Comments on: The Terrorists Have Disappeared http://oneeyedpandasjournal.com/2008/07/30/the-terrorists-have-disappeared/ One Man's Thoughts on Converting to Catholicism Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:06:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: oneeyedpanda http://oneeyedpandasjournal.com/2008/07/30/the-terrorists-have-disappeared/comment-page-1/#comment-160 oneeyedpanda Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:59:53 +0000 http://oneeyedpanda.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-160 Thanks for the information Torry. J. Thanks for the information Torry.

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]]> By: Torry Shealy http://oneeyedpandasjournal.com/2008/07/30/the-terrorists-have-disappeared/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Torry Shealy Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:40:02 +0000 http://oneeyedpanda.wordpress.com/?p=192#comment-161 After looking into this more I've found that the East Turkestan Islamic Movement has Also called itself the East Turkestan Islamic Party. If the TIP is the same group as the ETIM then they just dropped the East from their other name. It is typical for jihadi groups to change their name for various reasons. This could also be a splinter group or a totally new group. What I think is important is establishing whether this group has linkages to the IMU and further al-Qaeda. If this group is a splinter of the ETIM or a new group, comprised of members that fought alongside either the IMU or al-Qaeda, this group should be taken seriously. Unfortunately, this will be very hard to establish quickly because of the Chinese government's desire to take care of these problems themselves and to keep it quiet. As far as allegations that the Chinese government is behind this whole thing, it is highly doubtful. They don't want publicity like this surrounding the Olympics and they don't need an excuse like this to carry out a crackdown. They have carried out crackdowns before without such unnecessary tactics. After looking into this more I’ve found that the East Turkestan Islamic Movement has Also called itself the East Turkestan Islamic Party. If the TIP is the same group as the ETIM then they just dropped the East from their other name. It is typical for jihadi groups to change their name for various reasons.

This could also be a splinter group or a totally new group. What I think is important is establishing whether this group has linkages to the IMU and further al-Qaeda. If this group is a splinter of the ETIM or a new group, comprised of members that fought alongside either the IMU or al-Qaeda, this group should be taken seriously.

Unfortunately, this will be very hard to establish quickly because of the Chinese government’s desire to take care of these problems themselves and to keep it quiet.

As far as allegations that the Chinese government is behind this whole thing, it is highly doubtful. They don’t want publicity like this surrounding the Olympics and they don’t need an excuse like this to carry out a crackdown. They have carried out crackdowns before without such unnecessary tactics.

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