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In recent weeks, the Chinese authorities have accused the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, or ETIM, of plotting terrorist attacks against the Olympics.

But a few months later, the American listing blamed the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, known as ETIM, for all of the supposed acts of terrorism.

Chinese officials have been quick to blame ETIM for a series of attacks in Xinjiang.

While many independent human rights organizations have concluded that China frequently exaggerates the Islamist/separatist threat to justify its oppression of political dissent in Xinjiang, links between the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and al-Qaeda have been confirmed by United Nations reports.

Several outside scholars have said that the Chinese government has failed to substantiate the existence of ETIM, and that it is inflating the group's reach to justify tightening policies against Uighurs in Xinjiang.

"A leader of ETIM once said that the Beijing Olympics are their last chance for a big terror attack, and that they must do it even though they are obviously an egg pitted against a stone".

The scope of ETIM's activities is not clear.

The scope of ETIM's activities remains unclear with some questioning the group's capacity to organise serious acts of extremism.

Operation Zarb-e-Azb is a joint military offensive being conducted by Pakistan Armed Forces against various militant groups, including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Jundallah, al-Qaeda, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and the Haqqani network.

The Kashgar officials said ETIM had planned a series of attacks to disrupt or distract from the Olympics.

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