Posted on 06/21/2010 7:49:04 AM PDT by Patriot1259
'There have been eye-witness accounts of kids being nailed to trees and entire families being raped and then murdered,' says one Christian
OSH, KYRGYZSTAN - The ASSIST News Service, has received a shocking first-hand report of the violence that has recently taken place in the Kyrgyz town of Osh
(Excerpt) Read more at thecypresstimes.com ...
"A combination of clan feuds, corruption and indifference in the west is creating a lethal cocktail in Kyrgyzstan.Whoa. Impacting eye-witness report.
I was curious also and did a bit of Internet digging.
It appears to be basically a typical tribal animosity. Both main groups, Uzbek and Kyrgyz are mostly Muslim, with a small percentage of Christians (Orthodox, Roman Catholic & Protestant) and Jews.
There were riots in Osh in 1990 that left over 300 dead.
http://one-day-in.com/Articles/show:8360_Osh_riots_of_1990
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan
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