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U.S. Arms Cache Found In Kyrgyzstan
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The U.S. embassy in Kyrgyzstan has found itself embroiled in scandal
after the country's interior ministry announced that a hoard of
U.S.-made weapons has been found in a house in Bishkek rented by U.S.
citizens. The embassy hurriedly stated that the weapons were intended
for antiterrorism exercises, but Kyrgyz enforcement agencies have not
confirmed that. The news is the talk of Kyrgyzstan. The prosecutor
general has begun an investigation.
Local police found 53 firearms, including large-caliber guns,
grenade launchers, machineguns, pistols, sniper's rifles and more than
15,000 rounds of ammunition of various sizes. According to Kyrgyz
Deputy Minister of the Interior Temirkan Subanov, there were two
employees of the U.S. embassy with diplomatic immunity and ten members
of the American military, allegedly in the country to train Kyrgyz
special forces. "Interior Ministry staff questioned them about the
weapons and ammunition to determine their purpose. We received
information from residents of a new house that they were constantly
moving things into and out of that house. None of the U.S. citizens
were detained or arrested. All of them were simply questioned," Subanov
said.
The U.S. embassy quickly issued a statement saying that the cache
was in the country with the permission and at the request of Kyrgyz
authorities. The Kyrgyz Defense Ministry, State Committee for National
Security, border service and national guard say that they have no
training with Americans planned. Only the narcotics control agency had
such plans, but they did not include weapons. Kyrgyz officials are not
commenting on the situation. Observers are both pointing out reasons to
be alarmed at the incident and reasoning that the United States has
little motivation to create a provocation in Kyrgyzstan.
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