June 2, 2005: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Seattle Post Intelligencer: U.S. has word of potential terrorist attacks in Uzbekistan, possibly against U.S. interests
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June 2, 2005: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Seattle Post Intelligencer: U.S. has word of potential terrorist attacks in Uzbekistan, possibly against U.S. interests
U.S. has word of potential terrorist attacks in Uzbekistan, possibly against U.S. interests
U.S. has word of potential terrorist attacks in Uzbekistan, possibly against U.S. interests
U.S. issues Uzbekistan travel warning
Caption: Uzbekistan on June 2 2005 rejected fresh Western pressure over violence last month in which many civilians were reported killed, telling NATO and the rest of the world it saw no grounds for an international inquiry. NATO Secretary-General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer on June 2 condemned reported use of excessive force by Uzbek troops in the eastern town of Andizhan and NATO parliamentarians urged member states to halt support for the Uzbek armed forces unless a probe was conducted. Residents walk past vehicles burnt during the unrest in the eastern Uzbek town of Andizhan. File photo taken May 13, 2005. Photo by Staff/Reuters
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has word of potential terrorist attacks in Uzbekistan, possibly against U.S. interests, and gave permission on Thursday for some workers at the American Embassy and family members to leave the country.
The State Department also warned U.S. citizens to put off all but essential travel to Uzbekistan.
The U.S. "has received information that terrorist groups are planning attacks, possibly against U.S. interests, in Uzbekistan in the very near future," the State Department said. The statement also suggested that Americans consider leaving the central Asian country.
Violence that the authoritarian government of President Islam Karimov blames on Muslim extremists has roiled the former Soviet republic since 2004. It came to a head this year when militants stormed a jail, released prisoners and became embroiled in battle with government security personnel.
The State Department statement named the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, al-Qaida, the Islamic Jihad Union and the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement as among the groups active in the region.
"These groups have expressed anti-U.S. sentiments and may also attempt to target U.S. government or private interests in Uzbekistan," the travel warning said.
Tactics of the groups have included kidnapping, assassination and suicide bombing, the statement said.
In 2004 suicide bombers struck three times in Tashkent, once outside the U.S. Embassy.
After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Karimov opened military bases to U.S. troops and aircraft for use in neighboring Afghanistan against al-Qaida fighters and the ruling Taliban militia harboring them.
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Story Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
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