Difference between revisions of "Uzbekistan"
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| + | '''Uzbekistan''' is a doubly landlocked [[nation state]] in [[Central Asia]]. | ||
| + | =="Terror"== | ||
| + | [[Craig Murray]], UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan was so concerned about the support (military, financial and political) that UK and [[NATO]] countries were "giving the appallingly repressive Uzbek regime" that he blew the whistle on UK support for torture in the country. He writes: "I felt so strongly about this I was prepared to give up my career for it, and in Murder in Samarkand (Dirty Diplomacy in the USA) I published a 440 page account of how our policy was fundamentally wrong." | ||
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| + | In 2017, he remarked about ''[[Newsweek]]'''s blaming Uzbekistan for "terrorism" that "it is '''because''' of the Uzbek regime’s mutual cooperation with the USA in the [[War on Terror]], and the use of that pretext by the dictatorship, aided and abetted by the [[CIA]], to ramp up repression, that Uzbek terrorism is occurring."<ref>https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2017/11/blowback-manhattan-terror-attack/</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 12:20, 3 November 2017
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| Capital city | Tashkent |
| Location | Asia |
| Type |  nation state |
| Interest of | CENTCOM |
| Member of | UN |
Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked nation state in Central Asia.
"Terror"
Craig Murray, UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan was so concerned about the support (military, financial and political) that UK and NATO countries were "giving the appallingly repressive Uzbek regime" that he blew the whistle on UK support for torture in the country. He writes: "I felt so strongly about this I was prepared to give up my career for it, and in Murder in Samarkand (Dirty Diplomacy in the USA) I published a 440 page account of how our policy was fundamentally wrong."
In 2017, he remarked about Newsweek's blaming Uzbekistan for "terrorism" that "it is because of the Uzbek regime’s mutual cooperation with the USA in the War on Terror, and the use of that pretext by the dictatorship, aided and abetted by the CIA, to ramp up repression, that Uzbek terrorism is occurring."[1]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Obama to Aid Uzbek Dictatorship | webpage | 9 November 2011 | Stephen Zunes |
