Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani explained

Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani
Birth Date:January 24, 1965
Birth Place:China
Death Place:North Waziristan, Pakistan
Death Date:August 24, 2012 (aged 47)
Office1:Emir of the Turkistan Islamic Party
Term Start1:2010
Term End1:24 August 2012
Predecessor1:Abdul Haq al-Turkistani
Successor1:Abdullah Mansour
Allegiance:East Turkestan Islamic Movement
al-Qaeda
Battles:Xinjiang conflict
War in North-West Pakistan

Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani (Arabic: عبد الشکور التركستاني), also known as Abdul Shakoor Damla and Emeti Yakuf (Uighur; Uyghur: ئەخمەت ياقۇپ|Exmet Yaqup),[1] was the emir of the East Turkistan Islamic Party, an Islamist organisation that seeks independence for China's Xinjiang province and for it to become an Islamic state.[2] In August 2011, Abdul Shakoor reportedly appeared in a video with his face obscured taking responsibility for the 2011 Kashgar attacks and 2011 Hotan attack.[2]

Abdul Shakoor reportedly took command of al Qaeda forces in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in April 2011 after Saif al-Adel left the region, according to the jihadist newspaper Karachi Islam.[3] [4]

Abdul Shakoor was killed in North Waziristan in a CIA drone strike on August 24, 2012.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Militant Leader Believed Dead in Pakistan Drone Strike. Declan Walsh & Eric Schmitt. The New York Times. 24 August 2012. 25 December 2013.
  2. News: Al-Qaeda's Uighur Jihadi: A Profile of the Turkistan Islamic Party's Abdul Shakoor Turkistani . 2011-12-30 . Jacob Zenn . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120129165145/http://mlm.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38823&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=539&cHash=1f58f53554aa9c114daa07f07bf8419a . 2012-01-29 .
  3. Web site: New leader plans attacks on Pakistan . 9 May 2011 . Long War Journal.
  4. Web site: Turkistan Islamic Party leader thought killed in US drone strike. The Long War Journal. 25 August 2012. 29 June 2015.
  5. News: September 2012 Briefs. Jamestown .