Uyghur News
15-04-08, 04:23
As this news article shows, even casual traveling of Uyghurs abroad now considered suspicious ...
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Tushar Srivastava, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, April 15, 2008
First Published: 23:57 IST(15/4/2008)
Last Updated: 00:17 IST(16/4/2008)
Intelligence Bureau warns of Chinese militant attack
A specific input from the Intelligence Bureau on attempts to disrupt the Olympic Torch Relay to be held in Delhi on April 17 has sent security agencies into high alert mode. The input has stated five Chinese nationals from Xinjiang region of China are in Delhi and pose a threat to the relay.
What makes the input important is that it has pinpointed information about the five men –– their names, where they are staying in Delhi and the mobile numbers of a friend of theirs. The IB has even provided their photographs.
According to the input, a copy of which is with the Hindustan Times, the five “Uyghurs” from Xinjiang province — Mohammad Abdullah, Abdul Khalid, Umar Aziz, Yousaf Sattar and Abdullah Daoud — had entered India from Nepal. The five are also suspected to be involved in the East Turkestan movement.
"Daoud was recently in Kathmandu. The five are staying in Nizamuddin and a friend of theirs, Mohammed Tariq, is residing in New Seelampur," the input states. It also provides Tariq’s mobile numbers and his address. "Tariq runs a business of fancy lights imported from China," it says.
"In view of the forthcoming Olympic Torch Relay, immediate action needs to be taken to apprehend the five and to examine the validity of their travel documents and other activities," the input reads.
The United Nations, US and China, among other countries, consider the ETIM a terrorist organisation. In a 2005 report, the US State Department reportedly said the group was linked to Al-Qaeda and the international jihaddist movement. Its members have been accused of several car bomb attacks in Xinjiang in the 1990s as well as the death of a Chinese diplomat in Kyrgyzstan in 2002.
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© Copyright 2007 Hindustan Times
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Tushar Srivastava, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, April 15, 2008
First Published: 23:57 IST(15/4/2008)
Last Updated: 00:17 IST(16/4/2008)
Intelligence Bureau warns of Chinese militant attack
A specific input from the Intelligence Bureau on attempts to disrupt the Olympic Torch Relay to be held in Delhi on April 17 has sent security agencies into high alert mode. The input has stated five Chinese nationals from Xinjiang region of China are in Delhi and pose a threat to the relay.
What makes the input important is that it has pinpointed information about the five men –– their names, where they are staying in Delhi and the mobile numbers of a friend of theirs. The IB has even provided their photographs.
According to the input, a copy of which is with the Hindustan Times, the five “Uyghurs” from Xinjiang province — Mohammad Abdullah, Abdul Khalid, Umar Aziz, Yousaf Sattar and Abdullah Daoud — had entered India from Nepal. The five are also suspected to be involved in the East Turkestan movement.
"Daoud was recently in Kathmandu. The five are staying in Nizamuddin and a friend of theirs, Mohammed Tariq, is residing in New Seelampur," the input states. It also provides Tariq’s mobile numbers and his address. "Tariq runs a business of fancy lights imported from China," it says.
"In view of the forthcoming Olympic Torch Relay, immediate action needs to be taken to apprehend the five and to examine the validity of their travel documents and other activities," the input reads.
The United Nations, US and China, among other countries, consider the ETIM a terrorist organisation. In a 2005 report, the US State Department reportedly said the group was linked to Al-Qaeda and the international jihaddist movement. Its members have been accused of several car bomb attacks in Xinjiang in the 1990s as well as the death of a Chinese diplomat in Kyrgyzstan in 2002.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print.aspx?Id=a92d85ff-ea24-43c7-a622-80c4968ccd99
© Copyright 2007 Hindustan Times