ETIM training camp

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.[1][2] JTF-GTMO analysts assert that the camp was run by a group they called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.

The Uyghurs dispute that the compound was military training camp.[1] They state that there was only one weapon at the camp, an AK-47. 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.

References

  1. ^ a b "Information paper: Uighur Detainee Population at JTF-GTMO". United States Department of Defense. 30 October 2004. pp. pages 28–34. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_1731-1808.pdf#28. Retrieved 2007-12-19. 
  2. ^ Senator Sessions (2009-05-04). "Senator Continues To Seek Answers About The Administration’s Reported Plan To Release Certain Guantanamo Bay Detainees In the United States". United States Senate. http://src.senate.gov/files/SenSessionsLetterToAttorneyGeneralHolder050409.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-22.