atrocities

Remember When a U.S. Terror Ally Massacred 1,000 People and We Shrugged?

Adam Weinstein · 05/13/15 12:39PM

Ten years ago today, in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan, a mass of people gathered to protest arrests and violence by state police. Authorities shot at least 1,000 to death. The figures remain sketchy, in part because U.S. officials—led by Donald Rumsfeld—opposed an investigation of a valued partner in the war on terror.