The ETIM China's Islamic militants and the global terrorist threat
Title:
The ETIM China's Islamic militants and the global terrorist threat
Author:
Reed, J. Todd.
ISBN:
9780313365409
9780313365416
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Publication Information:
Westport, CT : Praeger Security International, c2010.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : ill., maps (digital, HTML file)
Series:
PSI guides to terrorists, insurgents, and armed groups
PSI guides to terrorists, insurgents, and armed groups.
General Note:
Title from title screen (viewed May 11, 2010).
Contents:
Introduction -- The contemporary and historical contexts of Uyghur separatism -- The ETIM's origins, evolution, rhetoric, ideology, and activities -- The ETIM's transnational presence -- The ETIM and the PRC's political agenda -- The ETIM and U.S. policy.
Abstract:
Explores the historical and current activities of the ETIM, a terrorist organization that demands an independent fundamentalist Muslim state for the Uyghur ethnic minority in northwest China. The ETIM is China's most infamous militant group, known in the West for its links to Al-Qaida, its suspected members' detention at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (GTMO), and its threats to attack the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Western, Russian, and Chinese media sources have documented the ETIM's existence for nearly 20 years. While its present size and capabilities are largely unknown, the ETIM has developed an online propaganda presence aligned with Al-Qaida's. Information in this book comes from the ETIM's now-defunct website and public statements; media reports from all over the world; PRC news releases, white papers, and statistical data; reports by human rights groups; academic accounts of Xinjiang's history; published U.S. Defense Department documentation on the Uyghurs detained at GTMO; and contemporary analyses by China scholars, counterterrorism experts, strategic think tanks, and congressional researchers.
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