{"id":181121,"date":"2015-02-06T11:04:55","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T19:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=181121"},"modified":"2021-09-14T20:48:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T03:48:02","slug":"islamic-state-executed-three-uygur-deserters-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/02\/islamic-state-executed-three-uygur-deserters-china\/","title":{"rendered":"State Media Says Islamic State Executed Three Uyghurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/02\/03\/us-mideast-crisis-killing-idUSKBN0L71XE20150203\">several<\/a> highly publicized <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2015-02-03\/japanese-pm-wants-debate-on-rescue-for-military\/6065006\">killings<\/a> by the Islamic State, Chinese netizens have been <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2015\/02\/04\/chinese-ask-what-if-the-islamic-state-captured-one-of-us\/\">discussing Beijing&#8217;s role in combatting the militant group<\/a>, and wondering\u00a0how they would react if IS captured a Chinese citizen.\u00a0Now,\u00a0Chinese state media is\u00a0claiming that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1702968\/islamic-state-has-executed-three-deserters-china-chinese-state-run\"><strong>the Islamic State last year\u00a0killed three Chinese Uyghurs\u00a0who attempted to flee\u00a0its ranks<\/strong><\/a> in Syria and Iraq:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The three were among 120 members of the Islamist militant group killed for desertion over the past six months in Iraq and Syria, the <em><span class=\"utopia_italic\">Global Times\u00a0<\/span><\/em>reported.<\/p>\n<p>The report cited an unnamed Kurdish security official as providing the information.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]\u00a0The <em><span class=\"utopia_italic\">Global Times<\/span><\/em>, which is affiliated to the Communist Party mouthpiece the\u00a0<em><span class=\"utopia_italic\">People\u2019s Daily<\/span><\/em>, said the three from China belonged to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]\u00a0The security official told the newspaper that one militant from China was executed in September last year after he attempted to leave Syria for Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]\u00a0The official said the other two militants from China were beheaded in Iraq in December for treason, along with 11 others, as they tried to flee from Islamic State. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1702968\/islamic-state-has-executed-three-deserters-china-chinese-state-run\"><strong>Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes as China is engaged in an <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/12\/global-times-says-300-chinese-extremists-fighting-alongside-isis\/\">&#8220;ultra-tough, unconventional&#8221; crackdown on terrorism<\/a> in the Xinjiang region, amid which state media\u00a0has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/06\/china-releases-graphic-footage-militant-attacks\/\">continually alleged<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/12\/global-times-says-300-chinese-extremists-fighting-alongside-isis\/\">tie between violence and the global jihad movement<\/a>.\u00a0Last month, after two Uyghurs were shot by police trying to illegally emigrate to Vietnam, China&#8217;s Ministry of Public Security <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/01\/police-kill-two-uyghurs-fleeing-vietnam\/\">said that most of the 800 people apprehended trying to cross into Southeast Asia last year were doing so to eventually access\u00a0jihad training camps<\/a>. 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