Furkat Kasimovich Yusupov (born 1980) is a citizen of

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who was arrested for, charged with, and tried for terrorism offenses in 2004. Yusupov was described as being the leader of a group that executed a series of terrorist bombings on March 28, 2004. Authorities claimed Yusupov was captured with ten homemade bombs. Uzbekistan officials said that Yusupov was a member of

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. Yusupov was from Toitep a community 40 kilometers from

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'' the series of attacks Yusupov was convicted of playing a role in represented the first use of suicide bombers in Central Asia. They reported Yusupov himself was wearing a suicide belt when he was captured. Kamola, Yusupov's wife, also stood trial, and received a sentence of ten years of hard labor, for sewing 60 suicide belts. Two of Yusupov's brothers died during the security officials attempts to apprehend the group. Another of his brothers was apprehended and stood trial with him. ''

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'' reported that Yusupov stood trial with 14 other individuals on July 26, 2004. Yusupov pleaded guilty. According to ''The Agonist'' his confession included: : Yusupov's trial was disrupted by an additional suicide bombing on July 30, 2004. A citizen of Kazakhstan named Avaz Shoyusupov blew himself up in the Prosecutor's office, killing five other individuals, and disrupting the trial. Yusupov identified Shoyusupov as a member of his cell.

Guantanamo connection

The Summary of Evidence memo prepared for Yakub Abahanov's

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justified his continued detention on an allegation that he had a tie to Yusupov.: Yakub Abahanov's Summary of Evidence also justified his continued detention due to alleged ties to an individuals identified as "Yusupov Parkhat" and "Farhat Yusupov". On August 7, 2002 Alisher Muradov and Farkhat Yusupov co-wrote an article entitled: "The borders of problems and worries" published in the

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edition of

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References

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