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Most likely, when all this is over, the Uyghurs will be "moved" elsewhere. Back to Turkey, to Afghanistan, or, if nothing is done to stop them, back to China.
A Syrian analyst who does not want to be identified, wrote for this essay:
"Danger of Uyghurs operating in Syria is multi-faceted:
"First of all, they can form no part of any integral
solution, because they do not belong to Syria. One way or the other, their
presence is harmful; dividing the country. The latest information about their
deployment here is clearly showing that they are intentionally being used
by Turkey, in order to prevent the SAA from regaining control over Idlib. Back
in 2016, the SAA tried to infiltrate the territory all the way to Jisr
ash-Shugur, in Idlib, from Latakia countryside. But all military actions failed,
due to the might of the TIP (Turkistan Islamic Party) which is operating in the
area. It is good to mention here that the TIP spearheaded the attacks on all
SAA posts in Jisr ash-Shugur and committed massacres there.
The second issue is: a direct threat to the Chinese
interests in the region. with intimidations being spread online and posted via
the accounts linked to "Malhama Tactical" (The group, founded by a pseudonymous
Uzbek jihadist called Abu Rofiq, operating in Syria, supporting anti-government
terrorist forces* note of the author). There is also great danger of the
Uyghurs returning back to China and recruiting hundreds of youth extremist,
separatist fighters, who could then decide to initiate attacks against the PRC.
For the reasons mentioned above, China has to be
involved in all the efforts to neutralize such threats. And the world has to
understand its defensive actions.
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UYGHURS IN INDONESIA AND REST OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
Indonesia, the most populous Muslim-majority country, has been, since the 1965 US and UK backed right-wing military coup, a staunch ally of the West. Communism and atheism are banned there, and the most extreme and grotesque forms of capitalism are practiced all over the archipelago. Racism in Indonesia is fabled; the country has committed three genocides since 1965, including the on-going one in the occupied West Papua.
The Chinese minority was always the target of countless pogroms and discrimination. This began in the era of Dutch colonialism, and continues until now.
On top of it, most of the Indonesian Muslims are practicing the increasingly intolerant, radical Sunni Wahhabi Islam, with roots in Saudi Arabia (Wahhabism was developed with the substantial help of the British imperialists).
Right-wing, religious, pro-business Indonesia has generally seen China (PRC) as an enemy. Right after the 1965 coup, tens of thousands of Chinese people were murdered in cold blood, hundreds of thousands were enslaved, countless women gang-raped, millions forced to change names, abandon their native language, character and culture. Many elements in the Indonesian regime and apparatus have enthusiastically joined the West in its new crusade to destabilize Beijing and its internationalist vision for the world.
The Uyghurs have become the perfect tool for the anti-Beijing combat. According to Pak Wawan from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia (not his real name), some Uyghurs began commuting from China to Turkey and eventually Syria with the fake Turkish passports, as early as one decade ago. This bewildered some Indonesian immigration officers, at the main international airport in Jakarta. But the 'confusion' was soon clarified, and the Uyghurs were allowed to proceed; to continue on their deadly march.
Pak Wawan told me more, during our encounter in the West Javanese city of Bandung:
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