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Uzbekistan's protesters have been encouraged by demonstrations that overthrew a dictatorship in nearby Kyrgyzstan recently, as well as by the examples of Georgia and Ukraine. Pro-democracy forces in those countries were helped by the West, especially the U.S.
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Although the New York Times made clear that U.S. Special Forces have been operating in Uzbekistan since 1996, the Uzbeki President denied it as recently as two weeks ago. In a news conference with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Karimov was asked the following question:
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As of Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, at least 414 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 a.m. EST.
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This, Salih said, was the reason he was in the United States, urging the U.S. to expand its support for democracy activists in Uzbekistan. "There is a fear that if America left, the 'dragon next door' will put a base there."
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