NN the next Saddam

[pynchonoid]

<http://www.thememoryhole.org/pol/us-and-uz.htm>

"Independent human rights groups estimate that there
are more than 600 politically motivated arrests a year
in Uzbekistan, and 6,500 political prisoners, some
tortured to death. According to a forensic report
commissioned by the British embassy, in August two
prisoners were even boiled to death. 

The US condemned this repression for many years. But
since September 11 rewrote America's strategic
interests in central Asia, the government of President
Islam Karimov has become Washington's new best friend
in the region. [...] 


continues:
<http://www.thememoryhole.org/pol/us-and-uz.htm>

see also:
<http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=usa&q=Karimov&btnG=Search+News>


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