Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami

:"IJG redirects here. For other uses, see IJG (disambiguation)."

Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami also known as the Jamaat of Central Asian Mujahedins (JCAM), Jamoat Mujahedin (English: Community of Holy Warriors), and Islamic Jihad Group (IJG) is an Islamic terrorist organization affiliated with al-Qaeda that operates in Central Asia and Russia. IJG broke away from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, but maintains ties with the IMU, an Islamic terrorist organization with an Islamist ideology. [http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/68821.pdf Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. interests] Library of Congress]

Najmiddin Jalolov, a former member of the IMU and convicted terrorist, is IJG's leader.

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director Porter Goss testified in March 2005 that IJG "has become a more virulent threat to U.S. interests and local governments." The State Department designated IJG as a global terrorist organization in May 2005. The United Nations Security Council added IJG to its terrorism list in June 2005.

Terrorism

IJG setoff a series of bombs from 28 March to 1 April 2004 in Uzbekistan, killing 47 people. IJG has terror cells in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Russia. IJG members have trained at terror camps in Pakistan and Kazakhstan. The IJG bombed the Israeli and U.S. embassies and the Uzbek Prosecutor-General's Office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 30 July 2004, saying they targeted "apostate" governments. Several IJG members were arrested in Kazakhstan in late 2004.

In November 2004 the Kazakh government disrupted a terror cell, arresting several members. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDC163FF931A25752C1A9629C8B63 Kazakhstan: Terror cell broken up] The New York Times]

ee also

*Akromiya
*Hizb-an-Nusra
*Terrorism in Uzbekistan
*Terrorism in Kazakhstan
*Counter-terrorism in Kazakhstan

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