ISLAMABAD: The Waziristan-based Islamic Jehad Union (IJU) has come under the FBI scanner for its alleged links with Tamarlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, two brothers of the Chechen descent who allegedly carried out the deadly bombings in Boston on April 15, killing three people and injuring over 180 others.
Rooted in Central Asia and primarily based in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, the al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked Islamic Jehad Union is an offshoot of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), which was founded by the late Uzbek commander, Tahir Yuldashev.
Going by the American media reports, the alleged contacts of the Boston bombers with the IMU have come under intense scrutiny of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation which has already admitted having missed vital clues in 2011 that could have prevented the Tsarnaev brother from conducting the Boston attack. The FBI has admitted having interrogated Tamarlan Tsarnaev in 2011 at the request of a foreign government, most likely Russia, which was concerned that he was a follower of radical Islam. The FBI said it did not find any terrorism activity and appears not to have had any further contact with him since.
