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Despite labeling this beautiful country as having "a history of violence" the latest attacks targeted towards Christians and foreigners marks a major shift in the state of Sri Lanka. nytimes.com/2019/04/21/wor…
Synchronized high explosive attacks on symbolic targets on symbolic days usually points to Al Qaeda. The group has a pan-Asian strategy and HUM has worked with the LTTE in the past. Some might remember the Rohyinga as a minority AQ is eager to support. globalriskinsights.com/2014/09/al-qae…
Please note the rise in terror attacks from East Turkistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria to in LNG rich Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, etc all shadow the OBOR project. Conspiracy theory. Nope. trtworld.com/magazine/chine…
China's OBOR actually follows historic smuggling routes and intersects or is based in regions in which local and transnational violent groups "tax" businesses to avoid infrastructure attacks, kidnapping or assassinations. Nothing new but...the Chinese pay. thediplomat.com/2017/11/is-chi…
Turkey is aggressively promoting their pan Turkic vision called the "Middle Corridor" which should not be incompatible with OBOR if not for Turkey's outrage at the treatment of ethnic Turks/Muslims in Western China/East Turkestan. Add Russia to the mix. mei.edu/publications/c…
The high level battle over linking Asia to the West through the ME/Indian Ocean is an underling strategy to approaching the Mahgreb and Middle East. The strategy in fossil fuels is linked to violent acts and proxy fights in the region by western nations.2003 Map of LNG to Europe. 
Iran and China do not report terrorist attacks. But it is clear that ISIS is putting itself in the way of big dollar infrastructure projects. There are some regions like the Philippines that do not track. But a different franchising strategy than AQ cnn.com/2015/12/17/wor…
