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Tohir Yoʻldosh

1967 - 2009

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Tohir Yo'ldosh (Yunusov Umid), (born Tohir Abdulhalilovich Yuldashev, Russian: Тахир Абдулхалилович Юлдашев (Yunusov Umid), 2 October 1967 – 1 October 2009) was an Uzbek Islamist militant who cofounded the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), an Islamist organization active in Central Asia, with Juma Namangani in August 1998. According to the Defense Intelligence Agency he was a key leader opposing US forces during Operation Anaconda. The United Nations considers the IMU an Islamic terrorist organization. When Namangan, the IMU's military leader and cofounder, was killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan in 2001, Yo'ldosh (Yunusov Umid) took over the IMU's day-to-day operations as well. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tohir Yoʻldosh is the 261st most popular extremist (down from 253rd in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 92nd in 2019) and the most popular Uzbekistani Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Tohir Yoʻldosh ranks 261 out of 283. Before him are Fazlullah, Stuart Christie, Jared Fogle, Karla Homolka, Hamza bin Laden, and Mohammed Bouyeri. After him are Noordin Mohammad Top, Moses Sithole, Wail al-Shehri, Atefeh Sahaaleh, James Holmes, and Colin Pitchfork.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Tohir Yoʻldosh ranks 570. Before him are Jonathan Adams, Dmitri Popov, Steve Harwell, Matthew Barney, Masayuki Nakagomi, and Wang Tao. After him are Konstantin Kozeyev, Amar Osim, Maya Harris, Gustavo Matosas, Wladimir Kaminer, and Tim Schafer. Among people deceased in 2009, Tohir Yoʻldosh ranks 401. Before him are Stanislav Markelov, Vladimir Turchinsky, Arnold Stang, Alastair McCorquodale, Stephen Gately, and Valeri Broshin. After him are William Safire, Wendy Richard, Noordin Mohammad Top, Johnny Kerr, Marian Cozma, and Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Tohir Yoʻldosh ranks 109 out of 190. Before him are Tursunoy Saidazimova (1911), Odil Ahmedov (1987), Shahzoda (1979), Lomon (1999), Tatyana Kotova (1976), and Lilya Budzhurova (1958). After him are Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva (1978), Peter Odemwingie (1981), Movlud Miraliyev (1974), Utkirbek Haydarov (1974), Alexander Geynrikh (1984), and Bakhodir Jalolov (1994).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Uzbekistan

Among extremists born in Uzbekistan, Tohir Yoʻldosh ranks 1. 

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