Islam. Either way, there has to be an accounting. We've given away too much, too long. We need to start standing up to these assclowns, and breaking a few heads where needed. THey have to learn that THEY have to adjust to the rest of the world, the rest of the world is NOT going to adjust to them. Start with the next riot in any Western nation turning onto a bloodbath for the islamists. Follow up with some TOUGH sanctions against parts of the islamic world, including shutting by military force ports and harbors. As someone said, the demand will force us to learn new ways to do things, but will put the screws to the Arab world where 90% of the problem originates. We can turn the entire Middle East into another Somalia, and let it rot. Maybe that's what we should do.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-02-19 18:55|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-02-19 18:55|| Front Page Top

#19 At least, OP, they do need some tough love. The question is on what scale should we set the TLM (Tough Love Machine) to? On a scale of 1 to 10. Note that this is a logarithmic scale, kinda like the Richter scale, where a step in the scale = a 10-fold increase in toughness.
Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2006-02-19 19:02||   2006-02-19 19:02|| Front Page Top

#20 Look at the Islamic Truths thread on Pg 4. Some toughlove now may prevent a bloodbath later. But it is hard to face the reality of what is needed.
Posted by SR-71">SR-71  2006-02-19 21:54||   2006-02-19 21:54|| Front Page Top

#21 Keep the press out and its not too hard to face.
Posted by 3dc 2006-02-19 23:49||   2006-02-19 23:49|| Front Page Top

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