News Digest
SEVERAL REPORTED INJURED IN EXCHANGE OF FIRE IN SOUTH OSSETIA
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Two Georgian peacekeepers and several Ossetians were injured on 8 July in an exchange of fire near Tskhinvali, capital of the unrecognized Republic of South Ossetia. Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania told journalists in Tbilisi that the Ossetiansattacked the peacekeepers\' post and abducted one of them. Zhvania told foreign ambassadors in Tbilisi on 8 July that Georgia \"must do everything possible\" to avoid bloodshed.GEORGIAN POST ATTACKED IN SOUTH OSSETIA - GEORGIAN PRIME MINISTER
By empty (7/8/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The situation in South Ossetia is becoming increasingly worse, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania told foreign ambassadors in Tbilisi on Thursday. \"Our post between the villages of Tamarasheni and Kurta in South Ossetia has been attacked,\" he said. \"We are closely watching the developments and doing our best to prevent an armed clash,\" he said.ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF UZBEKISTAN POSSIBLY INVOLVED IN ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ACTS
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The Kyrgyz National Security Service believes that militants from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan might have been involved in attempted terrorist attacks on the anti- terrorist coalition base in the Bishkek airport, Service Chairman Kalyk Imankulov said on Thursday. \"The National Security Service believes that the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan might have been involved in attempts to commit terrorist attacks at the Gansi airbase at Manas International Airport near Bishkek,\" he said. Former airbase commander Steven Kelly said recently that Kyrgyzstan and the airbase security service had prevented no less than three terrorist attacks.ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF UZBEKISTAN POSSIBLY INVOLVED IN ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ACTS
By empty (7/8/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The Kyrgyz National Security Service believes that militants from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan might have been involved in attempted terrorist attacks on the anti- terrorist coalition base in the Bishkek airport, Service Chairman Kalyk Imankulov said on Thursday. \"The National Security Service believes that the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan might have been involved in attempts to commit terrorist attacks at the Gansi airbase at Manas International Airport near Bishkek,\" he said. Former airbase commander Steven Kelly said recently that Kyrgyzstan and the airbase security service had prevented no less than three terrorist attacks.Visit also
Staff Publications
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, Greater Central Asia as A Component of U.S. Global Strategy, October 2024.
Analysis Laura Linderman, "Rising Stakes in Tbilisi as Elections Approach," Civil Georgia, September 7, 2024.
Analysis Mamuka Tsereteli, "U.S. Black Sea Strategy: The Georgian Connection", CEPA, February 9, 2024.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell, ed., Türkiye's Return to Central Asia and the Caucasus, July 2024.
Book Svante E. Cornell, ed., "The Changing Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus" AFPC Press/Armin LEar, 2023.
Silk Road Paper Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr, Stepping up to the “Agency Challenge”: Central Asian Diplomacy in a Time of Troubles, July 2023.
Silk Road Paper S. Frederick Starr, U.S. Policy in Central Asia through Central Asian Eyes, May 2023.