From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Wed May 07 2008 - 14:04:23 EDT
KAZAKH SOLDIERS HOSPITALIZED FOR FOOD POISONING
A group of over five dozen Kazakh soldiers were stricken on May 5 with
food poisoning after eating contaminated food in a military mess hall in
Astana, Interfax-Kazakhstan reported. According to an official of the
Emergency Situations Ministry, the 67 servicemen were under close
medical supervision but were reported to be in satisfactory condition.
The exact cause of the food poisoning is still being investigated,
although initial reports said that some food stocks were improperly
stored at the military facility, resulting in spoiling. Kazakh President
Nursultan Nazarbaev visited the same military base in Astana on May 6 in
an unrelated inspection of new weapons systems, "Kazakhstan Today"
reported. The president, along with the visiting Azerbaijani and Kyrgyz
defense ministers, Colonel General Safar Abiyev and Ismail Isakov,
respectively, attended a demonstration of the Kazakh Army's recently
modernized equipment, including T-72B tanks, armored personnel vehicles,
and the Aybat, Nayza, and Semser artillery systems. Nazarbaev also
inspected the newly introduced computerized logistical and
personnel-management system. Military attaches representing some 20
countries also attended the demonstration as observers. RG
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