Tohir Yoʻldosh Explained

Tohir Yuldash
Birth Date:1967 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Fergana, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan
Religion:Sunni Islam
Birth Name:Tohir Abdulhalilovich Yuldashev
Allegiance: Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
Serviceyears:1998–2009
Battles:War on Terror

Tohir Yo'ldosh (Yunusov Umid), born Tohir Abdulhalilovich Yuldashev (Russian: Тахир Абдулхалилович Юлдашев (Yunusov Umid) ), (2 October 1967 – 1 October 2009) was an Uzbek Islamist militant who cofounded the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), an Islamist organization active in Central Asia, with Juma Namangani in August 1998.[1] [2] According to the Defense Intelligence Agency he was a key leader opposing US forces during Operation Anaconda. The United Nations considers the IMU an Islamic terrorist organization.[3]

When Namangan, the IMU's military leader and cofounder, was killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan in 2001, Yo'ldosh (Yunusov Umid) took over the IMU's day-to-day operations as well.[4]

According to the BBC, Yo'ldosh (Yunusov Umid) learned Al-Qaeda was planning to use hijacked airliners to attack the United States on 11 September 2001, prior to the attacks.[5] The BBC reported that Yo'ldosh then informed the Taliban Foreign Minister, Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, who sent an envoy to warn the USA of al Qaeda's attack plans prior to 11 September 2001.

A video message from Tohir Yo'ldosh was reportedly distributed throughout the Uzbek areas of Central Asia in early 2007.[6] In the video Tohir was reported to have said:

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After Baitullah Mehsud was reported to have been killed by missiles fired from an American Predator drone the Asia Times reported that Yo'ldosh had been Baitullah's ideological mentor, that Tohir had put 2,500 experienced fighters at his disposal, and that Baitullah lived with the Uzbek, who became his biggest ideological inspiration.[7]

On 30 September 2009, a man, who claimed to be Yo'ldosh's bodyguard, reported to the Pakistan newspaper The News International that Yo'ldosh was killed in a US Predator drone airstrike shortly after Mehsud's death.[8] [9] Pakistan and US officials afterwards confirmed Yo'ldosh was killed in an airstrike on 27 August 2009.[10] Yuldashev reportedly lost a leg and arm in the drone missile strike on 27 August 2009 and was rushed to a private hospital in Zhob district of Balochistan where he died on 1 October.[11] [12] His death was formally announced by the IMU on 16 August 2010.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Pakistan's 'fanatical' Uzbek militants. BBC News. 7 October 2014. 13 October 2014.
  2. News: Wanted: Tohir Yaldeshev . . October 2006 . 2009-02-04 . dead . https://archive.today/20240524081535/https://www.webcitation.org/5eLU4unR5?url=http://www.dia.mil/site6_images/cards/af/af010x.jpg . May 24, 2024 .
  3. News: In the spotlight: The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)]. Center for Defense Information. March 25, 2002. 2007-08-28. dead. https://archive.today/20120723013352/http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/imu.cfm. July 23, 2012.
  4. Web site: Terrorist Organizations. World Statesmen. 2007-08-28.
  5. News: Kate Clark . Kate Clark (journalist) . . Taleban 'warned US of huge attack' . September 7, 2002 . 2007-01-16 . An aide to the former Taleban foreign minister, Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, has revealed that he was sent to warn American diplomats and the United Nations that Osama bin Laden was due to launch a huge attack on American soil. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20070825150144/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2242594.stm . August 25, 2007.
  6. News: Ferghana valley: Return of the Jihad. 28 August 2007. 28 August 2007. ymd-all . Igor Rotar. Igor Rotar. Eurasia Insight (eurasianet.org) . EurasiaNet/TOL . The Open Society Institute-New York . New York . en . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071013185618/http://eurasianet.org:80/departments/insight/articles/eav082807.shtml . 13 October 2007 .
  7. News: Baitullah: Dead or alive, his battle rages. 2009-08-08. Syed Saleem Shahzad. Syed Saleem Shahzad. Asia Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20090810163143/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KH08Df04.html. 2009-08-10. unfit. 2009-08-07.
  8. News: Rahimullah . Yusufzai . Tahir Yuldachev is dead: bodyguard . . 2009-09-30 . 2009-10-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20220610023518/http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=200845+. live . 2022-06-10.
  9. News: What the partisan squabbles miss on Obama's terror response. Washington Post. 2010-02-17. David Ignatius. David Ignatius. https://web.archive.org/web/20121110035629/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/16/AR2010021605043.html?hpid=opinionsbox1. 2012-11-10. live. These raids have ravaged the top tier of al-Qaeda's lieutenants. The victims include Saleh al-Somali, the chief of external operations, who was killed Dec. 8; Abdullah Said al-Libi, the chief of operations in Pakistan, who was killed Dec. 17; and Tahir Yuldashev, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, who was killed in August. .
  10. News: Tahir Yuldashev killed in Aug 27 drone attack . Daily Times. 2009-10-02 . 2009-10-02.
  11. Web site: Uzbek militants name Yaldashev's successor - DAWN.COM. 3 October 2009.
  12. Roggio, Bill (October 4, 2009). "Tahir Yuldashev Confirmed Killed In US Strike In South Waziristan". The Long War Journal.
  13. Web site: Roggio . Bill . Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan confirms leader Tahir Yuldashev killed . The Long War Journal . August 16, 2010.

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