Cozying Up to a Tyrant

Photos [thanks to The Memory Hole] of members of the Bush Administration getting friendly with Uzbekistan's Islam Karimov whose regime has the opprobrious distinction of boiling people to death:

Human Rights Watch has learned that the body of Muzafar Avazov, a 35-year old father of four, showed signs of burns on the legs, buttocks, lower back and arms. Sixty to seventy percent of the body was burnt, according to official sources. Doctors who saw the body reported that such burns could only have been caused by immersing Avazov in boiling water. Those who saw the body also reported that there was a large, bloody wound on the back of the head, heavy bruising on the forehead and side of the neck, and that his hands had no fingernails.

http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/08/uzbek081002.htm

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With General Tommy Franks


With General Tommy Franks