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[BREAKING NEWS]Govt. Seat in Kyrgyzstan stormed

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  • 24-03-2005 12:15pm
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    bonkey
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    Just on CNN at the mo....opposition demonstrators have stormed the seat of govt. in Kyrgyzstan.

    There were clashes with riot police earlier.

    No word from the Pres. for the last few hours.

    Anyone know anything more?


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    A Dub in Glasgo
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    Kyrgyzstan... for all those (like me) who just could not place it on the map :D


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    Frank Grimes
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    bonkey wrote:
    Anyone know anything more?
    BBC have something about it, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4378029.stm
    This has been going on for weeks now over there, last major thing that happened was the opposition basically took control in a city in the south (Osh) the other day.
    It was looking like the government wanted to negotiate with them but that was running into problems because (apparently) there's no one opposition leader for them to deal with.
    I'd imagine a leaderless/fractured opposition taking control could be a huge problem, hopefully it'll work out for them.
    Pity certain other countries haven't been standing up for these people's democratic ambitions as in certain other (more strategic) locations.


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    Frank Grimes
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    Looks like the government there has been ousted:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4379441.stm


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    ionapaul
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    Latest reports state that Akayev has fled to Russia and his family has been flown out of the country. Opposition supporters have been wearing yellow scarves, headbands, in imitation of the Ukranian opposition. It really seems as though the Ukranians have been inspirational in this - reminds me a little (just a little) of the tumultuous times during the revolution of 1989, when the rest of Eastern Europe looked to the Poles.


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    Sand
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    I'd imagine a leaderless/fractured opposition taking control could be a huge problem, hopefully it'll work out for them.
    Pity certain other countries haven't been standing up for these people's democratic ambitions as in certain other (more strategic) locations.

    Youve answered your own challenge. Who are the opposition, who represents and speaks for them? Whats the policies? We know they are against the former (?) regime but what are they for? For all the world knows they could support throwing jews down disused mine shafts. A potential leadership candidate is an ex KGB-lite veteran. Im not encouraged by that.


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    AmenToThat
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    Apparently the southern part of the country is muslim a section of which is redicalized and provided fighters of Al Qaida and the Taliban, how true any of th is Im not sure however but it does have a sizeable muslim population.


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    dathi1
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    It should also be interesting to see what effect if any it will have on G Bush's favourite dictator in Uzbekistan.


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