Karimov has unsurprisingly rejected calls for an independent international investigation into events in Andijan. This article on Mosnews gives some analysis and background.
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Nathan at Registan, as usual, has [...]
This is becoming more and more preoccupying:
Thousands of Shiites, many waving Islam’s holy book over their heads, protested the U.S. presence in
Iraq on Friday after the detention of several supporters of a radical cleric, while Sunnis shut down places of worship elsewhere in a show of anger over alleged sectarian violence against the minority.
Again, this [...]
Reuters is reporting that Uzbek troops have now ‘retaken’ Kara-suu. Mosnews (citing the BBC) say the rebel leader Bakhtiyor Rakhimov has been arrested. Who Rakhimov is, and what he actually represents is far from clear.
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“We have already captured around 100 bandits. Some of them are already confessing”Uzbekistan Interior Minister Zakirdzhon Almatov
Despite plenty of evidence to the contrary Uzbek government officials continue to dismiss eyewitness reports that soldiers opened fire on civilians during last weeks protests in the eastern town of Andijan.
Not a single civilian was killed by government forces there,? Prosecutor General Rashid Kadyrov said.
Registan notes that Kyrgyzstan has opened a refugee camp in [...]
One of the choicest paragraphs, from a choice review of Bill Clinton’s autobiography: “That somehow a long, dense book by the world’s premier policy wonk should be worth that much money is amusing, and brings us back to Clinton’s long coyote-and-roadrunner race with the press. The very press that wanted to discredit him and [...]
The NY Times takes an interesting look at the American electoral chessboard. As expected, both the Bush and Kerry campaigns will have an even harder time tracking down the marginal American voter than Bush and Gore had in 2000.
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