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France's top terrorist investigator has warned that Al-Qaida is preparing an attack on a big financial center in Asia such as Tokyo, Sydney or Singapore, to undermine investor confidence in the region, the Financial Times newspaper reported Friday.

"We have several elements of information that make us think that countries in this region, especially Japan, could have been targeted," Jean-Louis Bruguiere told the British paper. "Any attack on a financial market, like Japan, would mechanically have an important economic impact on the confidence of investors," Bruguiere said. "Other countries in this region such as Singapore and Australia are also potential targets."
http://japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=347325

Tokyo is probably the more likely target, but with little terrorist activity (Am Shinrikyo was a fluke and the JRA is for all intents defunct - it was removed from the US State Department's list of foreign terrorist organizations in 2001) there is little security. Japanese and US officials reportedly claim there ar no al Qaida cells in Japan, but there is certainly a population of immigrants and migrants from a large number of countries where al Qaida is active (a small population, but it only takes a few....)

Singapore has a significant Malaysian population to draw from. And Sydney has it's own potential poulation base to recruit from or aid cells.

Thank you, this notice "confirms" me that the attack will be in Japan.

Link http://www.losgenoveses.net/foro/viewtopic.php?t=18142&highlight=simbolog%EDa (In Spanish)

¿Y la próxima? Abrá que girar el Yen 270º (¥) para ver que el próximo es el 11 de diciembre. Aunque si tenemos en cuenta la versión kanji (円) sería el 8 de algo. Yo votaría por Julio. Pero también podrían ser Octubre, noviembre o diciembre.

And the next? We should rotate 270 degrees the yen to see that the next is December, 11. But if we count on the kanji version, it would be the something, 8. I'd vote for July. But it could be too October, November or December.

And the Madrid and London bombings weren't made by Al Qaeda members "as is"; they were commited by free normal citizens.

:( :( :( :( :(

Anywhere in Asia, it shouldn't be here. WE'RE CHINESE! See? We're going to do Taiwan a favour by making them part of China. Taipeians won't have to fear being blown to bits by Muslim terrorists!! :D

I say Sydney because the Uber-Ruler of the Australia and best buddy of the Uber-Ruler of USA lives there.

Everyone forgets Poland...but will Osama?

2006: Bin-Laden attacks Japan
2007: Japese guy invents 'Terrorist Detector'
2008: Soon the patent is cleared and the device spreads throughout the world.
2009:Terrorism ends.

DGNTs four year plan to end terrorism.
w00t.

I say Sydney because the Uber-Ruler of the Australia and best buddy of the Uber-Ruler of USA lives there.

You could never co-ordinate an attack in Sydney. You COULD go for the PM's residence in Kirribilli.... 'Twould kill two birds with one stone.

There's a few other targets you could easily go for. Obviously I'm not mentioning them. Especially when you consider where I live...

2006: Bin-Laden attacks Japan
2007: Japese guy invents 'Terrorist Detector'
2008: Soon the patent is cleared and the device spreads throughout the world.
2009:Terrorism ends.

DGNTs four year plan to end terrorism.
w00t.
:D

If the intention of such an attack would be to undermine investment here in Sydney, the economy will probably beat them to it. The NSW economy (which is the state that Sydney's in for those not in the know) has recorded two successive periods of negative growth - A technical recession.

Let me revise that abit.

2006: Bin-Laden attacks Japan
2007: Japese guy invents 'Terrorist Detector' Aka Mobile Suit Gundams
2008: Soon the patent is cleared and the device spreads throughout the world.
2009: Big Robots walk the earth! KEWL! Eat Lead terrorist!

If the intention of such an attack would be to undermine investment here in Sydney, the economy will probably beat them to it. The NSW economy (which is the state that Sydney's in for those not in the know) has recorded two successive periods of negative growth - A technical recession.
What economic laws did they pass in the 7 years leading up to and during the recession itself?

France's top terrorist investigator has warned that Al-Qaida is preparing an attack on a big financial center in Asia such as Tokyo, Sydney or Singapore, to undermine investor confidence in the region,

Small matter,sydney isn't in asia.Either France's top terrorist investigator needs to brush up on his goegraphy or the reporter from Kyodo news does.

[on-topic]Somehow don't think they're finished with england yet.just a gut feeling.

Why do they have to blow up anything? The radicals of the world are doing more damage to their home countries then any terrorists bomb could ever do....

It is amazingly easy to be a terrorists in this world...

1) Only your sucesses are known about, failures are not.

2) Youre considered a freedom fighter by the bleeding hearts of the world that actually believe there is a rational responce for why people do things all the time when in fact sometimes people are just fucking crazy...Hitler, Stalin, Kim Sung..ect ect..

3) Chances are whenever you blow something up.....the country will instead turn on each other on what to do instead of uniting, and they will blame each other for not uniting, meanwhile you set back and laugh because that is what you wanted to begin with,


Face it Western civilization is dying due to sheer apathy from the lazy lifestyle that has been brought about by living in weathly countries, just like Rome in the old times. The world is entering a second dark age that will come soon as soon as the barbarian hordes (instead of the germanic tribes this time it will be Muslims) sack the once mighty cities of the western nations..but unlike Rome, the western cities leave their gates wide open in a blind faith that humanity is always good :rolleyes: . It will lead to your downfall.

Small matter,sydney isn't in asia.Either France's top terrorist investigator needs to brush up on his goegraphy or the reporter from Kyodo news does.

[on-topic]Somehow don't think they're finished with england yet.just a gut feeling.


There has been a strong push lately to actually lump the aussies into Asian and remove it as a seperate landmass. Chances are almost 50/50 any world atlas or geography book you can find will do that instead of counting it as seperate.

Tokyo. Japan is likely on the target list, but not a major concern like the US and UK.

Japan should take a leaf from the UK's book, and deal with terrorism responsibly- holding unarmed brazillian electricians down and shooting them in the head!

Anywhere in Asia, it shouldn't be here. WE'RE CHINESE! See? We're going to do Taiwan a favour by making them part of China. Taipeians won't have to fear being blown to bits by Muslim terrorists!! :D

I wonder how the Chinese government would respond if al-Qaeda made a terrorist attack on a Chinese city. That certainly would be interesting to watch. It's kind of like how you never really saw terrorists provoking the USSR back in the 70s and 80s.

I wonder how the Chinese government would respond if al-Qaeda made a terrorist attack on a Chinese city. That certainly would be interesting to watch. It's kind of like how you never really saw terrorists provoking the USSR back in the 70s and 80s.

Oh no. If the People's Republic of China was attacked by Muslims terrorists we wouldn't hear about it. I mean, we didn't exactly hear about SARS, or the pig flu, or the chicken flu either. :rolleyes: In fact, I bet somewhere in Xinjiang they're dealing with a car bomb right now.

I wonder how the Chinese government would respond if al-Qaeda made a terrorist attack on a Chinese city. That certainly would be interesting to watch. It's kind of like how you never really saw terrorists provoking the USSR back in the 70s and 80s.

The Chinese government has claimed that Uyghur organisations in Xinjiang are linked to al Qaida. source (http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-12/16/content_290658.htm), and the US State Department has listed the ETIM (http://cfrterrorism.org/groups/etim_print.html) as a terrorist organisation with ties to al Qaida.

And, Dragons Bay, the west hears about it, but the media and population largely ignore it. It is my understanding that there have been something like 200 attacks of a terrorist nature made by Xinkiang separatists.

Oh no. If the People's Republic of China was attacked by Muslims terrorists we wouldn't hear about it. I mean, we didn't exactly hear about SARS, or the pig flu, or the chicken flu either. :rolleyes: In fact, I bet somewhere in Xinjiang they're dealing with a car bomb right now.

True, I suppose. But Xinjiang is just an autonomous region, right? I doubt Beijing cares as much about whether or not Chinese Turks are blowing shit up in Urumqi than if they were blowing shit up in Shanghai or Tianjin.

Japan should take a leaf from the UK's book, and deal with terrorism responsibly- holding unarmed brazillian electricians down and shooting them in the head!


do ya think that would work ?

Given how much they go for shock value... Either Tokyo or Singapore, taking out those economic hubs would up the terror value. Hong Kong might be a target, but given AQ has gone after countries with ties to the US, who has troops in Iraq, and who's population isn't too happy with that fact...

Tokyo is probably next on the list. Though I would suspect that there would be a good chance of the terrorists getting lost in Tokyo before being able to do anything.

Tokyo is probably the only city in Japan (Maybe Osaka as well) with a large enough gaijin population to not attract attention.