NEFA Foundation: Transcript of Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) Training Camp Video
By Evan Kohlmann
The NEFA Foundation has transcribed and translated video messages from senior commanders of the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) featured alongside recently-released footage of a TIP training camp located somewhere in northwest Pakistan. The speakers featured in the video include the current emir of the TIP, "Shaykh Abdulhak", along with "Abdullah Mansur" and "Commander Seyfullah." During his address, Mansur scoffed that the Chinese were merely "a so-called 'Dragon', the proof being the fear and terror they felt as a result of our operations and threats during the Beijing Olympics. They became like a frenzied bird, and that is why every Muslim in East Turkestan must become involved in specifically undertaking military training." Seyfullah boasted of the quality of the courses being taught to recruits at TIP training camps in Pakistan: "Thanks to Allah, we trained them on various weapons which are accessible to us, and which the mujahideen are presently using around the world. We gave them Shariah, political, and military lessons-such as in explosives and tactics, heavy and light weaponry, and lessons in intelligence and other military sciences."
The English transcript of the TIP video can be downloaded from the NEFA Foundation website.
