[elcid1970]

I was deployed to Uzbekistan. The people seemed OK, were secular in their lifestyle, and abhorred Afghanistan for its extreme version of Islam.

An Uzbek girl said to me, “We’re Muslims, but we’re not jerks about it!” She told me about IMU and Hizb-ut-Tahrir.

Later that month IMU terrorists struck in Tashkent, but managed to get nobody but themselves killed.

[Cindy]

Thank you for your service there in Uzbekistan.

Re Tashkent:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2328370/posts