Why did the Turkistan Islamic Party takes credit for Shanghai and Kunming?”
Turkestan Islamic Party takes credit for Shanghai and Kunming bus blasts, and warns of more to come; China denies claims. Six years ago, when we first arrived in China, we thought this would be the last place on earth to be hit by Islamic terrorism, but this latest video issued by a certain Turkestan Islamic Party not just changed our minds, it sent a tingle down our spine. In it, a Commander Seyfullah claims credit for the following, according to an AFP report: * the May 5 Shanghai bus explosion which killed three; * another Shanghai attack (not sure which one exactly); * an attack on police in Wenzhou on July 17 using an explosive-laden tractora bombing of a Guangzhou plastic factory on July 17 * and the July 21 bombings of three buses in Kunming and Minshan in Yunnan Province In the video, Seyfullah said: “Through this blessed jihad in Yunnan this time, the Turkestan Islamic Party warns China one more time.” “Our aim is to target the most critical points related to the Olympics. We