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August 9, 2005

Looks like we spoke too soon . . .

Yesterday, I linked to a Lebanese blogger asking the question, "why isn't there a jihad against China?"

Well, something interesting is making out of the People's Republic despite efforts of the Chinese government to supress the information. A suicide bomber apparently has blown up a bus in China.

The Jawa Report has links to Chinese bloggers that are getting the information out.

Should this prove to be the work of Islamic extremists, and if it continues, I'd expect that the Chinese reaction will be swift and brutal. It's one thing when you have to fight a war in the full view of a free press and have dissidents and activists working against your efforts to defeat terrorists, but it's quite another when you're a totalitarian regime that controls the media and doesn't tolerate any criticism of the state's activities.

The Chinese won't play around with terrorists, and it's unlikely that if they get their hands on those responsible that anything close to humane treatment will be meted out. I doubt their interrogation techniques include Harry Potter and "proximity to females".

--Jason

Posted by JasonColeman at August 9, 2005 10:35 PM

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