Explosion hits Uzbek capital, militants take hostages

Associated Press ^ | March 31 2004 | By BURT HERMAN

[Arthalion]

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) - As many as 20 militants seized a large number of hostages Wednesday during a standoff with authorities after a grenade blast in Uzbekistan's capital, police said. A Russian television network said three people were wounded in the latest violence in the Central Asian nation. The Tashkent blast came at the end of a day when police scoured the capital in pursuit of fugitive militants, and reportedly arrested at least 30. A police official said those in custody so far were adherents of the strict Wahhabi Islamic sect, which was believed to have inspired Osama bin Laden, not members of an extremist group President Islam Karimov has implied were behind the attacks.

[Arthalion]

The religion of peace strikes again, but this time the wahabbis are eating their own. I wonder if the rest of the Islamic world will even care since the "great satan" isn't involved.

[BenLurkin]

MUSLIM 88%

[johnb838]

Buttcheekistan.

[Dajjal]

jihad bump