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| âTaiwan has been targeted by Al Qaeda networkâ |
| 2004-01-06 |
| Pick a spot, they're trying to target it... A top Taiwanese intelligence official confirmed for the first time on Monday that the island had been targeted by Osama bin Ladenâs Al Qaeda network and had beefed up security. âThrough international information co-operative channels, the National Security Bureau has four times received warnings saying Taiwanâs airports could come under attack by the Al Qaeda network,â the bureauâs deputy chief, Huang Lei, told the parliament. The cabinetâs ad hoc anti-terrorism group had heightened its state of alert, he said. The National Police Administration (NPA) recently increased surveillance of airports, seaports, foreign embassies and representative offices, an NPA official who declined to be identified told AFP last week. The Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) also planned to deploy air marshals on passenger and cargo flights as part of its security plans, a CAA official said, declining to elaborate due to the sensitivity of the issue. The Taipei-based China Times daily, citing unidentified NPA officials, had said Al Qaeda operatives could hijack Taiwanese planes to attack the United States and its close allies. It added that the NPA had demanded heightened security around power plants, reservoirs, railways, bridges, tunnels and other major infrastructures to thwart any possible attacks. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #7 If the Chicoms can keep their western provence from blowing up and spreading, the West's battles with Al and the Qaedas would serve to weaken the West, which would help the Chicom's global position. Al Q is a self-funding unit, so they won't draw on the Chicom's resources. However, the Chicoms better start studying the physics of boomerangs, just in case. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-1-6 2:19:08 PM |
| #6 I'm with flash91 on this one. China would love a chance to kick some ass on behalf of its estranged province. |
| Posted by: Dishman 2004-1-6 2:01:34 PM |
| #5 Instead of identifying nations that are being targeted by Al Qaeda, wouldn't it be easier to list the nations that aren't being targeted? It seems Al Qaeda is waging holy war on the 21st Century, if anything. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-6 12:44:00 PM |
| #4 sounds more like bejing would like to have something in common with taiwan - shooting muslims. |
| Posted by: flash91 2004-1-6 11:51:08 AM |
| #3 Al-Q found another sugar daddy in Beijing? |
| Posted by: BH 2004-1-6 10:23:07 AM |
| #2 Since when are the Butchers of Bejing contracting Al-Quaida to do their dirty work? The enemy of my enemy... |
| Posted by: john 2004-1-6 9:31:09 AM |
| #1 Sez here in my "Dummies Guide to Jihad" that Taipei is the 12,737th Holiest Place in Islam (TM). |
| Posted by: Carl in NH 2004-1-6 5:45:19 AM |