An Uzbek police officer in front of a mosque (Reuters) More Uzbek jihad. From AP: A woman blew herself up in Uzbekistan’s central Bukhara region Thursday, killing a man and critically injuring herself, police said. The blast occurred around 4 p.m. at a two-story apartment building, and police were investigating at the scene, said a […]
The growth of radical Islam in Central Asia
Background on the jihad in Uzbekistan, from Asia Times. Note that the jihadis were from middle-class families: Recent reports Prior to the recent terror attacks in Uzbekistan which claimed at least 19 lives, a spate of reports from the region shows ongoing Islamist activity and law-enforcement efforts to contain it. One report details the state […]
More jihad in Uzbekistan
Tashkent checkpoint (AP) More Uzbek jihad. From AP: An explosion ripped through a district of the Uzbek capital Wednesday evening and caused casualties, according to a report, apparently the latest incident in a wave of terrorist-related violence that has gripped the city. Interfax news agency reported the blast hit the Sabir-Rakhimovski district, which is in […]
Uzbekistan Update
March 29 Terrorist Attacks (REUTERS) Reuters has an update on the situation in Uzbekistan (complete with quotes around the word “terrorist”, but that is just part of their “objective” “journalistic” “style”). TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (Reuters) – At least 19 people were killed in a series of explosions and shoot-outs in Uzbekistan in “terrorist” actions aimed at […]
Jihad in Uzbekistan
Islam Karimov (Vestnik.com) That is, jihad in an Uzbeki market. From AP, : An explosion has ripped through the Uzbek capital Tashkent, killing at least two people, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. The Uzbek Foreign Ministry has blamed terrorists. Ministry spokesman Ilkhom Zakirov said that there were “several terrorist acts,” arrests had been made and […]