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.
JTF-GTMO analysts assert that the camp was run by a group they called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement
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The Uyghurs dispute that the compound was military training camp
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They state that there was only one weapon at the camp, an AK-47
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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.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Joint Task Force Guantanamo is a U.S. military joint task force based at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba on the southeastern end of the island. JTF-GTMO falls under US Southern Command...
counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.The tactic of terrorism is available to insurgents and governments...
analysts applied to a place where two dozen ethnic Uyghurs held in Guantanamo are suspected of having received training.
JTF-GTMO analysts assert that the camp was run by a group they called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement
East Turkestan Islamic Movement
The East Turkestan Islamic Movement The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) (also known as the Turkistan Islamic Movement (TIM), and other names; is a Waziri based mujahideen organization. Its stated goals are the independence of East Turkestan and the...
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The Uyghurs dispute that the compound was military training camp
Afghan training camp
An Afghan training camp is a camp or facility used for militant training located in pre-2002 Afghanistan. At the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Indian intelligence officials estimated that there were over 120 training camps operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan, run by a variety of...
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They state that there was only one weapon at the camp, an AK-47
AK-47
The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova . It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or in Russian slang, Kalash.Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year...
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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.