Special Dispatch | No. 2450, 2451 | July 17, 2009
Announcement
Two Reports – Today's Iran Friday Sermon and Uighur Jihadist Group Threatens China
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Special Dispatch No. 2450 Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor
Uighur Jihadist Group Threatens China over Xinjiang Clashes: "Allah's Cavalry Will Soon Fall Upon You"; "Oh Brave Mujahideen… Kill the Communist Chinese Wherever You Find Them"
The Islamic Party of Turkestan (IPT) has released a four-minute audio statement in the Uighur language in response to the recent deadly clashes in Xinjiang province in Western China. The voice is that of Sayf Allah, a military commander in the group who was last seen in a video released earlier this year titled "Steadfastness and Preparation for Jihad for the Sake of Allah"; the recording is played over a still photo. The statement was posted on jihadist forums on July 16, 2009; the communiqué itself is dated July 7.
The Islamic Party of Turkestan, formerly known as the Islamic Party of East Turkestan, is a small Uighur jihadist group believed currently to be based in the tribal regions of western Pakistan.
Following is a translation of the Arabic transcript that was provided by the IPT together with the audio recording; the document indicates that the text was adapted to Arabic, and may not be a word-for-word translation of the Uighur:
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Special Dispatch No. 2451 Iran
Rafsanjani In Iran Friday Sermon: 'Today, We Need Unity More Than Ever'
Four weeks after Iran's presidential election, Iranian Expediency Council chairman and former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani called for national unity and enumerated ways to overcome the current crisis. Addressing worshipers in the main Tehran Friday sermon, he stressed that Iranians must remain united to safeguard the Islamic Revolution. During the sermon, security forces dispersed, with batons, pro-Mousavi crowds that gathered outside the university.
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