Reuters scare quotes around the word(s) "terrorist(s)" are nothing new, and you get that here, in their story about 20 Muslim headcases blowing themselves up in Uzbekistan because their government was on to them. But some of the barely-disguised editorializing in the article is hard to swallow. As in:

Western countries and rights groups have criticized the ex-Soviet state for using tough tactics against Islamic opposition, including accusations of widespread torture....Two groups, the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan, voiced fears authorities 'might take discriminatory and repressive actions' against religious communities and opposition groups.

'Improving human rights in Uzbekistan...could reduce the threat of terrorism,' a joint statement issued in Vienna said.

Yeah, it's true, the authorities there need to use the iron carrot, as opposed to the rod. But not perverting the Koran would go a long way, too.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at March 30, 2004 06:29 PM

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