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...networks came via Algeria. There, the military-backed government overturned elections won by the Islamists, banned their party and drove its most extreme elements underground - where they've led a merciless war of terror against politicians and citizens alike. The most notorious Algerian terror faction, the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), had been founded by men who'd fought as volunteers alongside Bin Laden in Afghanistan's anti-Soviet 'jihad.' When that war ended with the Soviet withdrawal, the men moved into France and began recruiting young thugs and exploiting their larcenous talents to raise money and build an infrastructure...
...band of allegedly U.S.-trained ethnic minority rebels known by the French acronym fulro staged raids from across the Cambodian border until the early '90s when they migrated to the United States. Vietnamese authorities are accusing one of the former guerrillas of engineering last month's unrest. Officials in Gia Lai seized documents they say are proof that "reactionary forces" were behind the protests. Signed by Ksor Kok, founder of the Montagnard Foundation in South Carolina, the papers call for a general uprising and an autonomous highlands state, to be named Degar. "The Kinh people will kill...
...highlands even has a bit of the rough-and-tumble of America's West?far more, in fact, than Vietnam's officials would like. In February, thousands of ethnic minorities rampaged through towns in Dak Lak and Gia Lai provinces, apparently enraged by the still-unexplained arrests of two Jarai tribesmen near the Cambodian border. They threw stones, broke windows and in one village reportedly tied up and beat a local official. Witnesses say some shouted for the Kinh to leave. In a country where open opposition is rare and dealt with harshly, the riots amounted to Vietnam's worst...
...were members of the Kinh majority, which makes up 90% of Vietnam's population. Dak Lak's population has nearly doubled in 10 years, to 1.9 million. In 1975, ethnic minorities made up half of Dak Lak's population. Now, they number only 25%. Some officials, such as Gia Lai's Governor Nguyen Ly Ha, say it's natural to have tensions with such movements of people. But he says the government has no choice but to continue the policy: "The Kinh need land...
...accusations. Most deny there are any problems in the provinces at all. No official would say why the two Jarai tribesmen were arrested (both have been released after signing self-criticisms). They say demonstrators were promised money to come to the protests and left peacefully when they received none. Gia Lai's Governor Ha, one of the few who acknowledges that transmigration has caused tensions, says the government has compensated the minorities by giving them free education and health care. "Just as in a family, the children may be jealous of each other," Ha says...