From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 13:44:19 EST
UZBEKISTAN ANTICIPATES NEW ISLAMIST INCURSIONS
Recently appointed Uzbek Defense Minister Kodir Gulomov told
journalists in Tashkent on 10 November said he cannot exclude
the possibility of a new incursion into Uzbekistan by IMU
fighters, although it is impossible to predict when such an
attack might take place, Interfax reported. Gulomov noted
that stretches of the Uzbek-Tajik border that are difficult
to control are mined and that although Tashkent has
repeatedly informed Dushanbe of the whereabouts of those
minefields, Tajik civilians continue to fall victim to them. LF
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