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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 10:41 PM
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Death of Kazakhstan Opposition Leader raises eyebrows
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=7b399ac18a3a3161

Police in Kazakhstan say the death of an opposition leader was a suicide but critics question it, saying the victim couldn't have shot himself three times.

Zamenbek Nurkadilov, who had been shot twice in the chest and once in the head at close range, was found sprawled in a pool of blood in the billiard room of his villa by his wife three weeks ago, reports The Times of London. Police are still treating the case as a suspected suicide.

The incident comes as the former Soviet Central Asian republic prepares for presidential election Sunday which President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has ruled since 1989, is expected to win easily.
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The government ruled it a suicide move along!!!
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 10:46 PM
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1. Suicide? Shot 2x in chest and once in the head? Yeah right.
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:26 PM
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6. Suicided nm
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 11:00 PM
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2. I find your sig line appropriate.
:scared:
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 11:30 PM
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3. Suicided...what's happening to the English language?..
Opposition politicians have linked Nurkadilov's death to his criticism of Nazarbayev, who is seeking a third seven-year term. They were close friends until last year when Nurkadilov became the president's harshest critic.

Kazakhstan, an energy-rich state, is the only Central Asian nation with troops in Iraq and has become strategically important to the United States.

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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 11:38 PM
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4. The current government sounds like Bush allies
I wonder if this fellow used rat-shot to kill himself, like all good enemies of the Bushs do.
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 11:48 PM
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5. all Central Asian nations, from Kazakhstan through Pakistan, are
staunch followers of the new Alexander the Great, even if they have their little spats (like the Uzbek Boiler refusing Monkey King's bases--Putin's just a couple hundred miles north and west, and he don't take no guff when explaining the New Axis's arrows aimed at the Urals.
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Orrin_73 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 04:06 PM
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7. I like that "new Alexander the Great"
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 04:07 PM
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8. Hey wasn't Condi Rice there just a few weeks ago!!!
wonder what her deal was???
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 06:57 PM
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9. Wonder how Borat is taking it
"Can you show me how I can make my wife not rape me?"

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Monkey see Monkey Do Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 08:55 PM
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10. "In my country there is problem ..."
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ngGale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 04:42 AM
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11. Holy cow....
:scared:
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Matilda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-05 05:09 AM
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12. Saw a program on the election on BBC this weekend,
and all the people interviewed said they support President
Nazarbayev. That's probably because they've never seen any of
the other candidates, who can't get TV air time or press coverage.

I guess we still have a few things to be thankful for, in spite
of our leaders' attempts to stifle opposition.
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