April 15, 2005: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Online Journal: [Update 4/15/2005 1850 EST] Journalist Simon James says: The 63 Peace Corps volunteers who came in January have had their visas cancelled and it looks like the corps' days here are numbered. The Peace Corps Press Office informs us that they have not heard anything about this story being true.
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April 15, 2005: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Online Journal: [Update 4/15/2005 1850 EST] Journalist Simon James says: The 63 Peace Corps volunteers who came in January have had their visas cancelled and it looks like the corps' days here are numbered. The Peace Corps Press Office informs us that they have not heard anything about this story being true.
[Update 4/15/2005 1850 EST] Journalist Simon James says: The 63 Peace Corps volunteers who came in January have had their visas cancelled and it looks like the corps' days here are numbered. The Peace Corps Press Office informs us that they have not heard anything about this story being true.
[Update 4/15/2005 1850 EST] Journalist Simon James says: The 63 Peace Corps volunteers who came in January have had their visas cancelled and it looks like the corps' days here are numbered. The Peace Corps Press Office informs us that they have not heard anything about this story being true.
Unrest in Central Asia: Freedom's shining hour?
Jennifer Borgen of the Peace Corps Press Office has informed us that the Peace Corps has not heard anything about this story being true. They have seen the story on the internet but they have no confirmation or knowledge that it is true. We sent an email earlier today to Simon Jones, the journalist who wrote the original story, asking him to provide more information or backup for his story and we have not received a reply from him at the time of this posting. We will continue to monitor the story and report the latest updates. For now this story is an unconfirmed report which may or may not have any basis in fact. - PCOL 4/15/2005 - 1850 EST
By Simon Jones
Online Journal Contributing Writer
April 15, 2005—March 24 saw the storming of Bishkek's 'Winter Palace' inaugurating what oppositionists there have called the 'tulip' revolution. This is a nod to Georgia's rose and Ukraine's orange revolutions, which saw the ouster of admittedly corrupt authoritarian regimes (Kuchma's chosen successor Yanukovitch and Georgia's Shevardnadze).
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View from Uzbekistan
The latest bit of news here is that when Saakashvili's folks were strutting around Bishkek, Sheverdnadze made a clandestine trip to Uz and told Karimov not to trust the USA at all.
As if Karimov needed any advice—he closed the Soros Fund and the American Institute of Democratic Freedoms over a year ago, Internews six months later, and accreditation for foreigners must go through the Ministry of 'justice' and requires one to swear not to be involved in politics.
The 63 (yes!) Peace Corps volunteers who came in January have had their visas cancelled and it looks like the corps' days here are numbered.
Human Rights Watch (the best of the lot by a long way) has been given notice and the Republican Institute's activities suspended. Let's see how long the National Democratic Institute of International Affairs lasts.
And who knows what other 'NGOs' there are that need discreditation.
A local Uzbek with his head on his shoulders explained that the US has two plans underway here: either to keep puppet leaders in place, but if that doesn't work, to allow the whole region to descend into civil war (religious, clan . . . ) which will be a serious drain on Russia (unrest plus increased drug smuggling) and a way to destabilize Xinjiang, seeing as China is the growing power.
Despite the US bases here, Central Asia is really not that important strategically. Not good news for poor Uz!
Simon Jones is a freelance North American journalist living in Uzbekistan. Contact him at sj958@yahoo.com.
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