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To: ratan lal who wrote (5744)	8/20/1999 1:31:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

A Haji, then a merceneary-PAKIS recruit mercenaries in Central Asia. Ratan: Check this bit of news from Kyrgyzstan as told by a reporter of Times of India,I guess 'jigoons' can't get enough Pakis to kill themselves so they prey on the people elsewhere,the less educated the better I would think.If this keeps up without check the Chinese will one day reap befitting rewards from their Central Asian Muslim province. ======================= Pakistan recruits Islamic mercenaries in Central Asia By MAHENDRA VED BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: For the unemployed Uighur Muslim youths, a six-month contract for $20,000 to wage a "jehad", be it Kargil, Kabul or Dagestan, is an attractive proposition when compared to the average $25 salary if they were employed. They get enrolled in Xinjiang in China where they are targeted for their religious beliefs and political opposition to Beijing. They also come from the neighbouring Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, where their activities are under constant watch by the authorities, ostensibly under Chinese pressure. A score of them were killed in Kargil, and the matter was taken up with the Chinese. The trend, reflecting the foreign-sponsored spread of religious extremism, has caused concern among the Central Asian Republics, forcing the governments to act. Authoritative reports here say Pakistan's ISI representatives recruit these youths either as tourists or students. They also travel as Hajis, and when the pilgrimage is over, they disappear. Once the journey begins, the youths' parents receive the money. "In Central Asian context, this is big money. So, even if the son does not return home, the family is well off," says an Asian diplomat who has been monitoring these movements. They travel on passports of different Islamic nationalities, which can be procured at a price. Fake Turkish passports have been seized by authorities here and in neighbouring Kazakhstan. The money comes from Saudi Arabia. They travel either by their respective national airliners or by AeroAsia, a private airline registered in Pakistan. After training in handling arms, these youths have been dispatched for "jehad." "Unfortunately, some Turkish-speaking youths have joined Pakistan's campaign against India in Kashmir, says Ibragimov Israil Momunovich, Professor and Dean of the world's sole Faculty of Uighur Philosophy. He regrets this departure from "the aura of mysticism" in the way the Uighurs practice Islam. The number was a hundred in 1997. It has gone up sharply after some returned home in Bishkek to tell their stories. But the whereabouts of others are not known. "It is the same story as that of young girls from Central Asia who go to West Asia for jobs and end up in brothels," says the diplomat. A top Kyrgyz government functionary, speaking strictly off the record, confirmed that "several" youths have travelled in recent months to Pakistan and Afghanistan to become "mercenaries". But he maintained that this was "not a trend," adding: "Uighurs have their own preoccupations." The main "preoccupation" is the age-old fight for a place in the mainstream of the society. The bulk of them reside in China's Xinjiang province, which faces frequent purges. Through information-sharing arrangements with authorities in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, the Chinese also keep a close watch on the Uighur populace. Following a crackdown in Bishkek, Osh and Jelalabad in May 1998, the Kyrgyz authorities detained several youths and seized documents, video material and photographs that they found "inflammatory." They maintain that the material and the youths' activities were aimed at spreading fundamentalism. The youths are still in detention, without trial. timesofindia.com