Tuesday, June 14, 2005

U.S. Opposed Calls at NATO for Probe of Uzbek Killings

What's going on here? Why are the U.S. and Russia shielding a dictator who boils his political opponents alive and shoots unarmed protesters? Isn't that incompatible with the national goal, as our president laid it out: to end tyranny in our world?

U.S. Opposed Calls at NATO for Probe of Uzbek Killings: "Defense officials from Russia and the United States last week helped block a new demand for an international probe into the Uzbekistan government's shooting of hundreds of protesters last month, according to U.S. and diplomatic officials."