Today's Special Olympics Report : Islamic Group Threatens Violence On Opening Day

It seems we're still reporting on the Olympics. Weird, huh?
For days we've been covering news once a day... now it seems we're just crawling into Friday (it's already Friday in China and hours away from the Opening Ceremonies... which means we'll all be sleeping when the real Opening Ceremonies take place, and when we're watching it on TV they'll already be going through the first day of events (which explains why we can go through 24 hours a day of Olympics as we'll be behind already once the Olympics start, though we'll still be watching it when it's all over a few weeks from now).

OK. This report is not one of those happy reports (like that female swimmer who posed nude against furs only to get China freaked out at her).
It seems a US group that keeps an eye on militant organizations says there's an Islamic group that has gone and threatened, and to that end they have released a new video warning warning that Muslims should avoid flying on planes, taking of trains, and riding the buses used by Chinese... hmm... that'd make it hard for them to get out of Dodge then, so to speak.

Too bad this isn't as new as the report. Remember a few days ago when we had that little report of the internet warning by that group who is supposed to be linked to attacking and killing those 16 cops back some days back? Well two days ago they allegedly put out a video making these threats (as purportedly a part of their plans to seek independence for China's western Xinjiang region, where the killings took place some days ago) (the group that brought this out is called "SITE"... SITE, what a name for a watchdog group.

The video is supposed to have it's speaker grasp a rifle, warning muslims not to take trains, planes and buses or stay in "the same buildings, or any place the Chinese are". (the speaker in question is allegedly identified by the "Washington-based IntelCenter" as one Abdullah Mansour (from the group's religious education department).

Hmm... let me guess, today's lesson is "fear". Right?

The article I got this info from says he speaks in the "Turkic language of the Uighurs, a Muslim minority with a population of about eight million in Xinjiang."

They already have taken responsibility for bombing buses in China in recent months.

The article also says the latest video features graphics similar to ones used earlier (a burning Olympics logo and an explosion imposed over an apparent Olympic venue (which may or may not be one of the venues whose constructions allegedly led to something like one and a half million allegedly evicted to build Olympics venues according to what I heard on the topic)).
Anyway the latest video claims the communist regime's alleged mistreatments of Muslims justifies holy war... oops, won't this suddenly make China the good guys and everyone is going to rally behind them, while forgetting all past ruffled feathers to team up against the terroist threat? Self defeating, aren't the terrorists.

As if to prove that they're out to defeat themselves, the Chinese cranks up the security around the host city and other co-host cities to more than one hundred thousand strong consisting of mixed military and police (of course should China swallow some pride and push the panic button I am sure they can also tap off thousands of troops from visiting Olympic countries to further defend the Olympics, further making it impossible for the terrorists to pierce the Olympics and disrupt it).

Security is high. Security officials and sniffer dogs are hard at work, metal detectors and remote inspection devices ae being used to search through the slightest area that can be used to hide dangerous things (like flower beds, lawns, and other public spaces near the Olympic venues -- after all, if the Atlanta Olympics taught us anything is that you have to expect the unexpected).

According to the article "Elsewhere in the capital, a convoy of trucks carried security officers past Tiananmen Square, while a police vehicle could be seen patrolling the square." (guess chasing down religious rights and anti-abortion protestors are no longer a high priority now that a real threat has surfaced).

Even now world leaders are still arriving for the opening ceremonies, now mere hours away as I finish writing this up. President George W. Bush is already there, accompanied by his wife Laura and daughter Barbara (wait, isn't his mom also named Barbara? Weird.)

Wow. I didn't know this but President Bush happens to be the first US President to attend the Olympics on foreign soil (I didn't know that). He'll join around a hundred other world leaders and senior government reps at the opening ceremony in a few short hours (as we sleep it'll all be happening).

So good night... or welcome to your long marathon session of late night computer watching as I guess they might have live feed on the net of the Opening Ceremony... right? Maybe. If somebody knows please click comments and leave us some notation about watching the opening ceremony on the web. Thanks.
Bush is the first US President to attend the Olympics on foreign soil. He'll join around a hundred other world leaders and senior government representatives at the opening ceremony.