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To: Selectric II who wrote (48360)	6/5/2004 2:53:39 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) of 89467

NEWS: George W. Bush supports brutal dictators westerncourier.com By Craig Finlay Published: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 It's time for everybody's favorite game show: "Name That Brutal Third World Dictator." I name the human rights abuses - you name the dictator. Ready? OK. The leader of an overwhelmingly Muslim nation in central Asia‚ this dictator installed himself in power through a fixed election‚ something he's repeated twice since‚ receiving over 90 percent of all "votes." This enabled him refer to himself as "President." His secret service thugs routinely arrest‚ detain and torture civilians without charges‚ and arbitrary executions are not uncommon. Freedom of the press and religion are unheard of‚ and independent journalists operate at the risk of their lives. He funds all of these wacky escapades through massive monetary aid from the Bush administration - $500 million last year. Give up? The goon in question is Islam Karimov‚ dictator of Uzbekistan - human rights abuser and darling of the White House. In fall 2001‚ Karimov allowed the construction of U.S. military bases in Uzbekistan for the purpose of fighting the War on Afghanistan War. In return‚ the administration agreed to fund Karimov's dictatorship and look the other way when it came to the suffering of the Uzbek people. And sure enough‚ the State Department's report on religious freedoms in late-2001 omitted any reference to Karimov's repression of Islamic religious groups‚ even though it had condemned these actions in the past. Karimov was president of the Uzbek Republic under the USSR. After the Soviet Union's collapse‚ he installed himself as "president" in a fixed election and amended the constitution several times to permit seemingly endless extensions of his term. Any opposition‚ no matter how small‚ is dealt with swiftly and forcefully. Human Rights Watch estimates there are 6‚000 to 7‚000 people currently detained without charges in Uzbek prisons for "subversion." In Uzbekistan‚ subversion could mean saying you think the press should be freer‚ or you don't like Karimov or going to a mosque. continued....

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