Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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 Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject: Uzbekistan says U.S. troops must leave |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan has ended its agreement allowing U.S. military aircraft and personnel to use an air base that has been an important hub for American military operations in Afghanistan, administration officials said Saturday. |
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Uzbekistan's ties with Washington have deteriorated since the Bush administration joined other Western nations in urging an international investigation into the suppression of a May uprising in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan.
Uzbek government troops fired on protesters in the city after militants seized a prison and a government building. Authorities denied that troops fired on unarmed civilians and said that 187 people died in the unrest; human rights groups put the figure as high as 750.
Uzbekistan's president, Islam Karimov, who has ruled for 16 years and tolerates no dissent, has blamed the violence on Islamic militants.
He has rejected the demands for an outside inquiry, and, facing Western criticism, has found a strong support in Russia and China. Both of them are wary about the U.S. military presence in the strategic and resource-rich region. |
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/uzbek.us.base.ap/index.html
Remember how just a few months some on this forum were blaming the US for supporting the regime in Uzbekistan? Well that charge was nonsense. |
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