Tajikistan attacks raise fears Tajikistan attacks raise fears focus 09/09/2010

Tajikistan attacks raise fears Tajikistan attacks raise fears

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09/09/2010
DUSHANBE — A deadly prison break followed by a pair of bombings in Tajikistan are an alarming signal that Islamist militants, long active in neighboring Afghanistan, have increased operations in the former Soviet state, analysts said.

The attacks, which included a suicide car bombing of a police station that killed two police officers and a nightclub bombing which wounded seven, were of a nature unprecedented even in Tajikistan’s violent history.

This recent wave of violence bears all the hallmarks of international involvement and marks a serious upsurge in violence, said Alexander Cooley, a professor at Columbia University in New York and regional expert.

“The attacks of this summer in Tajikistan signify an escalation in the activities and aims of militant organizations,” he said..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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