Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- [Attention Kenneth Roth: The assailants seem like just the sort you consistently defend from Macedonia to Kyrgystan, and from Kosovo to Uzbekistan - if in fact they're not already your clients. Better get with it fast or Uncle George and Uncle Colin may cut off the checks for your laptops, office space, Mercedes, fax machines and so forth here and abroad.] Tajikistan's Culture Minister Rakhimov Shot Dead, Agency Says By Kenneth Wong Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Tajikistan's Culture Minister Abdurakhim Rakhimov was shot dead by unidentified assailants, the Agence France Presse reported, citing interior ministry officials the agency didn't name. Rakhimov, 49, was hit by five bullets as he was leaving his house in the capital city Dushanbe before he died, the news agency said, citing the police. Tajikistan's politics have been marred by violence since its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. President Emomali Rakhmonov has been attracting Islamic leaders to the government over the past three years as part of the 1997 settlement of a five-year civil war between his supporters and opposition groups. Deputy Security Minister Shamsullo Dzhabirov, who was shot dead in February 2000, was among several state officials killed since independence. In April, Deputy Interior Minister Khabib Sanginov was shot dead by unidentified gunmen. Militants aren't the only cause of instability in Tajikistan. Fighting between criminal gangs in Dushanbe for control of the narcotics trade is also destabilizing the country. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
