Quote ... unquote."The main threat in Central Asia is the growth of Salafi Islam, which preaches total rejection of modernly, of culture, and the arts." Olivier Roy Olivier Roy (born 1949) is a research director at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and a lecturer for both the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP). , Research Director for Humanities and Social Studies at the National Centre for Scientific Research in Parisa "When the destiny of a state is determined by the few, themselves from a minority of the population, there is little incentive for the many to follow their lead." Charles Tripp, writing about Iraq in BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. History, December 2002 "Central Asia and the Caucasus might well represent the last frontier of the wild east. In the modern version of the Great Game we are seeing a struggle for control of the vast richness oil and gas, gold, uranium, and other valuable minerals but we are also seeing two regions struggle to come to terms with history, culture, religion, newly found independence, democrat, pluralism, and market-based economies. No easy task." Department of Foreign Affairs foreign affairs pl.n. Affairs concerning international relations and national interests in foreign countries. and International Trade, 2001 "We have no opinion on your Arab-Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait. Secretary (of State James) Baker has directed me to emphasize the instruction, first given to Iraq in the 1960s, that the Kuwait issue is not associated with America." U.S. Ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie--transcription of a conversation with Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (born April 28, 1937, Tikrit, Iraq—died Dec. 30, 2006, Baghdad) President of Iraq (1979–2003). He joined the Ba'th Party in 1957. Following participation in a failed attempt to assassinate Iraqi Pres. on 25 July 1990, eight days before his invasion of Kuwait The Invasion of Kuwait, also known as the Iraq-Kuwait War, was a major conflict between the Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait which resulted in the 7 month long Iraqi occupation of Kuwait[4] "Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if Iraq were similar to Afghanistan--if a bad regime was thrown out, people were liberated, food could come in, borders could be opened, repression could stop, prisons could be opened? I mean it would be fabulous." U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at a 2002 Pentagon briefing "[The five former Soviet Asian Republics are] almost certain to become the new global battleground." Ahmed Rashid Ahmed Rashid (b. 1948 in Rawalpindi) is a Pakistani journalist and best-selling author. Rashid attended Malvern College, England, Government College Lahore, and Cambridge University. , author of Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia Islam is the most widely practiced religion in Central Asia. The Hanafi school of thought is the most popular.[1] History The Battle of Talas in 751 between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Chinese Tang Dynasty for control of Central Asia was the turning point , 2002 If we can judge from past wars, the effects we can't imagine when the fighting begins will prove to be the ones that matter most." James Fallows, The Atlantic Monthly, 2002 |
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