Posted on 03/24/2005 6:26:12 AM PST by Wiz
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - President Askar Akayev and his family left Kyrgyzstan's capital by helicopter Thursday evening, the Interfax news agency reported, hours after protesters seized government headquarters in Bishkek and claimed control of state broadcasting facilities.
The report, which cited unspecified sources and could not immediately be confirmed, said the helicopter was headed toward Kazakhstan.
During the takeover, about 1,000 protesters cleared riot police from their positions outside the fence protecting the building, and about half entered through the front. Others smashed windows with stones, tossed papers and tore portraits of Akayev in half and stomped on them.
More info here.......
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1369577/posts
Kyrgyz Ping
Thanks for the link.
That freedom genie is popping up every where.
In other news, the helicopter continued on toward Pinellas Park, Florida where a brain-damaged woman...
ping!
thanx
Thanks for the update.
Please keep us updated.
Eeny-meeny-miney-moe. Catch dictator break his nose. Oooooops! Putin's turn now...
It's Bush's fault!...........
When do the citizens of Washington state rise up and throw off the rule of Christine Gregoire?
I'm cautious optimist. I definitely support the goal of protests to reverse the clearly fraudulent elections, but it's also important to make sure that Islamist radicals do not use the period of transition and uncertainty to wreck the havoc. Islamists are quite active in Central Asia so let's be watchful for that too.
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From Lemon Revolution to Lemonade?
Tech Central Station ^ | 3/24/05 | Ariel Cohen
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1369645/posts
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Can't help noticing a big difference between the effectives of the protestors there and in Florida. It always amazes me in studying revolutions how few people it actually takes to bring down a goverment.
I read the article and found it interesting. Thankyou.
Ping... I wonder how Iranians will view this, another country in the Central Asian bloc succeeding in the revolution for Democracy.
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