04-26-2017, 08:37 AM
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Chinese jihadist group in Syria
So, China has the same problem -- terrorists in Muslim held lands.
Why isn't China more active in Syria? They have a dog in the fight -- are the Russians or the US their surrogates? Are they supplying any weapons to any party?
Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria shows more ?little jihadists?
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Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP)
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The Turkistan Islamic Party is a militant group with an obscure presence in its home territory of China and an active, visible presence overseas in the Syrian war. They first threatened attacks on the 2008 Olympic Games. Chinese officials have labeled TIP the leading terrorist organization involved in a separatist movement in western China. Female MembershipIn 2013 TIP began to actively train female recruits to wage jihad in South and Central Asia, and released a video of the women firing weapons. Although the location of the training camp was not disclosed, the video was likely filmed in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The Turkistan Islamic Party is known to host training camps in the tribal agency, particularly in the Mir Ali area.A Rose by any other nameHasan Mahsum founded Eastern Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). After his death in 2003 during armed operations by Pakistani military personnel, ETIM?
https://www.trackingterrorism.org/gr...amic-party-tip
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The Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria (TIP) is an armed Uyghur jihadist group with a presence in the Syrian Civil War. While the TIP has been active in Syria, the organization?s core leadership is based in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a presence in its home territory of China.[10] The Syrian branch of the Turkistan Islamic Party uses the Turkish Postal Service and Turkish banks to solicit donations via the organization "Türkistan İslam Derneği" through the website "Doğu Türkistan Bulenti".[11]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkis...Party_in_Syria
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AP story ...
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?These people not only fight alongside international terrorist forces in Syria, but also they will possibly return to China posing [a] threat to China?s national security,? said Li Wei, a terrorism expert at China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations and Director of the CICIR Institute of Security and Arms Control Studies.
Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said there are about 5,000 Chinese fighters in Syria, most of them with the TIP fighters in northern Syria who along with their families make up about 20,000 people. Li, the terrorism expert, said Abdurrahman?s numbers are way too high, adding that he believes the number are about 300 Chinese fighters in Syria who brought with them about 700 family members.
Chinese jihadis' rise in Syria raise concerns at home | The Times of Israel
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