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THE BUSH MIRAGE AND UZBEKISTAN
Contributed by
Steeleyes
on
Friday, 13th May 2005 @ 09:18:35 AM in AEST
Topic:
war
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Look at Uzbekistan
Tell me the simple rule
The one that solves it all
Who believes that is a fool
O//
The world was never going to be easy
Complications always arise
It’s a hard time for the simple-minded
As jaws drop in surprise
If only it was easy
Susceptible to simple sound byte
It’s NEVER going to be that easy
To get all this just right
It’s going to take the long-sighted
To get a real good grip on this
A simple knee-jerk reaction
Is always going to miss
Starting a war is simple
But ending one is hard
It’s going to take more than war
To play the winning card
O//
Look at Uzbekistan
Tell me the simple rule
The one that solves it all
Who believes that is a fool
O//
As we throw a bunch of pebbles
Into a waiting pond
Remember there is no rewind
No curing magic wand
This world has contradictions
And will reveal the naïve hand
No matter the political slogans
Upon which he may stand
Reality will always find a way
To upset inept plans
In the pursuit not of mind but muscle
Of braindead political clans
Constantly there is the danger
Of the simplistic point of view
Which says it’s clear and easy
When it really is not true
O//
Look at Uzbekistan
Tell me the simple rule
The one that solves it all
Who believes that is a fool
O//
What lies behind Uzbek protests?
By Jenny Norton
BBC, Tashkent Friday, 13 May, 2005, 10:24 GMT 11:24 UK
Most of the protesters who have crowded into Andijan's central square today are local people - men and women, old people and even some young children.
They have come to call for an end to the poverty and injustice which they say have become a part of their daily lives.
Unemployment is very high in eastern Uzbekistan and many young people feel they no longer have a future in the area.
Andijan has been particularly hard hit by the Uzbek government's continuing crackdown against Islamic groups.
Hundreds of young men have been arrested, and it is common to meet people in the city who have husbands, brothers and fathers in jail.
Many men who have been released from prison complain of being mistreated.
They say vicious beatings are commonplace. All this has added to a growing sense of anger.
Some of the people leading Friday's demonstration in Andijan were set free when armed men stormed the town's prison in the early hours of the morning.
They include a number of prominent local businessmen who have been standing trial accused of belonging to an Islamic extremist group.
Their supporters have been involved in a peaceful protest which has been going on outside an Andijan court for the past four months.
At this stage the identity of the gunmen who stormed the prison is not known, and it is not clear what, if any, connection they have to the people organising the demonstration.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4543847.stm
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Re: THE BUSH MIRAGE AND UZBEKISTAN
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by BEE on
Thursday, 4th May 2006 @ 01:03:05 AM AEST
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VERY STONG POEM I LIKE
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