https://freerepublic.com/tag/akeyev/ en-us Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:37:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1377752/posts The US is turning on old friends in Europe, writes John Laughland. Before he denounced the "prevailing influence" of the US in the "anti-constitutional coup" that overthrew him, President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan used an interesting phrase to attack those who were stirring up trouble in the drug-ridden Ferghana Valley. A criminal "third force", linked to the drug mafia, was struggling to gain power. Originally a label for covert operatives shoring up apartheid in South Africa before it was adopted by the US-backed "pro-democracy" movement in Iran in November 2001, the third force is also the title of a book... The Guardian via SMH https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1377752/posts#comment Tue, 5 Apr 2005 14:37:04 GMT