- Xinjiang raid
Infobox War
caption=
conflict=Xinjiang raid
date=January 5 ,2007
place=Xinjiang , China
result=Chinese victory
combatant1=
combatant2=
commander1=Ba Yan
commander2=Unknown
strength1=
strength2=
casualties1=1 KIA
1 wounded
casualties2=18 KIA
17 capturedThe January 2007 Xinjiang raid was carried out on
January 5 ,2007 by the Chinese police against a suspectedEast Turkestan Islamic Movement training camp inAkto County in the Pamirs plateau near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. [http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=38523 UN urged to probe killing of Chinese Muslims] The News]A spokesperson for the Xinjiang Public Security Department said that 18 terror suspects were killed and 17 captured. The raid also resulted in the death of one Chinese police officer and the injury of another. Authorities confiscated hand grenades, guns, and makeshift explosives from the site. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6241073.stm China 'anti-terror' raid kills 18] BBC]
In reaction, many exiled Uyghur leaders quickly have questioned the motives behind the raid.
Rebiya Kadeer , Uyghur human-rights activist, has called for an independent UN investigation into the raid, while Alim Seytoff, executive chairman of the World Uighur Congress, claims the Chinese government has yet to produce evidence to substantiate the camp's connections to terrorism. In response, Zhao Yongchen, vice head of the Xinjiang counterterrorism forces, reiterated the reality of the camp's terrorist threat. [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/01/10/2003344141 China crushes Xinjiang `terror camp'] Taipei Times]ee also
*
East Turkestan independence movement
*East Turkestan Liberation Organization
*2008 Uyghur unrest
*Politics of the People's Republic of China References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
