China Cracks Down On Olympic Terror Threat
Don't these Islamic morons know not to mess with Communists? The Soviets used to retaliate by kidnapping terrorists and sending their body parts back. Now, they try commit a terrorist act in China involving the kidnapping of Olympic athletes. I'm guessing they meet Allah and their 72 man virgins soon.
China said Thursday it had uncovered a criminal ring planning to kidnap athletes and others at the Beijing Olympic Games.
The "violent terrorist gang" was based in the restive western Xinjiang region and headed by a man identified as Abdulrahman Tuersun, Public Security Ministry spokesman Wu Heping said at a news conference. He also gave more details on a second alleged ring that had been uncovered in January.
Wu said 35 people, including Tuersun and another man, Kuerban Mutalifu, were arrested between March 26 and April 6 for plotting to kidnap athletes, foreign journalists and other visitors to the August Olympics.
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Wu said police confiscated almost 10 kilograms (22 pounds) of AN-TNT explosive material, eight sticks of dynamite, two detonators and "jihadist" literature in raids in Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital.
He said the gang hatched the Olympic plot in November and traveled through Xinjiang last month seeking recruits, including those skilled in weapons and explosives production.
They also sought jihadist fanatics to carry out suicide bomb attacks in Urumqi and other Chinese cities, Wu said. He did not say whether any volunteers had been found or whether any attacks were imminent, but said police decided to "neutralize the threat" after collecting sufficient evidence.
Wu also provided details about those arrested in January, saying they had been manufacturing explosives and were plotting to attack hotels, government offices and military targets in Shanghai, Beijing and other cities.
Wu said 10 men, led by a man named Aji Maimaiti, had been arrested and confessed to acting on orders from a radical Islamic Xinjiang independence group, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, to prepare attacks targeting the Beijing Olympics.
