Thursday, June 24, 2010

I Guess That's One Possibility

The head of the Kyrgyzstan's security services has made a statement that the Bakiev family worked with the Taliban and IMU and recruited militants from Tajikistan and Afghanistan to set in motion the events starting June 10. They apparently paid $30 million for the attacks. The director of the SNB says that he has evidence supporting these claims, but thus far has not provided any documentation.

I mean, I guess it's possible? It seems a bit contrived that the government would be able to blame both the Bakievs (while president, Bakiev certainly did not do much to ingratiate himself to religious extremists) and Islamic fundamentalists, all at the same time. So until there's some credible evidence supporting these assertions, forgive me if I give them about as much weight as the whole "the Western media did it" argument.