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Article: Chinese jihadists? Al Qaeda in China's backyard.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 22, 2008
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Byline: Walid Phares, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A jihadist group, the Turkestan Islamic Party, threatened to attack the Summer Games in Beijing, charging the Chinese with destroying Islamic schools. The group is based across the border in Pakistan, where sources affirm it received training from al Qaeda.
The organization had previously claimed responsibility for bombings across the country. Over the past months and weeks, many clashes took place between jihadists and authorities, a plane hijacking was foiled, militants were arrested and arms caches and jihadist material was found. Interestingly, the Associated Press links the attacks exclusively to local ethnic ...
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