Update [2005-5-16 22:51:28 by susanhbu]: Uzbek violence spreads as toll rises
Shooting has continued in eastern Uzbekistan where a bloody police crackdown on demonstrators has left up to 700 people dead. Sporadic gunfire was heard on Monday in Andijan where an uprising over the past two days sparked a crackdown by security forces that left up to 500 people dead. A human rights group reported that clashes in another town killed an additional 200 people. (Al Jazeera)
“Uzbek authorities are likely to arrest and eliminate protesters … ushering in a new wave of repression in the ex-Soviet state,” a human rights campaigner told Reuters today. NPR/Slate’s “Day to Day” has the audio report by Monica Whitlock of the BBC, from the Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan. Earlier BooTrib story.
American authorities are likely to arrest and eliminate protesters. WHAT’s the DIFFERENCE.?. Coming to a government controlled newsroom, near you.
Well, you have to tip your hat to the Uzbek authorities for at least bothering to arrest them. The U.S.’s worldwide intelligence people don’t bother with that quaint custom anymore.
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Rummy will ship some Predators in the belly of a military C130 heading to Tashkent. US economic AID program with some supervision by the US military. Would Congress get the HR shivers, no problem. Easy solution through friend and ally Israel, and it’s in the region. Everything is covered.
Oui – Liberté – Egalité – Fraternité
Everything these people (Bushies)touch turns to excrement. The only high note is that (in addition to being crazy)they are so supremely and obviously incompetent that once everything blows up in their faces, some of the oppressive regimes of our “good friends and allies” will be overthrown and some people may actually have a chance at self determination.
One can hope, anyway.
This is the top story now at the Guardian
Good stuff in Guardian’s blog.
Note the difference in the British and US approach.
Sorry for the brief post – got to go.
One more from the Guardian for those who don’t click links:
Scott McClellan, is an ameoba, you know he defecates and eats out of the same orifice. He hasn’t had an independent thought since rove stuck his, ummmmmmmmm well you know what I was going to say. I am wondering how soon the neo-con fascists in our own government start shooting people at bushco’s pundit parties. You know the parties where we the taxpayers pay and then if we are not neocon theologists can’t get invited or get thrown out because we might “might” cause a disturbance. I can only pray that the dictator running that country and this country will eventually be removed and democracy will prevail.