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britain's best selling newspaper the news of the world says goodbye to many readers as it turns the last page and its one hundred sixty news good chunk out of harm's way to throw back with variations in the wrists. germany has agreed to supply nato forces in libya with new missions for the continuing u.s. strikes and say that shift from its original position in the cities also pressure on the announcement. well the next we'll take a look at how kurdistan has fared for twenty years without you know as a country remains a lot of dependent and i do culture around unemployment and political instability. kurdistan the central asian country and former soviet republic.

in the space of just five years this state has gone through two revolutions the country is divided into two parts both by the mountains and by the unresolved conflict between the developed north and i could cultural south. kurdistan overcome its political and ethnic standoff could there be a repetition of spontaneous riots involving a mass loss of life. and . tucked away in the mountains one hundred fifty kilometers from the capital bishkek is the village of act chose as best only six hundred villagers are left here now. but when kurdistan was part of the soviet union people from all over the republic were eager to come here. with their with their

knees or mine turn on his knee or was taken from them in the open pit heavy duty little as trucks are brought in from there as you can see the roads are still here in soviet times they produce three hundred tons a day and their time all arcturus religious work here but even that was not enough so they brought workers from other places you what they were about you the head of administration is showing the former pride of the village the factory producing uranium ore. so you are from the open that was brought here it was processed concerned to the laboratory for further tests that you. fell into decay in the first two months after kurdistan secession from the soviet union extracting the hazardous or was no longer worthwhile as there were no buyers most of the villages inhabitants left it within a few years those who stayed behind had to learn to survive amidst high radiation levels and rampant unemployment. this is the sort of pressures that we group leader

and the person gets. a tiny patch of land one back from the mountains a few sheep and two cows that's all but the only russian family left in the village hastur survive on. sankoh and her husband worked at the factory until nine hundred ninety two. i was saddened smelt only by the situation an elderly each we see the same mess we're in this is very very sad. the factory was shut down in one thousand nine hundred two. many other factories and heritage by the young state from the soviet union suffered the same fate. former soviet republic kurdistan won independence on august thirty first one thousand nine hundred one the country's population is five million kurds account for seventy percent of the total backs mostly live in the country south make up its

hundred percent well russians account for eight percent of the country's capital is bishkek. with its president from one thousand nine hundred to two thousand and five . in march two thousand and five he was deposed during the so-called tulip revolution from two thousand and five to two thousand and ten coming back but he was head of state he lost power following events on april seventh two thousand and ten. sharpshooters were firing from here they stood upright sticking out their heads they were there and they are everywhere. by of a was among the thousands who took to the streets of bishkek on a full seventy two thousand and ten. those events were littered the second card is revolution on that day demonstrators only wanted the authorities to heed their grievances their response was gunfire.

here's a shot at us and pushed us back i thought i could get falling to the ground right here his leg was bleeding i cornered him with my body if you need to kill somebody kill me he is not guilty plea. the protesters demanded the resignation of the country. these leaders especially president kurmanbek bakiyev. the irony of the situation with the five years before came to power in the wake of a similar uprising. the chill of revolution was the name given to the events when the first kurdish president ask archive was stripped of power in two thousand and five this flower is one of the country symbols. there were no fountains here

back then but the square was absolutely flooded with people at a time. about twenty five thousand i think. we joined the crowd as it headed for the white house name. alexander even though remembers the great enthusiasm but engulfed people gathered in bishkek central square in two thousand and five. the re-inforcement from the south came demonstrators broke into the presidential palace in bishkek. when you just look but when we realized that the house of cards was falling apart. just inspired us with the hope that the president would step down. everybody was in a state of euphoria. when presidents are kind of left the country coming back back here came to power. the euphoria that characterized the chill of revolutionaries began evaporating only a year later when the new president chose to pursue the same policies that eventually toppled his predecessor. but if top government posts to relatives and

friends. in two thousand five hundred even over was a bucket of supporters in april two thousand and ten he joined street protesters once again. at that moment i already knew the situation and i said to myself this regime will be toast to either we get them all the rule or they will simply be . torn to pieces. and i think it's a natural epilogue for machias presidency and i mean to me it's a typical ending for a government that's which came too far violently after the cool. in general all colored revolutions were performed by the same script will score from the rose revolution in georgia the orange revolution in ukraine and the two of revolution in can do stuff but in the last one was virtually transformed into a cool with me. meanwhile cargo planes were landing on the runway of

a russian air base of cancer twenty kilometers from bishkek they were carrying russian reinforcements to the troubled republic the airborne battalion was sensitive and the base in case of danger. that hit. our job is to protect installations which are situated in curious territory. notably the caldera base affiliated facilities as well as russian citizens living here. as a matter of fact russian military personnel had no problems in connection with the able life. thank. the airfield is within the

town of cancer it was a special situation here. as far as i know there are no plans to close the base and indeed there's no activity against it with. the last air base serves as the air mobility house ordered operations dropped against them but perhaps just the support of those that are aside here is cultivating good deliciousness with the local people this trailer is taken from the website of a us air base which is situated close to count strength bombs it shares a runway with menace international airport u.s. servicemen claim they get along well with the locals. the fact is however that villagers nearby are not as friendly as the americans claim they are plagued by the constant roar of cargo planes taking off several times a day. when there is an airport near here most of the planes fly in some

distance away but quite a few come here too and first lots of them flew around here when people started complaining they turn it down a bit even so airplanes come and go around the clock. relations between locals and the u.s. military went downhill after a tragic incident between private sachar a hatfield and a fuel serviceman truck driver. alexander even north was shot and killed by the private so on that day his colleagues came to me and said alexander was shot dead by an american soldier what shot that's how come we don't know. it is still unclear why the private behave the way he did according to have field he fired in self-defense because he claims you know attacked him with a knife however several pieces of evidence do not corroborate the theory. it's nonsense given that alexander was one hundred eighty centimeters tall and had

filled one hundred sixty four and this metal chair had a bullet hole in the back we were told that the bullets went from top to bottom which simply proves that alexander was such a deal. bishkek appeared to a few public demands that the u.s. base be closed but mass is a crucial strategic hub for supplying coalition troops in afghanistan. the issue of the american presence became a bare faced bargaining chip in talks between the bucky of government and the us state department as such u.s. cargo planes continue to take off from curtis territory. those troops should have been brought to justice instead they contest elections we the young people of the cookies republic have been under the yoke of corrupt regimes for years we have fed up with the continuing cycle of deceit and we have taken part in the latest revolution to topple a criminal regime and pay for it in our blood. in two thousand and ten rallies in

central bishkek became just as routine as the changing of the guards kurdistan's political life gathered strength following the second revolution it took scores of political parties only a few months to emerge on the political scene in order to contest parliamentary seats. across specks of new elections that inspired both hope and i desired to it was obvious to many that those who lost might stir up the people to take to the streets again that would mean another revolution and a new wave of violence. wealthy

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it is four thousand two hundred meters above sea level while it is still woman bishkek two hundred kilometers from here the weather is already cool up and coming toward jose. this is the site of kurdistan's most successful industrial. giant trucks bring tons of fuel from an open pit several hundred meters deep. they said giant caterpillar can carry one hundred seventy tons. we now have thirteen. medium size pump trucks i'm thirteen big ones. yeah you can see some of the big ones behind me. thousands of tons of rock will go through a long treatment process to yield several kilograms of it rich or. it will then go

to the most important place in the factory the smelting furnace there cold will be extracted from the or. the missile because the residue is dried and religions are added to it. and then it goes into this oven where the temperature is one thousand five hundred degrees celsius to see if the gold is melted in two and a half to three hours we smell gold every two days. today will produce four bars weighing about one thousand five hundred ounces all together through. the computer pitch the long straight canadian firm for that reason the production process follows western standards every single piece of equipment and even the workers' clothes have been imported from canada. the staff enjoys high safety standards and is well paid many others would like to be employed here the enterprise is one of the largest sources of taxes for the country's national budget the factories managers have no interest in revolutions and elections taking down in bishkek they

are confident that they will be able to come to terms. with any regime. we have cooperation is government cooperation. people are. working. and able to meet our. contribute. to purchase their. gold production accounts for forty percent of the country's industry but kurdistan is still largely ally grammarian country nearly half its population is employed in agriculture industry at best accounts for sixteen percent of the country's g.d.p. in the first six years of independence the gross domestic products dropped by half the country's external debt is around four billion dollars money sent by migrants working abroad is one of the main sources of revenue. like the comptroller cory this tiny enterprise lives of foreign investment but of

a different kind in the past tourists were only too willing to buy locally produced carpets scarves and felt caps the items made by the small factory are quite costly because they are handmade so. we press fell three times by found to make it close enough so. we use dyes felt to make. it is her name because we want to make sure that it was this where in time. before the april revolution the craftsmen have pinned their hopes on an influx of foreigners in the hope of amassing a handsome profit but the uprising did a lot of harm to their business and tourists stayed away from the troubled republic . just frankly this year selling gold goods made of felt was a very tough job. on april the seventh and eighth we have to tell customers in switzerland. nearly every hour they received calls from the embassy telling them to

stay at home. in october people expected a repetition of that taken place in april in the run up to elections the streets of major cities and small villages alike were plastered with political propaganda posters back in the summer about a hundred political parties vied for seats in parliament but in the end only thirty parties were allowed to take part in the elections before the polls got underway they had been seen as a crucial event with far reaching ramifications for the nation they were to pave the way for a constitutional reform marking the transition from a presidential republic to a parliamentary republic. of yours we will work in a serious and responsible spirit. to make sure that the parliamentary elections take place and are held in a peaceful atmosphere in conformity with the election. republic.

contrary to expectations the election passed off in a camp atmosphere but when the votes were counted it became obvious that the pendulum of purpose politics had swayed again. the election of the one by the other party consisting of supporters of ex-president back here who was deposed in april. the leaders should stick their political ambitions up you know what and get down to economic matters why because we have a deficit of nearly fifty percent of the total budget people all across the soviet union used to say that cuba stern was an owl of democracy. they describe people as democratically mindedly. the geneva. bio was one of those who helped bring about people revolution she attended rallies outside the government building for three days in a row the protesters say they will not allow

a counter revolution to happen and that's how the people who are opposed by kiev have dubbed the electoral victory of the as a short party imo they were stolen by the others your party those were unfair elections. this is the kurdish version of a question polo the carcass of a gold is the ball in this traditional game them of both teams to kick the goat carcass into the goal him and back captain of the local team is a promising player but in april he took part in a far more fascinating competition involving a mass of people at that time he and friends went to visit to topple president by kiev him and back maintains that curtis politics and his favorite game our lot in common. this game is like politics you pick the two teams chase the coach it's almost like chasing power in bishkek it's the political technique of the game . local politics is based on

a tense standoff between industrial regions in the country's north and impoverished agrarian regions in the south they represent two teams trying to seize power from each other. first card as presidents ask archaia comes from the north he was toppled by the south's common vik by kiev truculent the summers are a close knit community they help one another as best they can. promote fellow soldiers to keep posts in and sack locals living in this north. does any cool seek. help each other. before but here came to power dylan had served in the local police for a long time he was born in bishkek when becky of became president was replaced with someone from the south. now makes a living as a postman this time he is leaving bishkek for the place he dislikes most of all the country southern capital of auch.

neighborhoods and looted shops serve as a reminder of a vicious conflict the ethnic standoff between curtis and whose backs. the border between kurdistan and his back stan was drawn in soviet times it didn't matter that it is direct population was part of the cargoes republic after all it was part of a single country the soviet union however interethnic violence erupted following the collapse of the us s. r. one of the bloodiest confrontations began in the early hours of june eleventh two thousand and ten and lasted for nearly five days.

the city of instantly fell into two camps people wrote their identities on the walls of their houses to indicate to the tenants was. there s.o.s. signs on some of them but help never arrived the city's administration was powerless throughout the riots it was back neighborhoods were ruined. could you please visit was in your house my daughter her husband i'm going to not even have the opportunity to make ourselves at home there when it was burned down where we left out in the cold. nobody knows how many people died in the june confrontation official figures put the death toll at more than three hundred and speak of nearly a thousand injured however locals are sure that the figures are several times higher me a new card then you have visited we never separated it was backs were all muslims.

being great don't they have parents. want to they won't. this is. second attempt to build a house back in may he took pride in showing off his two storey homestead to neighbors it had taken him three years to build it in the wake of the june chaos only the foundations for maint but having is in no mood for despair he receives breaks from charities filled by little construction work goes on. if we have been in our homes and go somewhere where will our homes be and what's the point of going anywhere this is our land our ancestors lived here no we aren't going anywhere we are going to build homes and live here. the house is unlikely to be completed any time soon for now refugees live in tents camps. there is no running water it has to be taken from a well cooking has to be done inside the tent the only way to warm

a home is with a fire or electric stove there are several such places and a small memorial wall stands in the center of each one where pictures of the dead are posted. on you this his name is john said he served as an weighs in in a mosque when all that happened to have roots in the mosque had been said and find when i came there i saw that he was dead he had been trying to defend the mosque. this is the sixteenth century mosque which is the most remarkable site in. so far it's the only symbol of possible reconciliation in this divided country home locals encourages coming from the north pray together here their two enviros backs who share the same faith. at.

the head of administration of a dying village of actors could have moved to the capital a long time ago his relatives live there and biscuit boasts a higher standard of living yet he stays in his native village but also only because of patriotism he believes that actors will once again become as prosperous as a was in soviet times and many in kurdistan look to the country's future with optimism . somebody will get down to work here sooner or later and it will go on anon life will take its course and the village will be restored. led mission. critical patients three purchase three. three. three. three

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