Video of the Andijan attacks
By Zeyno Baran
The Uzbek government has finally made available video recorded by members of Akramiya (a Hizb ut-Tahrir splinter group) during the uprising in Andijan, Uzbekistan on May 14, 2005. A recent presentation of the video clips in DC by Dr. Bakhtiar Babajanov, a prominent independent Uzbek expert on Islamist extremism demonstrated how insurgents used violence and Islamic slogans -- facts which many Western observers have challenged.
Notwithstanding the severity of the Uzbek government’s response, the organizers of the uprising were not, as some have claimed, “peaceful Muslims.” They attacked the local police and military police station, killed several soldiers and guards, and confiscated guns and other military equipment; they then seized the local prison, and released the prisoners (over 500; they took hostages and killed several of them.
The Uzbeki Islamists’ success in portraying themselves as “peaceful” or “moderate” Muslims and simply as victims of government oppression is part of a growing trend of which we need to be aware—not just in Uzbekistan but, but also globally.
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