[tired1]

I guess that our policy in Kosovo is coming along nicely.

Just a thought: why not dump our muzzie prisoners there?

[neverdem]

BTTT!

[LjubivojeRadosavljevic]

Times are changing in Kyrgyzstan, a mountainous Central Asian republic that not long ago was a hoped-for springboard for Western-style democracy in the former Soviet Union.

This is the area where a major war will break out.

Remember that you heard this from me first.

[TopQuark]

The Russians did not have to outfox us. Kirghiz leaders simply sensed the weakening of America. A weak friend is of no use when you are in trouble. Wait for more of this. Pushing away Israel does not help. India may be next.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" Then Mr. Abdyldayev became a victim. Three men attacked him with metal pipes as he left his newspaper one evening in March, broke both his arms, his ribs and a leg, and stabbed him 26 times in the buttocks. "

Now we know where the Acorn and Union thugs learn their tactics, from the pros...

[SunkenCiv]

One at a time the government's top critics seemed to go to jail, or simply disappear. Syrgak Abdyldayev, a local journalist, began to investigate whether the attacks had anything to do with a team of Russian-speaking specialists who arrived last year to advise the Kyrgyz government. He published several scathing articles accusing the government of shunting aside its opponents and turning to Moscow for financial support, including one in February that likened Russian aid to "oxygen for a sinking submarine." Then Mr. Abdyldayev became a victim. Three men attacked him with metal pipes as he left his newspaper one evening in March, broke both his arms, his ribs and a leg, and stabbed him 26 times in the buttocks.

Weird coincidence. Probably Israeli settlers. Thanks Ernest.