Uighur militants have been getting training,support in Pak: US reports

China has for the first time pointed fingers at Pak-trained 'militants' for attacks on its soil.

While China has for the first time pointed fingers at Pakistan-trained Uighur militants for attacks on its soil,secret US interrogation reports that have recently been revealed show that armed fighters from Xinjiang province have been getting training and support in Pakistan for years.

Classified interrogation reports of Guantanamo Bay inmates,leaked by whistleblower website WikiLeaks,reveal that a significant bulk of Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party/Movement (ETIM) militants who were detained by the US after the Afghanistan invasion found refuge in Pakistan.

China stated Monday that its initial probe found that ETIM members took arms and explosives training in Pakistan before entering Xinjiang. While Pakistan has been a close ally of China for years,the records reveal Pakistan was also used a recruiting zone for new ETIM members.

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Interrogation reports reveal that most of the 22 Chinese nationals that were detained at Guantanamo found shelter in Pakistan for several months after the US invasion. Consider the following:

* The report on Abd Al Nasi,born in Kashgar (China) who was a member of the ETIM reveals that he was recruited in June 2001 from Pakistan and received weapons training in Afghanistan. After the invasion,he found refuge in Pakistan again but was arrested after a crackdown. A note attached to this report says that ETIM was re-grouping in Pakistan in 2005.

* As of 18 May 2005,Abdul Haq assumed command of the ETIM. Haq called for the return and reorganisation of all ETIM members in Pakistan

* The report on ETIM fighter Abdal Razak Oadir,who went for training to Afghanistan via Pakistan contains interesting details about the Chinese separatist group. Sources report before the start of the US-led campaign in Afghanistan,ETIM recruiters were officially received in Pakistans colleges.

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* A note attached to his report also reveals that a large number of ETIM sponsored terrorists fought alongside the Taliban,which then had close ties with the ISI,in Afghanistan. During Operation Enduring Freedom,between 320 and 600 ETIM sponsored individuals were reportedly fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan

* Chinese citizen Sadir Sabit was recruited in Pakistan when he arrived in Karachi for employment. The militant was taken to Islamabad by a recruiter and ultimately crossed for training to Afghanistan after visiting Peshawar.

Similar stories account for other ETIM militants who were either recruited in Pakistan or used the country for transit and support.

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