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Terrorists trained by Iran tracked from Uzbekistan.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 08-APR-02 		Format: Online - approximately 820 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Terrorists trained by Iran tracked from Uzbekistan.(PAGE ONE)

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Byline: Bill Gertz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Iran is secretly training Islamic terrorists from Uzbekistan for future operations in Central Asia, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

Military officials from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Tehran's radical Islamic military units, have been training and supporting militants from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, known as IMU.

The IMU has close ties to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network, and the group used Afghanistan as a sanctuary in the past. Its relationship to al Qaeda and Afghanistan was a major factor in the decision by the Uzbek government to support U.S. military action in the region.

The new intelligence, gathered by the U.S. Central Command, shows that Iran's government is backing the IMU despite some...

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