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...blacks into conflict, the disturbance rumbled into rock-throwing disorder that soon exploded into almost a week of looting, arson and assault. With entire blocks reduced to ash and rubble, the name Watts came to signify not just a black ghetto in south-central Los Angeles but black unrest across the U.S. By the time troops and police brought peace to what had become a 46.5-sq.-mi. war zone, the toll was tragic: 34 dead, 1,032 injured, 3,952 arrested, some 600 buildings ravaged, property loss around $40 million...
...sweeps, which have included incidents of police brutality and destruction of property. Most of those targeted live in urban areas that overwhelmingly backed the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in parliamentary elections last March. Many believe the arrests are payback for perceived disloyalty and a warning that antigovernment unrest will be met with force. But the arrests may also be a way for Mugabe to make nice with his new patrons in China. As he tries to cope with the world's fastest-shrinking economy, he has developed a Look East policy designed to curry favor with Asian powers...
...reserves in Africa, Iran and Canada. In Russia, Beijing has lobbied hard against Japan for a pipeline to bring Siberian oil east to China. And last week Chinese Premier Hu Jintao welcomed Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov to Beijing just weeks after the Uzbek military killed nearly 200 after unrest erupted in the Central Asian country. The U.S. has been critical of Karimov for his heavy hand. Not Beijing. Among the main reasons for Karimov's visit: to sign a $600 million energy deal between the two countries...
...Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers said the U.S. military believed that the riots were not triggered by the Newsweek report. Six days later, he elaborated, stating that in the view of Lieut. General Karl Eikenberry, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, "the unrest had been previously planned" but that the Newsweek story "certainly wasn't helpful." First Lady Laura Bush, traveling to Jordan, said she thought the report had been only part of the cause...
...Karimov as an ally in the war against terror and maintains a military base in Uzbekistan - expressed concern about the "terrorist group" that had broken out of Andijan prison. Few observers believe this is the end of the violence. Authoritarian regimes such as Karimov's are less susceptible to unrest, says regional analyst Andrei Grozin: "But even if the authorities are able to crush the uprising in Andijan, the next upsurge could come in a month, or a year...