Xinjiang raid (January 2007)

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Xinjiang raid

Date	January 5, 2007
Location	Xinjiang, China
Result	Chinese victory

Combatants

China

East Turkestan Islamic Movement

Commanders

Ba Yan

Unknown

Casualties

1 KIA
1 wounded

18 KIA
17 captured

Campaigns and Operations of the War on Terrorism

Canada – Afghanistan – Spain – OEF-Philippines– OEF-Pankisi Gorge – OEF-Horn of Africa – Iraq – Saudi Arabia – Waziristan (First - Second - Lal Masjid - Third) – Thailand – Israel and Lebanon – Palestinian Territories – Somalia – China – Gaza – Lebanon – Algeria
Contemporaneous Wars:
Myanmar –Colombia– Israel and the Palestinian Territories – Philippines – Laos – Peru – Sri Lanka – Senegal – Chechnya – Darfur – Yemen – Balochistan – Central African Republic – Haiti – Nigeria – Chad – Mexico – Ethiopia

The January 2007 Xinjiang raid was carried out on January 5, 2007 by the Chinese police against a suspected East Turkestan Islamic Movement training camp in Akto County in the Pamirs plateau near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.^[1]

A spokesperson for the Xinjiang Public Security Department said that 18 terror suspects were killed and 17 captured. The raid also resulted in the death of one Chinese police officer and the injury of another. Authorities confiscated hand grenades, guns, and makeshift explosives from the site.^[1]^[2]

In reaction, many exiled Uyghur leaders quickly have questioned the motives behind the raid. Rebiya Kadeer, Uyghur human-rights activist, has called for an independent UN investigation into the raid, while Alim Seytoff, executive chairman of the World Uighur Congress, claims the Chinese government has yet to produce evidence to substantiate the camp's connections to terrorism. In response, Zhao Yongchen, vice head of the Xinjiang counterterrorism forces, reiterated the reality of the camp's terrorist threat. ^[1]^[3]