http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=5/23/2005&Cat=2&Num=1
Hizb-ut-Tahrir member claims Andijan massacre was staged by Uzbek authorities By Almurad Kasym, Special to the Tehran OSH, Kyrgyzstan -- The recent events in Andijan in eastern Uzbekistan have reverberated throughout the world. Uzbek President Islam Karimov was quick to label the Western mass media as "trustworthy," and others, predominantly the Russian mass media, as the opposite. At a new conference last week in Tashkent, Karimov said he based his statement on the discrepancies in casualty figures cited by these mass media outlets in their reports on the violence in Andijan. Various news agencies and websites are quoting different figures for the number of people killed in the unrest, ranging from 700 to 1500. However, the Uzbek prosecutor general is sticking with the official line, saying that only 169 people were killed. Yet, the differences between Tashkent's official version and the mass media reports pale in comparison to the figure of some 10,000 casualties on May 13 and 14 cited by a member of the banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir party who is based in the divided border town of Kara-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, which is known as Korasuv in Uzbekistan. In an interview in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, Ayyub Mashrabov, 31, backed his allegations with his own and Hizb-ut-Tahrir's "internal sources", adding that Karimov staged the event to realize two objectives: "killing educated Muslims in Uzbek prisons" and "nullifying the idea of establishing a khilafah (caliphate) in Uzbek people's minds". According to Dilyor Jumaboyev, 34, another Hizb-ut-Tahrir activist, "Any man-made law will only harm man himself." Mashrabov has warned the Kyrgyz authorities against doing "what Karimov has done, both throughout his rule and recently in Andijan." Both Hizb-ut-Tahrir members have called on Kyrgyzstan's Muslim and non-Muslim communities to aid the "refugee Uzbek brothers". [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/LLQ_sC/esnJAA/E2hLAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.org *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
