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When People Power Is a Problem - Washington Wary of Uzbekistan's Uprising
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 17, 2005 07:43pm |
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| Category | Opinion |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 17, 2005 01:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Not all rebellions against tyranny are created equal, it seems.
When the people of Ukraine took to the streets to overturn a rigged election, U.S. officials hailed the Orange Revolution.
When the Lebanese public rose up against Syrian occupation, a U.S. State Department official dubbed the movement the Cedar Revolution.
But when popular protests in the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan were violently crushed over the weekend by the government of President Islam Karimov, the Bush White House responded not with a media-genic brand name but with a mild statement urging both sides to show restraint.
Karimov gets special treatment from Washington, the editors of the Glasgow daily charged, because he allows the U.S. military to use the Karshi-Khanabad airbase in the war on terrorism. |
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