Posted on 08/17/2005 2:22:48 PM PDT by Racehorse
Instability in Afghanistan and growing activity by terrorist organizations complicate the situation in Central Asia, the chief of the CIS anti-terrorist center, Colonel-General Boris Mylnikov has said.
He was speaking at the opening of an anti-terrorist command staff exercise in the Caspian.
“The Afghan society is on the brink of another civil war and this may have adverse effects on the situation in the whole region of Central Asia,” Mylnikov said.
He recalled that secret services back in 2002 warned that the leaders of Al-Qaeda and Taliban had regrouped their forces with the aim to destabilize situations in Central Asian countries. In their efforts they have extensively used the terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned in many countries.
“Last May’s unrest in the Uzbek city of Andijan was a confirmation of this. As it has been established, Hizb ut-Tahrir militants participated in violence there that claimed 176 lives,” the chief of the CIS anti-terrorist center said.
Taking part in the anti-terrorist exercise in the Caspian are the chiefs of anti-terrorist units and secret services from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as officials from the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the CIS anti-aircraft defense allied command.
Officials from the Iranian Security Ministry attend the exercise in the capacity of observers for the first time.
I doubt that many Afghans want the return of the Taliban.
They hated them.
And he wrote this in 1846, right? (In other words, what's NEW?)
Taking part in the anti-terrorist exercise in the Caspian are the chiefs of anti-terrorist units and secret services from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as officials from the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the CIS anti-aircraft defense allied command.
Officials from the Iranian Security Ministry attend the exercise in the capacity of observers for the first time.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization's main driving force is China. The China-Russian Pacific rim military exercises now underway include the five SCO members plus observers from Iran (who wants to be a member), Pakistan and India.
Oy!
Russian philosophy must be "it takes a terrorist to catch a terrorist"
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