Surely Blair Can't Go On Backing This Monster Who Boils His Enemies Alive ; As Violence Erupts in Uzbekistan, a Warning From Envoy Fired by Pm

Mail on SundayMay 15, 2005

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TODAY the world looks on in horror as hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators in the Uzbek city of Andizhan pay with their lives the price of Western support for the evil Uzbek dictator, Islam Karimov. George Bush and Tony Blair are both culpable in these deaths. They have supported Karimov and obstructed the growth of democratic opposition in the country.

The cruel Uzbek regime has attempted to portray the dissidents as Islamic militants. The White House has been keen to parrot this, saying the demonstrators include 'Islamic terrorists'. This is how the Americans justify continued support to their favourite dictator, and a regime that has been known to boil opponents alive.

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Surely Blair Can't Go On Backing This Monster Who Boils His Enemies Alive ; As Violence Erupts in Uzbekistan, a Warning From Envoy Fired by Pm

But the charge is simply a lie.

Those demonstrators are not Islamic militants. They simply want freedom, democracy and, above all, a chance to make a living away from the continued Soviet economic system of Uzbekistan.

I know this because I know them. A year ago...

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