Posted on 04/18/2006 7:08:06 AM PDT by AdmSmith
"The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU – also called Islamic Movement of Turkestan – IMT) was formed in Tajikistan - with the help from the local authorities and, also importantly, with the Russian army and border guards keeping an eye on the process", the former members of the IMU living in Iran said to the Ferghana.ru journalists.
When the United Tajik Opposition the IMU was an element of made peace with the secular authorities of Tajikistan, followers of the IMU were compelled to flee to Afghanistan via Outpost 4 where they were "assisted by Russian secret services". http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=75
"Men from all over Central Asia have been coming to join the IMU since 1997. Uzbeks, Tajiks, Yigurs, Kazakhs, Tatars, Turkmens became IMU members. The intifada (uprising) boiled down to the war on Islam Karimov's regime precisely... Tahir Yuldashev, the leader of IMU became the "national hero" for believers. Whole families - even with children - used to come to join him from all over Central Asia", the ex-members of the movement said to the journalists. "In fact, even children and old men could join the IMU, but only the mujarrats (young single men) participated in the hostilities as such. Many of them took up the arms under duress. These men were trained in the camps in Afghanistan..."
Most ex-members of the IMU say Yuldashev deceived them. Idealistically believing that they were to fight "for the future of Uzbekistan" at first, they found themselves essentially hostages of their leader. "Very many young men without families were dispatched by Yuldashev to fight the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan", a former gunman said. "As a matter of fact, Yuldashev even sold some young men as slaves to field commanders".
"The IMU had the support of immigrants from the early Soviet period , namely Uzbeks and Tajiks residing in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. Still, it was someone else who coordinated its actions", the former members said. "Yuldashev was taking his orders from someone. That the IMU was financed by some wealthy Saudi sheikhs is a myth". Former activists of the IMU currently residing in Iran say that Yuldashev was supposed to become "a gatherer of all with grievances against Karimov's regime" and "lead them out of Uzbekistan".
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan was created in 1996 as a subset, militant organization, whose goal is to overthrow the secular government of Uzbekistan and replace it with an Islamic theocracy. After September 11, 2001, the United States froze all IMU assets classifying it as an Islamist terrorist organization. AIA was the first one to report on the use of the Islamic movenemt of Uzbekistan Moscow made in its relations with Tashkent.http://www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=557
Naturally, this backfired when they came back home.
Something we suspected?
It is sad how the Soviets/Russians seem to have set up so much of the terrorism in the world. Of course one has to wonder what they have going today that will hurt us in 10 years.
So the Russians under their President, a former KGB honcho, are subverting neighboring governments to put in governments friendly to them. Where have I heard thsi story before?
And why aren't we doing the same thing in Iran?
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You think we're not?
""The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU – also called Islamic Movement of Turkestan – IMT) was formed in Tajikistan - with the help from the local authorities and, also importantly, with the Russian army and border guards keeping an eye on the process", the former members of the IMU living in Iran said to the Ferghana.ru journalists."
I still believe that the PLO was a Soviet created terror group and that Radical Islam was designed as a tool by the Communists to wipe out Democracy. I think what the Soviets didn't see was the genie being let out of the bottle with no way to cork it.
Ultimately the Soviets figured that the final battle would be between Marxism and Radical Islam.
But they'll take our help to get what they want, and if we have a common interest, then why not work together?
There are 1400 people who were thrown off the ballot in the last Irnian election for being too pro-Western. We should start with them and arm and support their followers to topple the mullahocracy. This is the same thing that Ronaldus Magnus did in Central America.
Regime change would be good for Iran and for the stability of the region, especiallyu since they're the primary supporters of the terrrorists in Iraq who are killking our troops. We're on two of Iran's borders.
Let's create a civil war there and then bomb the nuke facilities. Then if needed, we can move in from Afghanistan, Iraq, or both. Bye, bye, mullahs.
They aren't religious people; they're Nazis.
And BTW, the Pahlavis were pretty good allies. That's why Jimmy Carter had to undercut them and make sure the Assaholah Kockamamie took power instead.
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What's new here? They giving $$$ to HAMAS now!!!
"I still believe that the PLO was a Soviet created terror group and that Radical Islam was designed as a tool by the Communists to wipe out Democracy. I think what the Soviets didn't see was the genie being let out of the bottle with no way to cork it.
Ultimately the Soviets figured that the final battle would be between Marxism and Radical Islam."
There is no question that the PLO was set up by the KGB. Or more acurately by the Romanian counterpart of the KGB acting as proxy for the KGB. The former head of this organization is Ion Pacepa, who defected awhile back and has decribed his role in the creation of the PLO back in 1964. He was very familiar with Arafat, Arafat's homosexual behavior, etc.
I don't believe they have any real common interest in us, excepting what benefits them in the very short run. Do the names Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden ring a bell?
More importantly why are we setting up militant alqaeda-backed anti-West Islamic governments in Kosovo?
Ah, the true defenders of Christianity, our Russian friends.
Russia up to it's old tricks again. Proves again that their was more to the USSR's fall than we all believed.
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More like the defenders of Communism and other bad things...
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