Noticias

[charly015]

Saludos

Desde Abril, 144 rebeldes-terroristas han sido abatidos en el Cáucaso Norte...

http://en.rian.ru/crime/20091102/156688966.html ... ( en inglés )

UN SALUDO

[charly015]

Saludos

Tiranteces entre Rusos y Ucranianos...

http://en.rian.ru/exsoviet/20091103/156694785.html ... ( en inglés )

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.htm ... D=14494989 ... ( en inglés )

UN SALUDO

[armada62]

Arabia Saudí­ comienza un bloqueo naval contra Yemen.
http://rusnavy.com/news/othernavies/ind ... NT_ID=8062

Saudi Arabia started naval blockade against north coast of Yemen to prevent transfer of weapons and combatants for Shia rebels, said Tuesday Associated Press referring to government adviser at the Kingdom wished to remain anonymous. Saudi channel Al-Arabiya also reported of blockade.

According to the source, Saudi ships were ordered to search suspicious vessels in Red Sea near Yemen's north coast.

Recently, Saudi land and air force dislodged Shia militants from mountainous area at the Yemeni border.

Yemen and Saudi Arabia accuse Iran in supporting Shia combatants with arms and money; they launched civil war in Yemen five years ago. Iran denies its involvement in rebels backup. On Tuesday Islamic Republic called neighbor countries to keep out of Yemen's internal affairs.

Manpower of Saudi Royal Navy is about 15 000 men, including 3 000 marines. Operational-strategic divisions are West Fleet (responsibility zone is Red Sea, headquarters '' in Riyadh) and East Fleet (responsibility zone is Persian Gulf, headquarters '' in Al-Jubail). Saudi Navy is armed with 7 French-made frigates, 4 American-made corvettes, 3 British-made mine warfare vessels, 9 American-made patrol boats and 2 French-made auxiliary vessels. All corvettes and 4 frigates were built in 80-ies, most of patrol boats '' in 70-ies.

Parece que Irán está metido en todos los fregaos....o eso dicen.
Es curiosa, por otra parte, lo paranoico que está todo el mundo con ésto de los buques cargados con armas.... Pero si no hay pruebas, no?..... ayyyy!...cuanto ciego!!...

[armada62]

Hay cierto temor a que China, después de alquilar un muelle en Rajin, Corea del Norte, intente establecer una base naval y tener así­ salida al Mar del Japón, aunque expertos lo dudan.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i= ... =ASI&s=SEA

[armada62]

No hay que perder de vista los enfrentamientos en Kirguizistan. Han crecido en intensidad y según algunas fuentes, el Presidente ha salido por piernas.
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internac ... uint_8/Tes
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/i ... 0710.shtml

[armada62]

Pues es cierto, Roza Otunbayeva ha formado gobierno aunque tiene dificultades en mantener el orden. Según informaciones hay ya 40 muertos y multitud de heridos. Rusia ha enviado paracaidistas a reforzar su base en Kant, y es de esperar que Manas siga el mismo camino, aunque no anuncian nada al respecto en la base.
En facebook podéis seguir los acontecimientos en Kirguizistán
http://www.facebook.com/EurasiaNet

[Gus]

Buenas,

en RIA Novosti hablan de 75 muertos y 1000 heridos.

¿creeis que el cambio de gobierno podrí­a afectar al uso por parte de Occidente de la base de Manas?

Saludos

[armada62]

Entre las reivindicaciones de corrupción, etc que le achacaban a Bakiyev, estaba la de venderse a las potencias exteriores estableciendo bases de virtuales antagonistas, cosa que están aprovechando los pro-rusos para caldear la cuestión.
Detrás de todo esto, probablemente, vuelva a estar la cuestión económica. Veremos a ver como evoluciona la nueva presidenta, aunque el principal problema que tiene es parar la espiral de violencia que se ha desatado en algunas ciudades

Al parecer se suspendieron los vuelos a Afganistán durante doce horas esperando acontecimientos. Ya se han reanudado.

Some flight operations resume at Manas

By Peter Leonard - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Apr 8, 2010 12:59:30 EDT

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Limited military flight operations have resumed at the air base in embattled Kyrgyzstan that serves as a key resupply hub for the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan, a Pentagon official says.

Flights in and out of the Transit Center at the Manas airport, outside the capital of Bishkek, were suspended for 12 hours Wednesday, according to a military spokesman at the base. U.S. Air Force Maj. Rickardo Bodden was evasive when asked if flights had resumed, but the Pentagon's Bryan Whitman said Thursday, “Currently there are limited operations at the Manas airfield.”He subsequently indicated he was referring to flight operations.

Whitman added that support for U.S. warfighters in Afghanistan “has not been seriously affected”and that “we hope we will be able to resume full operations soon.”

In the meantime, officials said they are using alternate means to get that support into Afghanistan. “As prudent planning dictates, we will make use of options to ensure that support continues to those conducting operations in Afghanistan,”said Tampa, Fla.-based Central Command spokesman Navy Lt. Cmdr. Bill Speaks.

The center, overseen by the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing, is the No. 1 air mobility hub for the International Security Assistance Force and coalition military forces operating in Afghanistan, officials say. In March, about 50,000 U.S. troops passed through Manas on their way in and out of Afghanistan, said Maj. John Redfield of Central Command.

An opposition coalition proclaimed a new interim government Thursday in Kyrgyzstan and said it would rule until elections are held in six months. It urged the president to resign and said there were no immediate plans to change the U.S. lease for a strategic airfield.

The new interim defense minister said the armed forces have joined the opposition and will not be used against protesters.

China on Thursday said it was "deeply concerned" about the violent uprising in its small western neighbor, echoing comments by Russia and the U.S. The impoverished Central Asian nation hosts the Manas U.S. military air base, a key facility supporting the war in Afghanistan, and also hosts a Russian military base.

Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva, the former foreign minister, said parliament was dissolved and she would head the interim government. She said the new government controlled four of the seven provinces and called on President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who has fled the capital of Bishkek, to resign.

“His business in Kyrgyzstan is finished,”she said.

Although the opposition has previously voiced objection to Manas, Otunbayeva said there were no plans yet to review the current one-year lease agreement with the U.S. She said her government would meet U.S. diplomats for talks in Bishkek.

“Give us time, it will take time for us to understand and fix the situation,”Otunbayeva said.

Kyrgyzstan, which shares a 533-mile border with China, is also a gateway to other energy-rich Central Asian countries where China, Russia and the U.S. are competing fiercely for dominance. It is a predominantly Muslim country, but it has remained secular.

The U.S. Embassy denied reports in the Kyrgyz media that U.S. citizens were being evacuated to the Manas air force base, where about 1,200 U.S. troops are stationed. Americans in civilian clothing were seen entering the base Thursday morning.

Russia sent in 150 paratroopers to its base to ensure the safety of the 400 military personnel and their families there, Russian state media reported.

By Thursday afternoon, there was no sign of Bakiyev. Otunbayeva said he had fled to the central region of Jalal-Abad, the heart of his political stronghold, to seek support. This raised some concerns that Bakiyev could try to exploit the country's traditional north-south split to secure his own survival.

Thousands of protesters have clashed with security forces throughout the country in the last two days, driving out local governments and seizing government headquarters in Bishkek. Elite riot police shot into crowds of protesters in Bishkek on Wednesday and hospitals were overwhelmed with the dead and wounded.

The country's new defense chief, however, said Thursday that the nation's 5 million people now have nothing to fear from the security forces.

“Special forces and the military were used against civilians in Bishkek, Talas and other places,”Ismail Isakov said. “This will not happen in the future.”

In Bishkek, residents nervously went about their business on a clear spring morning Thursday, the snowcapped mountains visible in the distance. There were no police on the streets.

Most of the government buildings in the capital, as well as Bakiyev's houses, have been looted or set on fire and two major markets were burned down. A paper portrait of Bakiyev at government headquarters was smeared with red paint. Obscenities about him were spray-painted on buildings nearby.

Otunbayeva blamed Bakiyev for the week's violent clashes.

“Yesterday's events were a response to aggression, tyranny and a crackdown on dissenters,”she said. “All the people who were killed and wounded are victims of this regime.”

The Health Ministry said at least 74 people were killed and 400 people hospitalized in clashes nationwide Wednesday.

Almaz Bakibayev, a 30-year-old cook who was among the wounded, said the bloodshed would be worthwhile if it brought in a better government.

“The blood was not shed in vain,”he said at Bishkek's Hospital No. 4. “What I can't understand is why they started shooting at people.”

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for calm and said he would immediately send an envoy to Kyrgyzstan, which he had criticized in a visit Saturday for its human rights violations.

"I could feel the tension in the air," he said Thursday in Vienna. "The pressure has been building for months."

Since coming to power in 2005 amid street protests known as the Tulip Revolution, Bakiyev had ensured a measure of stability, but the opposition said he did so at the expense of democratic standards while enriching himself and his family.

He gave his relatives, including his son, top government and economic posts and faced the same accusations of corruption and cronyism that led to the ouster of his predecessor, Askar Akayev.

The interim government brings together a wide spectrum of opposition leaders whose differences have undermined them in the past.

One area of consensus was on the decision to repeal the recent sharp increases to utility taxes that provoked widespread anger. Beyond that, the new team of ministers — who range from the socialist Ata-Meken party leader Omurmbek Tekebayev, whose portfolio will include drawing up proposed constitution reforms, to the technocratic interim Finance Minister Temir Sariyev — may have trouble forging a united platform.

"We have kicked out Bakiyev, the people have taken power into their own hands, but we have no plans for the future," said Abdykerim Sadykov, a 42-year-old teacher, as he stood with thousands of others outside the ransacked government headquarters.

"We will wait until the opposition hatches a plan," he said.

In Washington, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the U.S. deplored the violence and urged all to respect the rule of law.

In 2009, Kyrgyzstan said U.S. forces would have to leave Manas, a decision made shortly after Russia granted Kyrgyzstan more than $2 billion in aid and loans. The government later reversed its stance and agreed to a one-year deal with the U.S. that raised the rent to about $63 million a year from $17 million.

The U.S. is also paying $37 million for airport improvements, another $30 million for new navigation systems, and giving the government $51.5 million to combat drug trafficking and terrorism and promote economic development.

Staff writer William H. McMichael and Associated Press writers Leila Saralayeva and Yuras Karmanau in Bishkek, Anita Chang in Beijing, Lynn Berry, Mansur Mirovalev and David Nowak in Moscow contributed to this report.

[Orel]

No hay que perder de vista los enfrentamientos en Kirguizistan.

A ver qué pasa con Manás... por lo visto a Rusia, que tiene otra base allí­, le sentó muy mal que el actual presidente (aunque huí­do) acordara con Obama mantener la base de Manás... ¿Seguirá, no...?

[armada62]

Pues debido a la lenta reacción de USA en reconocer el nuevo gobierno, sobre todo comparando la agilidad y rapidez con que ha actuado Rusia, puede que le cueste un disgusto, aunque la presidenta ha asegurado que continuará.
Los rusos no perdonan el acuerdo al que llegó el huido presidente con los americanos, traicionando el inicialmente realizado con ellos.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/i ... 1110.shtml

Following a prolonged silence amid the collapse of Kurmanbek Bakiyev's administration in Bishkek, US officials are now playing diplomatic catch-up in Kyrgyzstan.

Reticence marked the immediate US diplomatic response to the April 6-7 upheaval in Kyrgyzstan. Underscoring this cautious approach, Washington has yet to formally recognize the new provisional government, which assumed authority in Bishkek after Bakiyev fled to his native region in southern Kyrgyzstan. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive].

Russia, in sharp contrast, quickly acknowledged the provisional government and reached out to its head, Roza Otunbayeva.

Soon after the outbreak of violence in Bishkek, the US Embassy closed for regular business, according to an email alert sent to American citizens in the Central Asian nation. Four days passed before a senior American official, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reached out to the new government, holding a phone conversation with Otunbayeva on April 10.

US Ambassador Tatiana Gfoeller, who was on a scheduled visit in the United States when the Bishkek upheaval began, returned to the Kyrgyz capital only on April 11. In a statement, she said; "We are working with the provisional government and I plan to meet with its members in the near future." A State Department statement indicated that Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake would soon be visiting Kyrgyzstan.

By all appearances, the United States faces a serious public diplomacy challenge in Kyrgyzstan. Washington's sluggish initial response has enabled Russia to take the early lead in what is shaping up as a race to cultivate the goodwill of the Kyrgyz provisional government. That race, in turn, may well exert influence on whether the United States retains access to the transit center at Manas Airport outside of Bishkek, an important logistics hub for the US and NATO war effort in Afghanistan. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive].

Publicly, Russian leaders in recent days have struck a tolerant tone when discussing Moscow's stance on the Manas base. But prior to the April 6-7 upheaval, Russia's paramount leader, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, was widely believed to be determined to push US forces out of Kyrgyzstan, and he was reportedly furious with Bakiyev for reneging on a commitment to close the Manas base. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive].

Clinton, in her April 10 phone discussion with Otunbayeva, received a vague commitment from the provisional government leader that existing Manas basing agreements would be honored.

The US government may soon be facing some tough questions from Kyrgyzstan's new leaders, who say they are intent on reviewing the Defense Department's contracts concerning Manas due to suspicion about corrupt practices on the part of the Bakiyev administration.

In Kyrgyzstan, public opinion is widespread that US diplomacy is preoccupied with the Manas facility's future, and is not paying sufficient attention to the country's economic and democratization challenges.

A US Embassy statement on April 10 attempted to reassure the Kyrgyz public that Washington would promote promoting personal freedom and economic prosperity. "We remain a committed partner to the development of Kyrgyzstan for the benefit of the Kyrgyz people and intend to continue to support the economic and democratic development of the country," the statement said.

Several actions by the United States, though, continue to undermine this message. The reluctance to recognize the provisional government is one; another factor is a perception that the US Embassy is not operating a full capacity.

In a move driven by security concerns, many embassy staff and families are now located at Manas airport, 30 minutes by car from Bishkek. No other western diplomats have moved or have been evacuated from the capital.

"The embassy is operating 24/7 and has been operating 24/7 since Tuesday," said an embassy spokesperson on April 11. But "more than 50 percent of the embassy staff is at Manas."

[armada62]

Pues no habrán sido rápidos, pero sí­ efectivos... La presidenta anuncia que el acuerdo será ampliado cuando venza el actual de un año.

Interim Kyrgyzstan leader: Manas will stay

By Yuras Karmanau - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Apr 13, 2010 12:19:46 EDT

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan's interim leader told The Associated Press on Tuesday that her government will extend the lease of a U.S. air base key to the war in Afghanistan.

Roza Otunbayeva said that the agreement allowing the U.S. to use the Manas Air Base will be prolonged after the current one-year deal expires in July.

“It will be automatically extended,”she said, without specifying how long the extension would last.

The U.S. base, at the capital's international airport provides refueling flights for warplanes over Afghanistan and serves as a major transit hub for troops.

Otunbayeva also told AP on Tuesday that her government is offering security guarantees for deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev if he steps down and leaves the country, but wouldn't offer immunity to his family.

“We will provide security guarantees, which he's entitled to under the constitution,”she said, dodging a question about guarantees for the president's family.

Both the United States and Russia, which also has a military base in Kyrgyzstan, have watched the violence that has gripped the impoverished ex-Soviet Central Asian nation with concern.

A spokesman for the U.S. Central Command, which is in charge of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, said troop transports to and from Afghanistan were suspended last week at the Manas airbase.

Maj. John Redfield told The Associated Press flights resumed briefly Friday and then a few hundred troops were flown back to the U.S. on Monday after being stuck at Manas by the shutdown. Other than that, flights to and from Afghanistan remain indefinitely suspended.

Russia has watched the U.S. military presence in what it considers its backyard with unease. It had pushed Bakiyev's government to evict the U.S. military. But after announcing last year that American forces would have to leave the Manas base, Kyrgyzstan allowed them to stay after the U.S. raised the annual rent to about $63 million from $17 million.

Bakiyev fled the capital last week during an uprising in which 83 people were killed. He said Tuesday from his native village in the south that he was ready to resign in exchange for security guarantees for him and his family.

Bakiyev did not detail what sort of security guarantees he was looking for. The opposition figures who formed a self-declared interim government after he fled the capital had previously offered him safe passage out of the country, but Bakiyev has shown no intention of leaving Kyrgyzstan and there are doubts about whether any country would accept him.

When asked specifically about Bakiyev's brother and son on Tuesday, the security chief in the interim government, Keneshbek Duishebayev, declined to comment. Those men are among the Bakiyev relatives most often accused of reaping massive wealth through improper channels; complaints about corruption were a prime issue in the events that drove him out of the capital.

Bakiyev signaled his readiness to resign hours after rallying with about 5,000 supporters in an apparent test of how much support he could muster for resisting the opposition authorities. Although the crowd of supporters that greeted Bakiyev on Tuesday was highly emotional, there have been persistent doubts about how much backing he has and whether he commanded enough loyalty in the security forces to mount serious resistance.

Otunbayeva indicated that her government's patience with Bakiyev is running out.

“His stay in Kyrgyzstan is posing a problem for the nation's future,”she told AP. “It's becoming increasingly difficult to guarantee his security as people are demanding to bring him to justice.”

Asked where Bakiyev might go, she said she didn't know but then added that Bakiyev would probably like to join his sons, who are currently in Latvia.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was the first foreign leader to call Otunbayeva after her appointment as the interim leader and offered help, prompting speculation that Moscow was jockeying for a bigger clout in Kyrgyzstan at the U.S. expense.

Otunbayeva said Tuesday that she expects the U.S. to wrap up its campaign in Afghanistan, which would remove the rationale for the U.S. base, but added that “it's not an issue yet.”

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Associated Press writer Peter Leonard in Teyit and Leila Saralayeva in Bishkek contributed to this report.

[armada62]

El presidente kirguí­s depuesto está en Minsk bajo la protección de Bielorrusia
http://sp.rian.ru/onlinenews/20100420/125990484.html

[armada62]

Ojo que la situación en Kirguizistán, que parecia calmada tras la destitución de Bakeyev, se ha complicado y de que manera, entre kirguises y uzbekos. se ha pedido ayuda militar a Rusia para controlar los focos, pero por ahora la ha denegado, aunque sí­ ha enviado fuerzas a proteger sus intereses en el paí­s.
También se pide ayuda a la OTSC y ONU
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internac ... uint_3/Tes

[Gus]

Buenasd,

http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/735734/ ... odo/miles/

Éxodo masivo de decenas de miles de personas desde Kirguizistán a Uzbekistán
Huyen de los disturbios étnicos y polí­ticos de estos dí­as.
La mayorí­a son mujeres, niños y ancianos.
Alrededor de 100 personas han fallecido en estos.
Los heridos superan ampliamente el millar.


Más de 75.000 kirguises de etnia uzbeca han huido de Kirguizistán a Uzbekistán a consecuencia de los violentos disturbios étnicos y polí­ticos registrados en el sur del paí­s, según anunció el Ministerio de Emergencias uzbeco, cuyo paí­s ha abierto sus fronteras para acoger a los refugiados kirguises.

La mayorí­a de ellos (de los refugiados) son mujeres y ancianos. Hay personas heridas de bala entre ellos", aseguró una fuente del Ministerio de Emergencias uzbeco, en declaraciones recogidas por la agencia de noticias rusa RIA Novosti.

El último balance oficial proporcionado por el Gobierno de Kirguizistán sitúa alrededor del centenar el número de muertos y a 1.247 el de heridos por los disturbios. "97 personas han muerto en Osh y en Jalalabad. Un total de 1.247 personas han necesitado atención médica", según precisó este domingo una portavoz del Ministerio de Sanidad de Kirguizistán.

Mientras, los lí­deres de las etnias uzbeca y kirguí­s acordaron en las últimas horas comenzar conversaciones de reconciliación para frenar la escalada de violencia, según anunció el presidente kirguí­s del fondo público kirguí­s Otkritaya Positsiya, Dimitri Kabak.

"Las informaciones de la ciudad de Osh indican que dirigentes informales de las etnias kirguí­s y uzbeca del sureste de la ciudad han acordado abrir conversaciones (...) para restablecer la paz", afirmó Kabak, según recoge RIA Novosti.

Los disturbios de los últimos tres dí­as en la región sur del paí­s han tenido su epicentro en la ciudad de Osh, bastión del ex presidente Kurmanbek Bakiyev, derrocado el pasado mes de abril en una revuelta popular incitada por el actual Gobierno interino.

Además, desde la independencia de Kirguizistán en 1991 se han producido disturbios étnicos entre la mayorí­a kirguí­s y las minorí­as tayika y uzbeca que viven en el sur del paí­s, una zona predominantemente agrí­cola.

la cosa no pinta nada nada bien . Y 75.000 desplazados ufff... esperemos que la comunidad internacional, que en este caso, por razones geográficas y de influencia, deberí­a encabezar Rusia, consiga que la cosa no vaya a más y que el conflicto se resuelva cuanto antes.

Saludos

[armada62]

No debemos dejar pasar la actual problemática del Mogreb. Primero Argelia, después Túnez, donde la revuelta va a más....
Terreno abonado para Al Qaeda, en éste caso, AQM, en las mismas barbas de Europa. Algo que se sigue y se temí­a desde hace años en occidente
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/201 ... amab.shtml