FBI's Mueller: China Faces Al Qaeda Threat, Activities

[maddezmom]

BEIJING (Reuters) - Some people in China share the same ideology as al Qaeda, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Wednesday, as he warned the group that the United States was on high alert and watching every move by any would-be terrorist.
China, too, was at risk from terror attacks, he said.

"Just because you have not seen substantial terrorist attacks in China does not mean there could not be in the future or in other countries in Asia," Mueller told reporters.

He did not elaborate.

Asked if al Qaeda was active in China, which has linked Muslim separatists in the restive Xinjiang region to Osama bin Laden's network, Mueller said some individuals in China shared the same ideology as al Qaeda.

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More: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4890923

[cosmicdot]

1. check under your beds - the red menace is back

some individuals in the US share the same "ideology" as the Taliban, Bob ... could you elaborate just a sec on ideology vs tactics?

Bob, should you be scaring China where two of our economy's biggest corporations, Wal-Mart and Home Depot, operate?


hardly the face to represent sanity

Federal Bureau of Investigation chief Robert Mueller hosts a news conference in Beijing April 21, 2004. Mueller warned al Qaeda the U.S. is stepping up vigilance against terror attacks as the presidential election approaches. Photo by Guang Niu/Reuters

[jeanmarc]

2. Pssst...Mueller....come closer....gonna whisper....

YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, YOU DUMB SON OF A BITCH!

I have no problem with us gathering info and passing it on to the Chinese, but I really don't want to hear about it.

[teryang]

3. We're on high alert?

Mueller couldn't find terrorists his own agency told him about.

He couldn't find a rice dumpling in China.

[madrchsod]

5. condi is lost in china?

what the hell is happening??? cheney ditched her???

[jmcgowanjm]

6. Only FBI punished for 911- Whistleblowers

Washington, DC -- March 24, 2004 --12:15 EST -- FBI
translator Sibel Edmonds was offered a substantial raise and
a full time job to encourage her not to go public that she
had been asked by the Department of Justice (DOJ)
to retranslate and adjust the translations of
subject intercepts that had been received before September
11, 2001 by the FBI and CIA. 

http://www.tomflocco.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=50

Thanx to Xymphora.

[itaintoveryet]

4. this is ridiculous

have they caught, tried and convicted even one so-called al-Queda terrorist ? if they can't do that here in the US how do they know what is happening in China ? Mueller himself has stated that even they don't have any evidence about the 19 911 suspects. i believe al-Queda is a mirage setup to frighten the public.

[UpInArms]

7. hmmmm.....

see:

http://www.altassets.com/news/arc/2004/nz4737.php

Carlyle opens its first office in mainland China

Carlyle Group has opened an office in Shanghai. The firm has conducted private equity investments in the pan-Asian region from offices in Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, and Bangalore since 1999, but this move represents the firm's first permanent presence in mainland China.

'We see an increasing number of significant investment opportunities in China,' said Xiang-Dong Yang, managing director and co-head of the Carlyle Asia buy-out team. 'This new office reflects our confidence in and commitment to investing substantial capital in China. By leveraging Carlyle's global expertise in the manufacturing, consumer, healthcare, and financial services sectors we are able to add real value to our portfolio companies in China.'

Carlyle's three Asian funds currently have more than $1bn in assets to invest in the pan-Asian region. The firm has already made two investments in China, with a combined value of $80m. The firm took a stake in department store chain Pacific China Holdings in 2001 and also invested in the world's biggest artificial Christmas tree manufacturer, Boto International, last year.

'By definition, China must be at the heart of a global investment strategy,' said David Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director. 'And having local presence and expertise is critical to our success.

...more...

think there's any relationship here?