Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani

Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani (Arabic: عبد الشکور التركستاني), also known as Abdul Shakoor Damla and Emeti Yakuf 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 al-Turkistani
Emir of the Turkistan Islamic Party
In office
2010 – 24 August 2012
Preceded byAbdul Haq al-Turkistani
Succeeded byAbdullah Mansour
Personal details
BornJanuary 24, 1965
China
DiedAugust 24, 2012 (aged 47)
North Waziristan, Pakistan
Military service
AllegianceEast Turkestan Islamic Movement
al-Qaeda
Battles/warsXinjiang conflict
War in North-West Pakistan

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.[1][5]

References
  1. Declan Walsh & Eric Schmitt (24 August 2012). "Militant Leader Believed Dead in Pakistan Drone Strike". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  2. Jacob Zenn (2011-12-30). "Al-Qaeda's Uighur Jihadi: A Profile of the Turkistan Islamic Party's Abdul Shakoor Turkistani". Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 2012-01-29.
  3. "New leader plans attacks on Pakistan". Long War Journal. 9 May 2011.
  4. "Turkistan Islamic Party leader thought killed in US drone strike". The Long War Journal. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  5. "September 2012 Briefs".
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