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Bush and Uzbekistan - The Enron connection

.. | 05.06.2005 19:38

In April 1997, Governor George Bush met with the Uzbek ambassador to the USA. The agenda? The endorsement of Enron's lucrative deal to exploit natural gas in Uzbekistan. Four years later the Uzbek dictator was miraculously transformed into a crucial partner in George Bush's "war on terror".



Here's a scan of the personal fax on the subject, from Enron CEO Kenneth Lay to his good friend George.

It seems like Bush and the Uzbeks go back a long way. No wonder the US government seems so reluctant to act over Karimov's brutal massacres of his own people.

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