Islamic Movement of Tajikistan
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The Islamic Movement of Tajikistan is the branch of the Islamic Movement of Central Asia, an Islamic terrorist organization, that operates in Tajikistan. The IMCA, and by extension the IMT, is affiliated with Al Qaeda.
Intelligence analysts in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camp say it exists and is linked to terrorism.[1]
The leader of the Islamic Movement of Tajikistan is also the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
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- The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan is a designated foreign terrorist organization.
Other sources, like the Sapra India Foundation differ:[2]
- "The June 1997 Peace Accord facilitated the integration of around 5,000 personnel of the Islamic Movement of Tajikistan into the Tajik forces."
[edit] Specific American allegations
Sahkhrukh Hamiduva, a young teenage captive held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo based in part on an alleged association with the Islamic Movement of Tajikistan. Among the allegations he faced during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal were:[1]
- The detainee spent one and a half years in an Islamic Movement of Tajikistan camp near Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
- The leader of the Islamic Movement of Tajikistan is also the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
- The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan is a designated foreign terrorist organization.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Sahkhrukh Hamiduva's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 70-80
- ^ Tajikistan Profile, SAPRA India Foundation
