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Crossposting my friend alas_a_llama's righteous LJ post of awesome, because it was epic and you should all read it.

So, lately there's been a lot of fear going around. By 'lately', I mean 'in the last ten years', and by 'going around', I mean that there appears to be some kind of perpetual hysteria in the US while over here in the UK there is an insidious ( Read more... )

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Because this is absolutely fucking horrific and has been getting practically no media coverage.

Uzbeks in desperate plea for aid as full horror of ethnic slaughter emergesA combination of clan feuds, corruption and indifference in the west is creating a lethal cocktail in Kyrgyzstan. In one town, 5km from the border, the charred ruins of a school ( Read more... )