Islam Karimov: Uzbek president's death confirmed

BBC ^ | September 2, 2016 | BBC

[Chad_the_Impaler]

The Uzbek government has confirmed the death of President Islam Karimov, six days after he was taken to hospital with a suspected brain haemorrhage.

One of Asia's most authoritarian leaders, Mr Karimov, 78, died after 27 years in power.

[Vermont Lt]

Did his brain hemorrhage with help, or did it happen all on its own?

[ClearCase_guy]

I was expecting him to outlive Hillary.

[sagar]

Expect the Central Asian moderate Muslims to find new identity under Islam(ISIS) as their secular dear leader is dead.

[henkster]

I cannot read any article about Uzbekistan without thinking of Borat.

[Cowboy Bob]

He’s from Kazakhstan. A difference without a distinction

[Truth29]

I wonder if this another country that will now dissolve into chaos with the ISIS type Islamists trying to take over.

[lee martell]

And still, Fidel Castro and Mugabe remains effectively ‘at the helm’.

[henkster]

But he hated the Uzbeks. Best scene in the movie was when they drove past the Uzbek embassy.

I have the same reaction when I drive by the White Sox ballpark in Chicago.

[butlerweave]

Will the Uzbeks Revolt ?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Is he the guy whose picture was used in the Borat movie?

[NonValueAdded]

what caliber?

[shotgun]

Was he a “friend” of the Clintons?

[Delta 21]

Arkancide has global reach.

[Chad_the_Impaler]

The joke is that Borat discovers the rival Uzbekistan embassy in Washington DC, and puts up his middle finger.

[lee martell]

P.S., There is a rumor circulating for the last 24 hours saying Mugabe has died. We shall see. If you see Civil Unrest like what’s going on in Venezuela, it may be true.
His hangers on will do anything to hold onto their ill-gotten power.

[blam]

"Uzbekistan under the Karimov government classifies as a hard authoritarian regime with little to no civil society promotion. The state's primary legitimacy claims are anti-Islamism and ethnic identity"

Will Islam overtake Uzbek now?

[Chad_the_Impaler]

I think that was Nazarbayev, who is now the sole remaining Soviet leader.

[Red Badger]

[MarchonDC09122009]

As Old guard leaders disappear, that makes it easier for a emerging new world order to take power.

Conservatives, and others who are vocal about the way things used to (liberty), are the final threat to TPTB plans.

RE: “I think that was Nazarbayev, who is now the sole remaining Soviet leader.”