This has been just under the boiling point for years and now it has started to boil over and burn on the burner. It is most unfortunate the east and west did align themsleves together to battle the Islamic horde. Opportunities in diplomacy were missed by the Bush administration to unite with Russia in this battle against radical Islam but they blew that. Obama's policies have been even worse with his 'let's be friends' nonsense, trying to appease Islam and Muslims around the globe. China Confidential raises the the point of the old WWII alliance between the U.S., Russian and China which defeated Nazi Germany. Will this alliance rise again to defeat Islam? It is quite possible no one of the three super powers can do this alone or with even two alligned together. Food for serious thought.
Radical Islam casts shadow over Central Asia
Reuters-India
By Maria Golovnina
Central Asia is a ticking bomb waiting to go off.
Long ignored as a myth whipped up by the authorities to justify political repression, a surge in radical Islam in the former Soviet region has become a reality for the West fighting an increasingly tough war in next-door Afghanistan.
Analysts say long-defunct groups like the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan are regaining force in the impoverished region where ethnic tensions have long simmered under the surface.
"They (militants) are preparing the ground for a long, sustained military campaign in Central Asia," said Ahmed Rashid, a leading Pakistan-based expert on Afghanistan and Central Asia.
"There is now a real threat because the Islamist surge is combined with an economic and political crisis."
A vast region wedged between China, Iran, Afghanistan and Russia, Central Asia found itself on the frontline of global affairs last year when it agreed to host a vital new supply route for NATO forces fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Gripped by deepening gloom about economic stagnation and poverty, the mainly Muslim but secular region has become increasingly susceptible to extremist ideas in past years.
Security analysts say militants, who had long left Central Asia to fight alongside the Taliban, are seeping back into the region to take advantage of its fragile state.
A growing sense of frustration with the lack of basic freedoms has given political undertones to the rise of Islamism in a region which still has no influential opposition parties even after two decades of independence from Soviet rule.
The trend is particularly alarming because of recent parallels with the situation in Yemen, where growing instability has led to fears it may become al Qaeda's next hunting ground. Continue reading
Hat tip: China Confidential
Reuters India
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