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By Michael Dillon (4/23/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: On Thursday, March 27, a long distance passenger bus owned by a travel company from Xinjiang was attacked 60 km outside the town of Kochkorka in the Naryn region of eastern Kyrgyzstan on the road from Bishkek to Torugart. The bus, which was carrying 17 passengers and at least two drivers, was travelling to Kashgar to collect goods for resale in Kyrgyzstan and the passengers were carrying large amounts of cash. The vehicle was discovered by a passing hunter 500 metres off the road in a meadow by the side of a river, and the authorities initially reported the incident as a traffic accident, serious but hardly unusual in a border region where large numbers of often unroadworthy vehicles are driven for long distances across difficult terrain.
Wednesday, 23 April 2003

GEORGIA SETS ITS SIGHTS ON NATO

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By Eric A. Miller (4/23/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: Through its strong backing of U.S. efforts to oust Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Georgia has solidified its image as Washington’s chief strategic partner in the Caucasus.
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By William D. O’Malley & Roger N. McDermott (4/23/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: Since the U.S. deployment into Kyrgyzstan’s only international airport at Manas in 2001 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the choice of location for the CRDF airbase was limited to a series of less capable regional or military airfields.
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By Claude Zullo (4/23/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)

BACKGROUND: During the past year, NGOs have been a target of the international war on terrorism in Azerbaijan and Georgian because of the watchdog role they play in these fledgling democracies. In 2001, during a series of high-profile court hearings in Azerbaijan over one environmental NGO’s attempt to register, the Chief of the State Registration Department of the Ministry of Justice, Fazil Mamedov, noted that all NGO applications would be checked for possible connections with international terrorist organizations. In April 2002, Georgian President Shevardnadze argued in a speech that international terrorists might be supporting Georgian NGOs.

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