ETIM training camp

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ETIM training camp is a name that Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts applied to a place where two dozen ethnic Uyghurs held in Guantanamo are suspected of having received training.[1][2] JTF-GTMO analysts assert that the camp was run by a group they called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, although Uyghur activists were not familiar with the groups.[3]

The Uyghurs dispute that the compound was military training camp.[1] They state that there was only one weapon at the camp, an AK-47. Some of the captives acknowledge that another Uyghur gave them a few hours of training on the rifle. Others said they had never had any training.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Information paper: Uighur Detainee Population at JTF-GTMO" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. 30 October 2004. pp. 28–34. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
  2. ^ Senator Sessions (2009-05-04). "Senator Continues To Seek Answers About The Administration's Reported Plan To Release Certain Guantanamo Bay Detainees In the United States" (PDF). United States Senate. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  3. ^ Gunaratna, Rohan; Acharya, Arabinda; Pengxin, Wang (2010). "Uighur Separatism: East Turkistan Groups". Ethnic Identity and National Conflict in China. Palgrave Macmillan US: 47–88. doi:10.1057/9780230107878_4. ISBN 978-1-349-28761-1. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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