(n) a 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, Syn. East Turkestan Islamic Movement
(n) a 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, Syn. IMU, Islamic Party of Turkestan
[东突组织 / 東突組織, Dōng tū zǔ zhīㄉㄨㄥ ㄊㄨ ㄗㄨˇ ㄓ] abbr. for 東突厥斯坦解放組織|东突厥斯坦解放组织 East Turkestan liberation organization ETLO, Chinese dissident group, See Also: 東突厥斯坦解放組織, 东突厥斯坦解放组织