Al Qaeda Urges Uighur Jihad In China. So What? -- Christian Science Monitor

Al Qaeda preacher, Abu Yahya al-Libi, urges Uighurs to launch holy war against China. Is anyone listening?

Another day, another Al Qaeda video. This time it was from the prolific jihad video star Abu Yahya al-Libi, a militant preacher and seasoned guerrilla fighter who some Al Qaeda watchers think is the likely eventual replacement for Osama bin Laden.

His pitch? For China’s Muslim Uighur minority to “prepare for jihad in the name of God” and expel the Beijing “thugs” from Xinjiang, the Chinese province where most Uighurs live. It’s a pitch he’s made to a number of nations before (Pakistan, Somalia, Palestine come to mind). In each case the response has been, well, a resounding silence.

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