Back Towards The Locus

The invaluable Craig Murray points us to more evidence of Karimov’s crimes and the US and UK’s complicity in them.

Ikrom Yakubov, a former Major in Uzbekistan’s National Security Service, has accused the US of sending CIA agents into Uzbek torture chambers to observe the abuse of prisoners.

“The man introduced himself to me as Andrew,” said Yakubov. “We drove some 15 kilometres from Tashkent to the town of Chirchik, where the SNB has a secret detention centre located underground. We entered the jail and there was an SNB officer torturing a man. Andrew and I watched for about 10 minutes. We were both present while this man was being beaten around the neck with a stick.

“The victim had been captured by the Americans in Afghanistan and taken to Uzbekistan for interrogation by the SNB. He was supposed to be an Islamist. Andrew then went into the administration room and came out 20 minutes later with a bag full of papers.”

It is important to remember the US’s support for Karimov, as it shows their ‘worries’ regarding Iran and Cuba to be nothing but disingenuous concern trolling.