DATE=8/30/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=KYRGYZ BOMBING (S)
NUMBER=2-253255 (CQ)
BYLINE=PETER HEINLEIN
DATELINE=MOSCOW
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
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graf of text, to president of Uzbekistan's
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INTRO: Warplanes have bombed several villages in
southern Kyrgyzstan where hundreds of gunmen are
holding at least a dozen hostages, including four
Japanese geologists. V-O-A's Peter Heinlein is
monitoring developments from our Moscow bureau.
TEXT: Officials in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek,
say the Sunday night bombing raids targeted
suspected rebel hideouts in the remote southern
region between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The
gunmen are believed to be followers of a radical
Uzbek opposition leader attempting to destabilize
that country's government.
Kyrgyz officials declined to identify the
warplanes, but they are believed to be from
Uzbekistan. Uzbek planes carried out similar
strikes against the rebels last week.
Kyrgyzstan has appealed to other Central Asian
states and Russia for help in battling the
gunmen, who have been holding four Japanese
mining specialists, a senior Kyrgyz police
official and a dozen other hostages for more than
a week. (Signed)
NEB/PFH/GE/kl
30-Aug-1999 08:41 AM EDT (30-Aug-1999 1241 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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