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Anger as US Backs Regime

Human rights concerns as troops put down uprising in Uzbekistan
by Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow and Paul Harris in New York


Heated criticism was growing last night over 'double standards' by Washington over human rights, democracy and 'freedom' as fresh evidence emerged of just how brutally Uzbekistan, a US ally in the 'war on terror', put down Friday's unrest in the east of the country.

Outrage among human rights groups followed claims by the White House on Friday that appeared designed to justify the violence of the regime of President Islam Karimov, claiming - as Karimov has - that 'terrorist groups' may have been involved in the uprising.
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Naja...ansich ziemlich lächerlich zu glauben, die USA würden die Vergrößerung ihrer Einflußsphäre und Macht, der Verbreitung von Demokratie und Freiheit unterordnen. ..wie naiv