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  • Central Asia: Is Islamic Movement Of Uzbekistan Really Back?

    02/02/2006 7:42:55 PM PST · by Straight Vermonter · 5 replies · 501+ views
    Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty ^ | 2/2/06 | Gulnoza Saidazimova
    Authorities in Central Asia suggest that an outlawed group responsible for terrorist attacks in the past poses a renewed threat in the region. The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) was thought to have been largely destroyed in the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan. But officials in Tajikistan have blamed several recent incidents on the IMU, and they say the group has been increasingly active since an uprising was suppressed in neighboring Uzbekistan eight months ago. The most recent mention by Tajik officials came on 27 January from Abdugaffor Qalandarov, the chief prosecutor in Tajikistan's northern Soghd Province. Qalandarov was speaking...
  • Nepotism in Central Asia

    10/28/2003 5:37:13 PM PST · by rmlew · 6 replies · 610+ views
    The New York Times ^ | October 27, 2003 | NY Times
    O n Oct. 15, Ilham Aliyev, businessman, playboy and novice politician, received a nice gift from his father — the country of Azerbaijan. Heydar Aliyev had ruled Azerbaijan almost continuously for 34 years, first as an agent of the Soviet Politburo and then as an autocrat in his own right. When he became too ill to continue, he anointed his son to run for president in his place. Ilham Aliyev ran a rigged campaign, using all the powers of the state, and then celebrated his victory by arresting most of the opposition. To conclude this nasty exercise in dynasty building,...