As finally we see that it is not only the U.S. that has major issues with Islamic terrorism, China says that thirty five were arrested in an Olympics bomb plot. The plan was to attack Beijing, Shanghai, and other Olympic locations with poisonous gas and explosives. Authorities arrested the suspects during a 10-day series of raids. The raids were in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. The Xinjiang autonomous region in northwestern China is home to about 19 million people, most of them Muslims. The terrorists planned to target hotels in Beijing and Shanghai that were frequented by foreigners, government buildings, and military bases. In a previous January raid, ten people were arrested in connection with another plot targeting the Games. China stated that both plots are linked to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement Organization, a terrorist group based outside China which sent its leader Aji Mai Mai Ti to China late last year "to accelerate the preparation on terrorism activities" targeting the Beijing Games.
