June 2005

Guardian: 17 Aboard Downed U.S. Copter Feared Dead

by Laurence

Guardian Unlimited reports on the Taliban’s latest attack in Afghanistan.

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Russia Rattles More Central Asian Sabers

by Laurence

The BBC reports on planned joint Russian-Uzbek military exercises.

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Congress Considering Resolution on Uzbekistan

by Nathan Hamm

RIA Novosti reports on the resolution that, as far as short-term diplomacy is concerned, is worth passing. The U.S. House of Representatives considered a resolution Tuesday on military and financial aid for Uzbek democratic reforms and an independent investigation into the uprising in the southern city of Andijan. An official with the U.S. House of [...]

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Russia & Uzbekistan on Andijan

by Nathan Hamm

Russia says that it knew in advance that the Andijon uprising was being planned. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Moscow possessed information that preparations for a state coup were going on in the Uzbek city of Andizhan. “We knew how those events were being prepared, or knew individual elements of that plan,” Ivanov told [...]

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Ferghana.Ru: Andijan Rebel Leader Demands International Investigation

by Laurence

From Ferghana.Ru , an exclusive interview with one of the masterminds of the Andijan events: Andizhani rebel leader Kabul Parpiyev denies that participants of the rally on May 13 in Andizhan and refugees currently on the territory of Kyrgyzstan have anything to do with extremist and terrorist organizations like Hizb-ut-Takhrir, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (Turkestan), [...]

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Backing off the Bulgarian

by Nathan Hamm

Georgia’s Rustavi-2 is backing off of the claim that a Bulgarian is wanted in connection with the attempted grenade attack on Presidents Bush and Saakashvili during Bush’s May visit to Tbilisi.

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Karimov on the Media

by Nathan Hamm

Read the whole thing, but here are some choice quotes from Karimov on Press Day. Media as a tool of the state: Using this opportunity, I would like to draw your attention to one thing: Who does a real journalist serve? And who do they put their lives at risk for? For this hard working [...]

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The Flag of the Islamic Republic of Turkestan

by Laurence

For those who are interested in Mohammed Salih’s Erk party’s use of symbolism, Flagspot has a nice display of historical flags from Central Asia, including the flag of Union of Central Asian Islamic National Insurgent Organizations of 1921-24:. It looks just like the Erk flag on Solih’s webiste . . . UPDATE: Here’s the description [...]

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Getting it Right Takes Time

by Nathan Hamm

I have never really been a big fan of Ahmed Rashid, and articles like this are why. What particularly bothers me about this is that is uses a particular style of argument extremely common to partisan pundits–the argument that the failure to make monumental changes or realize radical and complete change in a very compressed [...]

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Russia Rattles Central Asian Sabers

by Laurence

RIA Novosti – Russia – Russia may strike terrorists overseas -Air Force commander: ROSTOV-ON-DON, June 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russia may carry out strikes against terrorists based abroad, a top military commander said Monday. When speaking at a press conference in Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, Commander of the Air Force Vladimir Mikhailov said: “If we [...]

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