(But) to allow these men to return to society as if one of the worst massacres of the 20th century never took place -- that's unthinkable. |
Every arrest leads to new information, to new (JI) members. It suggests the police are making headway in going after the network. This is a serious blow to their organization. |
First of all, he's only one of thousands of political prisoners in China. Secondly, he was given the choice between continued imprisonment and exile in the United States. It's not as though he would be free to speak out in China. |
Having a president with such a big mandate is going to be an enormous boost. |
He's going to face the same two blocks that have constrained things in the past: the conservative Muslim constituency that doesn't want to see the whole Islamic system tainted on the one hand, and the reformers that don't want to see any roll backs of civil liberties on the other. |
I think it's going to be a stronger case this time around. |
I think we have to be careful not to assume that, just because Azahari and Noordin were involved, that it was a JI operation. |
I would say the hostility between the two organizations could be cut with a knife. |
I would say theres a lot more cooperation with Abu Sayyaf than there was a few years ago. |
If abuses take place as preparations for the Games proceed, it won't be just the Chinese authorities who will look bad -- the IOC and the corporate sponsors will be complicit. |
If it is true that he has given a new name to the group - that would suggest that the split has been formalized. |
If they get a technocrat and a skilled professional in the job as minister of justice and attorney general, we could see some real movement that's been lacking over the last several years. |
If you look at the last three years, the pattern of arrests by the police and the way they've been able to go after the network has been pretty good. You can't say that the work hasn't been effective. |
It could be a way of buoying up his image (to) his followers. |
It's not clear whether he played any kind of operational role, but he's the glue that holds the association together. |