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[merchimerch]

I find it really ironic that the embassy emailed me this 2 days after the huge election results watching party for all american citizens thrown by the embassy at the most high-profile hotel for Westerners in Tashkent:

"The United States Government has received information that terrorist groups may be planning attacks against U.S. interests in Uzbekistan in the near future. We remind all Americans that terrorists do not distinguish between official and civilian targets. The Department of State urges Americans in Uzbekistan to exercise extreme caution, including avoiding large crowds, celebrations, and places where Westerners generally congregate."

Hmmmm.....avoid large crowds, celebrations (well okay most of us weren't celebrating those results, and places where Westerners usually congregate. Maybe they just wanted to remind us of those common sense rules after encouraging us to break them on Tuesday by throwing the big party.

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[sps.livejournal.com]

Or maybe they figured that the terrorists would wait to see who won before continuing the fight against the American Right....

[merchimerch.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, I left the party before all the "results" were in, because I didn't want to be there if Bush's re-selection did invoke some kind of reaction from extremists.