There are few known Islamic militant groups operating in China. However, China's northwestern frontier region is home to minority Muslim groups such as the Uighurs. China considers one Uighur group, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, to be engaged in terrorist activities.
Moreover, several Uighurs fought with the Taleban in Afghanistan and are now in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "China could be vulnerable to terror activities," said Li Nan, a Chinese security expert at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies in Singapore. "For instance, Chinese policies in the western part of China like in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region were pretty heavy-handed."
Indonesia: Bin Husin Shot Going for Bomb
BATU, Indonesia (AP) - One of Asia's most wanted terrorists was staying in a safe house packed with London-style backpack bombs when he was killed, police said Thursday, triggering speculation he was planning more terror strikes.
Azahari bin Husin's death is another major blow to the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah, but at least four other senior members of the group remain on the run, security analysts said. [...]
More than 30 bombs were found inside the hide-out that were ``primed to explode,'' Sutanto said, including small devices easily concealed in backpacks.
And don't forget Muslim terrorists tried to fly a plane into the British Parliament on 9/11.
Just in case you thought Islamic Terrorism was linked to Iraq.
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