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- Also known as: IMU, Islamic Party of Turkestan
- Founded: 1999
- Leaders: Tahir Yuldosh, Juma Namangani (both sentenced to death by Uzbekistan in 2000CNS: Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) Profile)
- Original purpose: Overthrow government of Uzbekistan and establish Islamic state
- Current purpose: Creation of Islamic state in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and a region of ChinaCNS: Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) Profile
- Though originally thought to have been mostly taken out by the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan, IMU appeared to have a resurgence in 2006RFE/RL: Is Islamic Movement Of Uzbekistan Really Back?
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The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan is a militant fundamentalist Islamist group based in Tajikistan and parts of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan is also connected to a splinter faction known as the Islamic Jihad Union, a group known for planning several terrorist attacks in Uzbekistan and Germany.Kommersant: Terror Suspects Arrested in Germany Linked to Uzbek Islamists (September 5, 2007)
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