East Turkestan Islamic Movement
Kazakhstan banned the ETLO, designating it a terrorist organization, on 17 November 2006. The United States State Department says the ETLO has engaged "small motivated bombings and armed attacks". The "Global Defense Review" writes that it is "widely acknowledged" that Al-Qaeda gives funding and training to the ETLO and the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, although there are doubts about the East Turkestan Islamic Movement's existence.