Uzbekistan's empty promises; U.S. aid there must be linked to respect for human rights.(OPED)

The Washington Times | March 12, 2002 | Copyright

Byline: Tom Malinowsk and Acacia Shields, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Bush is meeting today with the only world leader who honestly can say he has won the war on terrorism. Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov, now making his first visit to the White House, is a lucky man. Before September 11, his regime was threatened by a violent al-Qaeda-affiliated group known as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, or IMU, which raided Uzbek territory from Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban. So Mr. Karimov offered U.S. forces a base to strike at ...

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