Western Aid Played Key Role in Kyrgyzstan 'Revolution'

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West plays key role in Kyrgyzstan
 
By Craig S. Smith The New York Times

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Pro-democracy aid led way for activists
 
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan Shortly before Kyrgyzstan's recent parliamentary elections, an opposition newspaper ran photographs of a palatial home under construction for the country's deeply unpopular president, Askar Akayev, helping set off widespread outrage and a popular revolt in this poor Central Asian country. The newspaper was the recipient of United States government grants and was printed on an American government-financed printing press operated by Freedom House, an American organization that describes itself as "a clear voice for democracy and freedom around the world."

Western-financed programs to develop democracy and civil society in this country played a key role in preparing the ground for the popular uprising that swept opposition politicians to power. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, this economically crippled country quickly became an aid magnet, with the highest per-capita foreign assistance level of any Central Asian nation. Among the hundreds of millions of dollars that arrived came a large slice focused on building up civil society and democratic institutions.

Most of that money came from the United States, which maintains the largest bilateral pro-democracy program in Kyrgyzstan because of the Freedom Support Act, passed by Congress in 1992 to help the former Soviet republics in their economic and democratic transitions. The money earmarked for democracy programs in Kyrgyzstan totaled about $12 million last year. Hundreds of thousands more filters into pro-democracy programs in the country from other United States government-financed institutions such as the National Endowment for Democracy. That does not include the money for the Freedom House printing press or Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Kyrgyz-language service.

American money helps finance dozens of civil society centers around the country where activists and ordinary citizens can go to meet, receive training, read independent newspapers, and even watch CNN or surf the Internet in some. The National Democratic Institute alone operates 20 centers that provide news summaries in Russian, Kyrgyz and Uzbek.

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1. CIA has been busy

There were reports that the US was intimately involved in planning and organizing the "revolution" in Ukraine. Clearly Lebanon was being manipulated by the west as well. The war against the world continues in different form. Right now they can't go bomb everyone, but they can destabilize countries for US imperial gain. Look out South America!

An interesting article on US list of unstable countries: http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/03290004aaa00d24.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=FRONTPAG&Type=News&Filter=Front%20Page

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1352310

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2. No shit. nt