Nbadan
05-15-2005, 05:39 AM
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One witness said he saw a thousand people, mostly women and children, gathering in the centre of the city yesterday morning. 'Some were bringing their dead. Many of them were old people or women, some were throwing stones at the soldiers. I saw over 20 dead, but someone told me they had seen many more piled up near the central square.'
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he military claimed to control the town last night, though a resident told Interfax the centre was still blockaded. Riot troops were still massed within the city limits. The website ferghana.ru reported dozens of flights arriving at an airport in the region, suggesting extra troops were being flown in.
As the violence continued to spread, Russian President Vladimir Putin rang his Uzbek counterpart. 'Both sides expressed concern about the danger of destabilisation of the situation in the Central Asian region,' a Kremlin statement said.
On Friday night the United States raised fears that members of a 'terrorist group' may have been released from prison during the riots, but urged both sides to show restraint. The EU said the government's human rights record and disregard for poverty were to blame.
more:Observer.Guardian (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1484252,00.html)
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15.5.2005. 11:10:48
Human rights campaigners in Uzbekistan say at least 500 people were killed when troops opened fire on 3,000 demonstrators who had occupied a state building in the eastern town of Andijan.
The government claimed it was back in control
Troops are reported to be patrolling the city backed by helicopters.
But protestors have also been gathering and thousands of people are reported to have fled to the border with Kyrgyzstan.
The border has been sealed, but hundreds of refugees are reported to have slipped through.
President Islam Karimov has blamed the violence on outlawed Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir.
It erupted after days of peaceful protests over the imprisonment of 23 local business leaders accuseed of Islamic extremism.
Link (http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=111675®ion=2)
Perhaps the reason this has garnered so little press in the West is because unlike the Yuchenko election in the Ukraine, this revolution doesn't have pretty banners and slogans paid for by...ummm...western sources, and the 'bad guy' is on our side in the war on terra'.
One witness said he saw a thousand people, mostly women and children, gathering in the centre of the city yesterday morning. 'Some were bringing their dead. Many of them were old people or women, some were throwing stones at the soldiers. I saw over 20 dead, but someone told me they had seen many more piled up near the central square.'
...
he military claimed to control the town last night, though a resident told Interfax the centre was still blockaded. Riot troops were still massed within the city limits. The website ferghana.ru reported dozens of flights arriving at an airport in the region, suggesting extra troops were being flown in.
As the violence continued to spread, Russian President Vladimir Putin rang his Uzbek counterpart. 'Both sides expressed concern about the danger of destabilisation of the situation in the Central Asian region,' a Kremlin statement said.
On Friday night the United States raised fears that members of a 'terrorist group' may have been released from prison during the riots, but urged both sides to show restraint. The EU said the government's human rights record and disregard for poverty were to blame.
more:Observer.Guardian (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1484252,00.html)
more...
15.5.2005. 11:10:48
Human rights campaigners in Uzbekistan say at least 500 people were killed when troops opened fire on 3,000 demonstrators who had occupied a state building in the eastern town of Andijan.
The government claimed it was back in control
Troops are reported to be patrolling the city backed by helicopters.
But protestors have also been gathering and thousands of people are reported to have fled to the border with Kyrgyzstan.
The border has been sealed, but hundreds of refugees are reported to have slipped through.
President Islam Karimov has blamed the violence on outlawed Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir.
It erupted after days of peaceful protests over the imprisonment of 23 local business leaders accuseed of Islamic extremism.
Link (http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=111675®ion=2)
Perhaps the reason this has garnered so little press in the West is because unlike the Yuchenko election in the Ukraine, this revolution doesn't have pretty banners and slogans paid for by...ummm...western sources, and the 'bad guy' is on our side in the war on terra'.