IMU Leader Pledges Allegiance To Islamic State, Group Now Calls Itself Part Of ISIS

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) terrorist group has declared itself to be part of the Islamic State (ISIS), reports Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

IMU leader Usmon Ghazi and his fighters were seen taking an oath of allegiance in Arabic to ISIS and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a video that was viewed by RFE/RL last week. Where the video was made is uncertain.

Ghazi declared, according to the narrator’s translation, that "from now on we are not just a movement,...