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The Grand Turk
Day 5: "Istanbul Nightclub Jihadi Likely Uighur Member of ‘Well-Formed’ Terror Cell", More Uighur Arrests
2017-01-06
[Breitbart] Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak told a national television outlet that the yet-unnamed jihadi responsible for killing dozens at Istanbul’s Reina nightclub on New Year’s Eve is likely a member of the Uighur Moslem ethnic minority, which makes its home in China and central Asia.

While authorities have identified the attacker as a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, news reports from the past year indicate that a thriving market exists in falsified Kyrgyz passports, and his Uighur ethnic identity could mean the terrorist came from China.
An interesting point.
"The terrorist’s identity has been established by security forces and his potential whereabouts have also been determined," Kaynak told the television channel A Haber, describing the suspect as probably a member of the Uighur ethnic minority. He also confirmed that authorities believe that the man acted alone, but that he appeared "specially-trained" and was likely a member of a "well-formed" terror cell. The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  US picked up several dozen Uighurs in first year or so of Enduring Freedom. By 2013, all had been released to other countries.

they would be in their mid 30s to early 40s by now so the guy in the picture is probably not one of them
Posted by: lord garth   2017-01-06 14:17  

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