Nouns

(n)Turkistan Islamic Party, East Turkistan Islamic Movement, East Turkestan Islamic Movementa group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression
(n)Turkistan Islamic Party, Islamic Group of Uzbekistan, IMU, Islamic Party of Turkestana terrorist group of Islamic militants formed in 1996; opposes Uzbekistan's secular regime and wants to establish an Islamic state in central Asia; is a conduit for drugs from Afghanistan to central Asian countries