Comments on: Explosions in Bukhara http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/ Open discussion about current issues in Uzbekistan Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:50:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Farukh http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-37183 Farukh Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:05:34 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-37183 The information provided on the internet is totaly false. All these comes from Uzbek state officials. I am from Bukhara, and I was there the day it happened. There was one district in Kagan named Zerabad, with the population almost 8,000 people. None of it left. My friend was running from Kagan and on his way he was jumping over the dead bodies of people killed by the projectiles and splinters. And three days after all these, the governor (hokim) of Bukhara, states on TV that 3 persons died and 21 wounded. There was no terrorists attack, the only resposible body for these is a state and its recklessness towards people. Moreover, those who lost their homes were offered to take 30,000 dollars credit from the state. Now imagine, you lost everything, home, car, capital, bussiness and instead of compensation State puts you in debt! The information provided on the internet is totaly false. All these comes from Uzbek state officials. I am from Bukhara, and I was there the day it happened. There was one district in Kagan named Zerabad, with the population almost 8,000 people. None of it left. My friend was running from Kagan and on his way he was jumping over the dead bodies of people killed by the projectiles and splinters.
And three days after all these, the governor (hokim) of Bukhara, states on TV that 3 persons died and 21 wounded.
There was no terrorists attack, the only resposible body for these is a state and its recklessness towards people.
Moreover, those who lost their homes were offered to take 30,000 dollars credit from the state. Now imagine, you lost everything, home, car, capital, bussiness and instead of compensation State puts you in debt!

]]> By: uzbekistan.neweurasia.net » Kagan residents are being evacuated again http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36183 uzbekistan.neweurasia.net » Kagan residents are being evacuated again Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:09:27 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36183 [...] Turgai Sangar: Lets’ see. I would not be surprised if in the coming days, the karimovites take some poor sods... [...] […] Turgai Sangar: Lets’ see. I would not be surprised if in the coming days, the karimovites take some poor sods… […]

]]> By: Turgai Sangar http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36095 Turgai Sangar Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:28:54 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36095 Lets' see. I would not be surprised if in the coming days, the karimovites take some poor sods from the Jaslyk concentration camp and amke them 'confess' that it was a terrorist attack by the IMU and the HuT. Lets’ see. I would not be surprised if in the coming days, the karimovites take some poor sods from the Jaslyk concentration camp and amke them ‘confess’ that it was a terrorist attack by the IMU and the HuT.

]]> By: uzbekistan.neweurasia.net » Playing bomb shells http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36061 uzbekistan.neweurasia.net » Playing bomb shells Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:27:30 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36061 [...] Brian: Yeah, I think you’re right. Plus, from some of the descriptions I’m getting it sounds like rockets... [...] […] Brian: Yeah, I think you’re right. Plus, from some of the descriptions I’m getting it sounds like rockets… […]

]]> By: Brian http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36049 Brian Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:38:56 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36049 Yeah, I think you're right. Plus, from some of the descriptions I'm getting it sounds like rockets were going off and traveling a great distance. That may explain the large evacuation radius. I got confirmation that the roof of the Kagan railway station has collapsed as well as the footbridge across the rail tracks. Also, I did hear from someone that the Kagan hospital is indeed flattened. Apparently the claims that people are being fed and housed by the government are false. No help has been offered to the people that I (well, my wife) has heard from. They are really angry. Yeah, I think you’re right. Plus, from some of the descriptions I’m getting it sounds like rockets were going off and traveling a great distance. That may explain the large evacuation radius.

I got confirmation that the roof of the Kagan railway station has collapsed as well as the footbridge across the rail tracks. Also, I did hear from someone that the Kagan hospital is indeed flattened.

Apparently the claims that people are being fed and housed by the government are false. No help has been offered to the people that I (well, my wife) has heard from. They are really angry.

]]> By: uzbekistan.neweurasia.net » Google Earth pictures of Kagan, Bukhara http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36042 uzbekistan.neweurasia.net » Google Earth pictures of Kagan, Bukhara Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:42:20 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36042 [...] Erkin: No info on that. As far as I heard from friends in Bukhara, everything seems to be more or less ok now.... [...] […] Erkin: No info on that. As far as I heard from friends in Bukhara, everything seems to be more or less ok now…. […]

]]> By: Erkin http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36041 Erkin Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:11:37 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36041 No info on that. As far as I heard from friends in Bukhara, everything seems to be more or less ok now. Evacuated people are getting back to their homes. If it was a chemical weapon, the government would evacuate whole Bukhara, not separate districts. No info on that. As far as I heard from friends in Bukhara, everything seems to be more or less ok now. Evacuated people are getting back to their homes. If it was a chemical weapon, the government would evacuate whole Bukhara, not separate districts.

]]> By: Brian http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36037 Brian Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:41:38 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36037 The 5th microregion in Bukhara has already been evacuated. What's going on, that's 15 km away from the blast? Toxic substances? Perhaps - and this is just purely speculation - leftover chemical weapons that were never destroyed? The 5th microregion in Bukhara has already been evacuated. What’s going on, that’s 15 km away from the blast? Toxic substances? Perhaps - and this is just purely speculation - leftover chemical weapons that were never destroyed?

]]> By: Brian http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36026 Brian Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:34:00 +0000 http://uzbekistan.neweurasia.net/2008/07/10/explosions-in-bukhara/#comment-36026 If you look on Google Earth in Kagan you can see what looks to be the most obvious location for the blast: an enormous ammunition dump right next to the helicopter base. Look for the cluster of big 4-sided sand berms with boxes of stuff stacked inside. My wife's family lives the village of Zerabad near the blast site and their windows all shattered on the first explosion. Before the second explosion everyone in the village ran out (some barefoot) and evacuated. There's a village/district even closer to the blast site and they haven't seen or heard of anyone from there, which makes them fear that they were killed in the blast. Apparently no one is being allowed back in Kagan, but also no one is being allowed into (or out of) Bukhara, at least from the East. Apparently Uzbek TV is barely reporting on what's going on (no surprise). If you look on Google Earth in Kagan you can see what looks to be the most obvious location for the blast: an enormous ammunition dump right next to the helicopter base. Look for the cluster of big 4-sided sand berms with boxes of stuff stacked inside.

My wife’s family lives the village of Zerabad near the blast site and their windows all shattered on the first explosion. Before the second explosion everyone in the village ran out (some barefoot) and evacuated. There’s a village/district even closer to the blast site and they haven’t seen or heard of anyone from there, which makes them fear that they were killed in the blast.

Apparently no one is being allowed back in Kagan, but also no one is being allowed into (or out of) Bukhara, at least from the East. Apparently Uzbek TV is barely reporting on what’s going on (no surprise).

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