TY - SER AU - Mehl, Damon TI - The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Opens a Door to the Islamic State KW - Estado Islámico KW - Uzbekistán N2 - Recent developments among Central Asian jihadi groups demonstrate a likely shift in support away from the Taliban toward the Islamic State. In mid-September 2014, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan’s (IMU) emir, Usman Ghazi, issued a statement announcing that the IMU was now siding with the Islamic State UR - https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-islamic-movement-of-uzbekistan-opens-a-door-to-the-islamic-state ER -