Uzbek protesters ran gantlet of death

[SHRED]

Wait a minute...didn't the Bu$h regime complete an arms sale, with Uzbekistan, *following* this outrage?

Why aren't we invading instead?
:sarcasm:

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Uzbek protesters ran gantlet of death

By Alex Rodriguez
Tribune foreign correspondent

June 13, 2005

KARA DARYA, Kyrgyzstan -- By late afternoon May 13, talks had stalled between Uzbekistan authorities and armed demonstrators inside a government building in Andijan. Speaking by phone to the gunmen, a top law-enforcement official used an Uzbek proverb to foretell the government's next move:

"Your eyes will soon see what befalls you."

Shortly afterward, gun-mounted armored personnel carriers raced up to Babur Square outside the building, where thousands more demonstrators were rallying against the trial of 23 local businessmen on Islamic extremism charges. Without warning, Uzbek soldiers opened fire on the crowd, survivors said.

Every other street leading from the square already had been blocked by military vehicles and soldiers. Uzbek authorities left only one way out: Chulpon Prospekt, Andijan's main thoroughfare.

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[acmejack]

1. Freedom is on the march?

* continues exporting American values, alright. Kind of makes you proud doesn't it?

[kliljedahl]

2. Isn't it nice to have such wonderful allies in "The war on Terra®"

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