VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris attacks

Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by dragonwriter on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @12:56PM (#10582790)

> But they attacked the US because our presence was a direct obstacle. They didn't put suicide bombers in China or Copenhagen or Paris for that matter.

al-Qaeda has for more than a decade overtly targeted China over its policies in Xinjiang, and the Chinese government claimed that the East Turkistan Islamic Movement behind many attacks there was tied to al-Qaeda (and, indeed, some senior leaders of that organization were killed in fighting against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan.)

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Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by drumdance on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @04:12PM (#10583984)

Fair point, but again, there is a specific grievance involving the Uighurs, who have been persecuted by the Chinese for decades.

BTW if you ever go to a Uighur restaurant try the horse. Tastes like chipped beef.

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