In July 2001, Karin Yuldashev, a foreign policy advisor to President Rakhmonov, was gunned down by UTO assassins outside his home in Dushanbe.  While this is the only UTO act officially designated as a terrorist attack, the party has also been known to engage occasionally in the violent intimidation of its opponents.  Although UTO is no longer active, the Rakhmonov governments' problems with Islamist elements continue.  No further attacks are expected under the UTO banner, but former UTO supporters remain dangerous.<br />

Hicks is currently serving twenty years in prison for the bombings conducted by Up the IRS, Inc.  after confessing to all bomb attacks during his August 1991 trial.  As its founder and sole member is currently incapacitated, no further violence is expected from Up the IRS, Inc in the future.

Brigades of the Victorious Lion of God -- Suspected Alias/Ally

Usd Allah has not been linked with any terrorist incidents since the summer of 2004, but given continued instability in Iraq, and a large influx of foreign troops and workers, it is possible that Usd Allah will be active in the near future.

Almost nothing is known about the Uygur Holy War Organization, but the struggle from which they emerged is well-documented.  The Uygurs of Xinjiang province in Southwestern China have long had a complicated relationship with their rulers in Beijing.  At various times throughout their history, the Uygurs, Muslims of Turkic background, have enjoyed freedom or religion and some degree of self-rule.  But since the Chinese Communists came to power, Xinjiang has come much more directly under the control of the majority Han Chinese who rule the country.  The Communist disdain for religion has provided much fodder for disagreement, for example, when local Party officials refused to allow a mosque to be constructed in the city of Kashgar.  Violations of human rights by Communist forces have also been widely reported, especially concerning the violent suppression of Uygur protests.  Beginning in the late 1980's, some Uygurs began to turn to terrorism in an effort to convince Beijing to grant them autonomy.  Bombings and assassinations have plagued Xinjiang ever since, and the separatists even took the fight to the enemy, bombing the Chinese capital three times in the spring of 1997.  Since September 11, 2001, Chinese officials have begun to crack down even more openly on the Uygurs, arguing that they are contributing to the "Global War on Terrorism."<br />