Common Elements in The Allegations
- Most of the Uyghurs were alleged to be members or supporters of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement.
- Most of the Uyghurs were alleged to have completed military training.
- Some of the allegations stated that a supposed military training camp was in the Tora Bora mountains.
- Most of the Uyghurs were alleged to have accepted training that was sponsored by the Taliban, or Al Qaeda.
- Eighteen of the Uyghurs were alleged to have fled when their camp was bombed as part of the United States air bombing campaign of Afghanistan in 2001.
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