User:KazakhPol/Projects/Terrorism in Uzbekistan


 * Terrorism in Uzbekistan-related links
 * Uzbekistan: Effect Of Tashkent Explosions Still Felt Two Years Later
 * Uzbekistan: Dissident Imam Reaches Safety After Eight Years In Hiding
 * Uzbek Court Jails Three Hizb ut-Tahrir Members
 * Eight Uzbeks Jailed For Illegal Religious Activity
 * Central Asia: Hizb Ut-Tahrir’s Calls For Islamic State Find Support **Kyrgyzstan: Imam Extends Welcome To Hizb Ut-Tahrir
 * Uzbekistan: Ties With Kyrgyzstan Worsen Amid 'Terror' Accusations
 * Russian general for joint CIS fight against terror, crime, drugs
 * Uzbekistan rejects U.S. charge of religious intolerance
 * Uncertainty Dogs Andijan Refugees
 * Uzbekistan's Senate Approves Draft Amnesty Bill
 * Uzbek Court Hands Hizb Ut-Tahrir Member 10-Year Term

''In the Namangan region, on 30 December 1997, a series of killings occurred in which several policemen were killed. Soon after this incident, President Islam Karimov adopted a plan to fight against “organized crime.” On 16 February a powerful bomb explosion occurred in Tashkent, killing 15 people and injuring 100 others. Zakir Almatov, head of Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs declared that it was “terrorism perpetrated by religious extremists.” At 11:55 A.M., a car bomb exploded as a result of a police shoot-out with one of the assailants. The first blast ignited the second and within an hour or so, there were a series of explosions in other central areas of Tashkent, in front of Internal Affairs Ministry building. President Karimov announced that it was carried out by Hezbollah, but later said that most of those arrested in connection with the incident had undergone training in Chechnya, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. He also said they all belonged to various terrorist religious extremist groups. Later, a report by the Russian Republic TV sad that the attack in Tashkent was originally aimed at President Karimov who reached on the spot within minutes after the blast occurred. The investigators suspected that it was a provocation by religious extremists. It was also underlined that the terrorist acts were thoroughly prepared and not without help from abroad.''