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| Title | Uzbekistan: Islamist website confirms militant leader's death |
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Country | Uzbekistan |
| Publication Date | 17 August 2010 |
| Cite as | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Uzbekistan: Islamist website confirms militant leader's death, 17 August 2010, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4c7633c61c.html [accessed 27 May 2012] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Uzbekistan: Islamist website confirms militant leader's death
Last updated (GMT/UTC): 17.08.2010 08:31
Tahir Yuldash in an undated photograph
A website linked to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) appears to confirm the death of Tahir Yuldash, an Al-Qaeda-linked Uzbek militant and Central Asia's most wanted Islamist fighter.
The website furqon.com has posted a series of photographs showing the body of a man whom it describes as Yuldash, aslo known as Yuldashev.
It also carries a statement saying Yuldash was killed a year ago in a U.S. drone attack.
It said the information had been kept secret as the IMU was engaged in fierce fighting against "Islam's enemies" in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Yuldash has been declared dead several times before.
In 2009, Pakistani intelligence officials said he was killed in a U.S. drone attack in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border, but militants at the time posted videos on the Internet saying that their leader was alive.
compiled from agency reports
Link to original story on RFE/RL website
Topics: Militias, Muslim,
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