Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 2 March 2012 (nCa) --- Someone sent me a bad joke the other day: If the world is a global village, Uncle Sam is the village idiot. Bad joke but true nevertheless. And, what do you do if the village idiot also happens to be the village bully? This is the question that all the countries of Greater Central Asia – Turkmenistan and Turkey being no … [Read more...]
Articles And Reports
Articles and Reports
Progress in Science and Industry – a Task for International Cooperation
Prof. em. Dr. Hanno Schaumburg, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany h.schaumburg@tu-harburg.de After the perestroika in 1990 a significant decay in science and industrial production took place in all successor states of the Soviet union – mainly because of poor financing and inadequate management from government and industry. For many years only a few industrial … [Read more...]
Our Tolerance for Fashionable Deception
Ben Tanosborn Nothing appears as ugly as unmasked raw propaganda, or seems as fashionable as well-crafted deception. Yet, the catwalk for both forms of propaganda is one and the same, deception wearing the most titillating togs provided by the top fashion house, the House of Public Relations. And the deceptive PR isn’t limited to multinational firms or businesses in … [Read more...]
Photo Essay: Presidential Elections in Turkmenistan
nCa Photo Essay Ashgabat, 15 February 2012 (nCa) --- The presidential elections held in Turkmenistan 12 February 2012 have attracted mostly negative publicity in the western media. It was predictable. Hardly anything else can be expected from the media that is cocooned in its own prejudices. The cliches are true after all: The beauty is in the eye of the beholder; and, a … [Read more...]
Presidential Elections in Turkmenistan: Nation goes to polls (Updated 4 pm, 13 Feb) (second update at 14:30, 15 February 2012)
nCa Report with a photo essay on elections (To be updated with more photos later today) (Second Update at 14:30, 15 February 2012 – Photo essay published separately at this URL: http://newscentralasia.net/2012/02/15/photo-essay-presidential-elections-in-turkmenistan/) Update (4 pm, 13 Feb) --- The central election commission has announced that preliminary counting of vote … [Read more...]
Presidential elections in Turkmenistan – Looking from a different angle
Tariq Saeedi Ashgabat, 4 February 2012 --- The presidential elections in Turkmenistan will take place in less than 10 days from now. Observers and analysts have raised several objections on the whole process: All the seven candidates running against President Berdymuhamedov are weak and obscure There is no opposition candidate The election manifesto of all … [Read more...]
Президентские выборы в Туркменистане – Взгляд под другим углом
Тарик Саиди Ашгабат, 4 февраля 2012 --- Менее чем через 10 дней в Туркменистане пройдут президентские выборы. Наблюдатели и аналитики подняли ряд вопросов, касающихся избирательного процесса: Все семь кандидатов против кандидатуры президента Бердымухамедова кажутся слабыми и неясными Нет кандидата от оппозиции Предвыборные программы всех кандидатов выглядят плохой … [Read more...]
America’s Pacific Century!!
General Mirza Aslam Beg, Former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan During the 1970’s, Brzezinski, the US strategist, forecasting the break-up of the Soviet Union, expounded the concept of US Unipolarity: “How America manages Eurasia is critical, Eurasia is the globe’s largest continent and is geopolitically axial. A power that dominates Eurasia would almost automatically gain … [Read more...]
80-year-old Europeans will triple by 2050
Clemente Ferrer The European Parliament (EP) should officially agree with family alliances in order to tackle the unstoppable demographic decline. The European Union (EU) is seeking to address the birth plight that the Old Continent is suffering from. Awareness about this family crisis and thus the urgency to increase birth rates has been raised. Various research studies … [Read more...]
The Gift of Life Brings Joy
Clemente Ferrer Parents play a free-willed cooperative role with divide providence for the creation of life. They contribute to the creation of a newborn’s body, while the soul is instantly created out of nothing by God within the second of conception. It is therefore unlawful to threaten human life and physical integrity, one’s own or another’s, because life is a sovereign … [Read more...]
Три партии прошли в парламент Казахстана
В Казахстане на парламентских выборах со значительным перевесом победила партия действующей власти «Нур Отан». Некоторую конкуренцию ей составила партия «Ак жол», представляющая интересы малого и среднего бизнеса. Третьей партией, вошедшей в парламент, стала Коммунистическая народная партия Казахстана. Расклад получился следующим образом: «Нур Отан» – практически 81 % … [Read more...]
Three parties elected to the Parliament of Kazakhstan
Nur Otan party, representing the current Kazakhstan's government, won the parliamentary elections with a considerable majority of votes. Ak Jol party, supporting small and medium business, competed with Nur Otan. The third party that entered parliament is the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan. The results were the following: Nur Otan gained almost 81% of the votes, Ak … [Read more...]
Укрепляя доверие и снижая напряженность
Эймон Гилмор рассуждает о том, почему Европа всё ещё нуждается в ОБСЕ и что Ирландия может привнести в работу Организации В 2012 году Ирландия приняла на себя председательство в Организации по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе (ОБСЕ), самой крупной и успешной региональной структуре по безопасности в Северном полушарии, простирающейся от Ванкувера до Владивостока. Хотя … [Read more...]
Building confidence and reducing tensions
Eamon Gilmore reflects on why Europe still needs the OSCE and what Ireland can bring to the Organization Ireland has taken over the chair at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the largest and most successful regional security body, spanning the Northern Hemisphere from Vancouver to Vladivostok. Although not as well known as the EU or the UN, the … [Read more...]
Contraceptives Increase the Risk of Catching AIDS
Clemente Ferrer According to a study, published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases Journal by Renee Heffron (University of Washington), the use of hormonal contraceptives increase the risk of women in contracting the AIDS virus. www.thelancet.com Previous research studies reached the same conclusion; however, the latter one is much more credible. The study was conducted by … [Read more...]
American Military Pit Bulls and Their Handlers
Ben Tanosborn It is not what the few do but what the many don’t do. That really represents what we are all about, co-conspirators in a sea of silence. Marines who view despicable acts committed by other marines remain silent; the officers, who are well aware of this behavior, condone it, invariably following the “ethical criminal” attitude in war morality of “when in war, … [Read more...]
Beware: Nursing homes are not for sick individuals
Dr. Ethelle G. Lord Providing three square meals a days and receiving help with getting dressed in a nursing home should really be no longer acceptable. This is the traditional way. Recently I received a call from the social worker where my husband resides in a dementia unit at a nursing facility. She wanted to know if I just wanted him kept comfortable and hydrated since he … [Read more...]
Water Pollution: A Rising Life-Threatening Problem
Abdul Rashid ch.arahmad@yahoo.com PhD Scholar at Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, UK “Water is life’s mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water” (Albert Szeny-Gyorgyi , 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1893-1986) Water is one of the most important things that are used by human beings on our planet. Despite human consumption, water … [Read more...]
Bronze Age Archaeology in Turkmenistan
Introduction: In the past years a number of conferences were organized in Ashgabat and Mary in which recent research results about the archeological heritage of Turkmenistan were communicated to a Turkmen and international audience demonstrating cultural assets that compare to those of the most famous Bronze Age cultures world-wide. In the following article an experienced … [Read more...]
Smashing Greater Central Asia – Part IV – Smashing Systematically
Peter Chamberlin The pipeline wars are real wars, in that two or more nations are ordering their civilian and military foot soldiers, on a daily basis, into life or death contests to the finish. For the United States, it is a contest which must be won, if we are to survive, according to most of our national leaders. But is that really true? According to both civilian and … [Read more...]
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nCa Returns — Starting where we left
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Tariq Saeedi We were hacked in late July 2011. It was a thorough job, done by professionals. Now we are back. Thanks to all the supporters and well wishers. At the time of hacking we were in the process of starting an investigative-analytic series 'Smashing Greater Central Asia.' To provide background information for this series, we posted some of our archive material … [Read more...]
Al Jazeera casts wicked shadow on Turkmenistan
nCa Commentary Karachi, 29 December 2011 (nCa) --- Al Jazeera is fully conscious of the kind of competition it faces. It is racing against time to lose its credibility. The apparent aim is to join ranks with Fox. The good news is that it has managed in no time at all to sink as low as Fox, hanging precariously just half a notch above the Soros-funded hooters. This is … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] ‘Final Solution’ Frenzy – Part Four: Final Solution for Pakistan
Continued from Part Three Tariq Saeedi With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Mark Davidson in Washington, Qasim Jan in Kandahar and Rupa Kival in New Delhi 1 May 2010 (nCa) --- The components of the ‘Final Solution’ for Pakistan are known, and almost ready. The exact shape those components will take when put together is not so clear. The expected outcome is recognizable; the degree … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] ‘Final Solution’ Frenzy – Part Three: Rendezvous with Final Solution
Continued from Part Two Tariq Saeedi With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Mark Davidson in Washington 18 April 2010 (nCa) --- Several things happened since the publication of the second report in this series about a couple of week ago: Karzai finally broke down under tremendous American pressure; after a gap of six years terrorism resurfaced in Russian at a time and in areas most … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] ‘Final Solution’ Frenzy – Part Two: Russian Atheist Explains Suicide Bombing
Continued from Part One Tariq Saeedi With Sergi Pyatakov and Tamara Orlova in Moscow Additional reporting by Qasim Jan in Kandahar and GN Brohi in Kharan and Nushki 3 April 2010 (nCa) --- Lucky breaks come when you least expect them. A major break presented itself recently, revealing the involvement of the USA and India in the terrorism spate in Pakistan and Afghanistan. We … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] ‘Final Solution’ Frenzy – Part One: From Afghanistan with Love
The Final Solution Frenzy series appeared in March/April 2010. In this we presented wide ranging findings together with the opinion of experts. Except for some areas where our investigative reporting may have helped change the actual sequence of events, the predictions are coming true thick and fast. It is becoming clear by day that we were right on the dot. We are reproducing … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India – Part Four
Tariq Saeedi with Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow and Mark Davidson in Washington Legwork by SM Kasi in Quetta, GN Brohi in Dalbandin, and Qasim Jan in Kandahar Continued from Part Three Nearly complete jigsaw puzzle In order to get as complete a picture as possible we picked the brains of X in Washington and Sasha and Misha in Moscow in numerous lengthy, intensive … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India – Part Three
Tariq Saeedi with Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow and Mark Davidson in Washington Legwork by SM Kasi in Quetta, GN Brohi in Dalbandin, and Qasim Jan in Kandahar Continued from Part Two Benazir Assassinated BB (Benazir Bhutto) got assassinated on 27 December 2007, when she was leaving Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi after addressing a huge rally. It was absolutely shocking news … [Read more...]
Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India — Part Two
Tariq Saeedi, with Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow and Mark Davidson in Washington Continued from Part One Yankee-Jihadi Marriage We turned our attention back to Balochistan and patched into the local grapevine. Misha’s phrase ‘Yankee-Jihadi Marriage’ was the key we were trying on every lock. Something seemed to click after a while. There was buzz that a … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] Mumbai Mystery: American Designs on Pakistan and India — Part One
This four-part report, done in January 2009, was basically related to the Mumbai incident but carried much wider in scope. It was also the first time that we pointed out a definite connection between the Americans and the Pakistani jihadis operating under various names such as TTP, LeT etc. Our experts made several predictions that are sadly coming true one by one. Our … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] Pakistan: Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency — Part Two
Tariq Saeedi in Ashgabat With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Ali Nasimzadeh in Zahidan, Qasim Jan in Kandahar and S M Kasi in Quetta Additional reporting by Rupa Kival in New Delhi and Mark Davidson in Washington These were some of the questions that we took to Misha and Sasha and here is the explanation they gave. Their answers came in bits and pieces but we have reconstructed … [Read more...]
Mullah Omar In Kabul, Negotiating with Karzai through Ms. Homa Sultani
Raja G Mujtaba I was sitting and pondering over some recent developments in the region. I was thinking Iran and China; the new initiatives by Pakistan were going in the right direction. I was also thinking who could have murdered Karzai’s brother and to what benefit? While I was thinking all this, I got a call from Hamid Rajput that Mullah Omar has been traced. It was a … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] Pakistan: Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency — Part One
This report, in two parts, was published in March 2005. It was the first, and so far the only, authoritative report on the origins and revival of BLA. There were some predictions in this report that have materialized already. It was also a report that painted in bold strokes the deadly game being played in the Greater Central Asia region. We are reproducing this report as … [Read more...]
[Archive Material] Mossad, Mossad – Coming Soon to A Town Near You!
This was the first report we produced on geopolitical games being in Greater Central Asia. It was initially published by the now-defunct Balochistan Post in May 2002. Then, Rense.com carried it with mutual arrangement and sine then it has appeared on hundreds of sites and has been quoted extensively by analysts and scholars. We are reproducing it here as Archive Material … [Read more...]
Mussolini wins in Istanbul conference; Right to colonize Libya reasserted
nCa Commentary Ashgabat, 16 July 2011 (nCa) --- When the façade crumbled Friday, the face of Benito Mussolini was visible to the world. It eerily resembled Hillary Clinton. In the Fourth Contact Group Meeting in Istanbul on 15 Jul, the USA and 29 of its toadies recognized the Transition National Council (TNC) – an impressive name for the armed thugs and rapist – as the … [Read more...]
Drugs, a Social Curse
Clemente Ferrer Laura and Javier have both learned one of the most stabbing lessons of their lives. At the age of 18, Laura became addicted to amphetamines, such as “speed”. Soon enough, she fell into the temptation of cocaine. Now 24, she is undergoing a School And Family Prevention Program launched by the "Proyecto Hombre" Association. Instead, Javier began his addiction by … [Read more...]
ВОДОХРАНИЛИЩА УЗБЕКИСТАНА — УБИЙЦЫ АРАЛЬСКОГО МОРЯ
Бикташ Садбаев Начиная с 1960 г. в связи с массовым развитием хлопководства в Среднеазиатских республиках и строительством крупных водохранилищ в низовьях Сырдарья и Амударья друг за другом стали образоваться водохранилища, обслуживающие ирригацию. В бассейне Аральского моря только на территории Узбекистана по официальной информации Европейской экономической комиссии (ЕЭК) … [Read more...]
Cheating: Competition’s Great Equalizer?
Ben Tanosborn Back in the wild-and-woolly days of the American West – encompassing much of the second half of the nineteenth century – the Colt revolver was said to be the “great equalizer.” It promised to wipe out any gap between weak and strong, claiming to put every man at the same level of strength – beastly level, one need to add. In a capitalist world where … [Read more...]
Abadan Incident in Turkmenistan: American hand traceable already?
nCa Report Ashgabat, 11 July 2011 (nCa) --- The recent incident in Abadan town of Turkmenistan that the government described as accidental flare of pyrotechnics but was reportedly a series of blasts in an ammunition depot could possibly be a part of the desperate American strategy for the region. The evidence so far is flimsy and circumstantial but there are reasons to feel … [Read more...]
Reality Check: Opposition participation in presidential elections of Turkmenistan
nCa Report Ashgabat, 11 July 2011 (nCa) --- President Berdymuhamedov of Turkmenistan announced on 8 July during a meeting of the cabinet of ministers that he would welcome the participation of the ‘opposition’ candidates in the forthcoming presidential elections, scheduled for early 2012. He also said that Turkmenistan will switch to two-party system. This is a bold … [Read more...]
Turkmenistan admits casualties in Abadan blast; defence minister demoted
nCa Report Ashgabat, 11 July 2011 (nCa) --- Turkmenistan acknowledged Sunday that casualties did take place in the ammunition depot blast in Abadan town that took place on 7 July. President Berdymuhamedov, chairing a session of the commission that had been formed to investigate the incident, expressed condolence to the families of the departed souls and conveyed his … [Read more...]
The Super Power under Siege
General Mirza Aslam Beg, Former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan On 7th October 2001, President Bush launched the ‘Sock and Awe’ Crusade against Taliban, hoping to defeat them and consolidate hold overAfghanistan but failed. The Taliban emerged victorious and are not prepared to give concessions unless the occupation forces leaveAfghanistan. The shame of defeat, at … [Read more...]
Online Advertising is the Only One Increasing
Clemente Ferrer Due to the latest innovations and inventions of the digital market, emerging technologies such as the so called ‘smart phones’ have gained worldwide popularity. If the mobile phone revolution has already begun, up till what point will it transform the emerging online news media market? More and more, users are increasingly turning to digital technology to … [Read more...]
Узбекистан — расточительное использование воды
Акбар Саидзода Одной из самых обсуждаемых тем последних лет стали водно-энергетические вопросы Центральной Азии. Идут большие споры и полемика вокруг этих вопросов. Узбекистаном создана мощная пропагандистская система, которая используется исключительно для оправдания своих действий. Надо признать, что эта система работает довольно эффективно. В результате, многие соглашаются … [Read more...]
Libya today, Central Asia tomorrow?
nCa Analysis Ashgabat, 3 July 2011 (nCa) --- According to the spirit of the international law, NATO is now engaged in war of aggression against Libya. Whatever flimsy excuses it had for attacking Libya under UN Security Council resolution 1970, have disappeared after the passage of resolution 1973 and arming of Libya rebels by France. ICC has been caught with its pants … [Read more...]
Central Asia must protect itself against NATO
nCa Commentary Ashgabat, 2 July 2011 (nCa) --- NATO had a somewhat tolerable face at the start of this century but it has turned ugly and loathsome within a decade. Not a kind wrinkle in the face of this hag, even if you look hard. At the start of the US/NATO occupation of Afghanistan soon after 9/11, there was the marked difference in the reaction of small children to the … [Read more...]
Попытка исламизировать Центральную Азию
Комментарий nCa Ашгабат, 1 июля 2011 (nCa) --- Таджикистан выступает за законопроект, который будет иметь неприятные последствия во всем регионе и вызовет широкий резонанс. Нижняя палата таджикского парламента почти единогласно одобрила законопроект, запрещающий религиозное образование и участие детей и подростков в религиозной деятельности (за исключением похорон и … [Read more...]
Tinkering with Islam in Central Asia
nCa Commentary Ashgabat, 1 July 2011 (nCa) --- Tajikistan is embarking on a flawed plan that will backfire with region-wide repercussions. A legislative bill banning religious education and religious activities (except for funerals and mourning) for children and teens has passed the lower house of the Tajik parliament nearly unanimously; only two opposition MPs voted … [Read more...]
Израильский урок для Центральной Азии: Используйте интернет с умом и с прибылью
nCa Комментарий Ашгабат, 39 июня 2011 (nCa --- Несмотря на политическое восприятие, израильская экономическая модель обладает рядом свойств, достойных изучения в Центральной Азии. Например, использование Интернета для получения финансовой прибыли. В недавнем докладе AFP говорится, что израильские компании, работающие в секторе информационных технологий, уступают только … [Read more...]
Obama opts for Raymondization of war on terror
nCa Commentary Ashgabat, 30 June 2011 (nCa) --- The ‘National Strategy for Counterterrorism’ released Wednesday by White House seems to opt for hired assassins to lead the US war against terrorism. The suggestion that American will now mainly rely on killers-for-hire to wage war against terrorists, mainly Al-Qaeda, came within hours of the release of the new strategy when … [Read more...]