BREAKING: US KC175 Tanker shot down in Russia

Chechnya/Kazakhstan/Kurgystan all have been fighting Russian forces for a long time, in their desire to take over terrotories and impose islamic states

A youth movement in Kyrgyzstan has accused the US of using a military air base in Kyrgyz territory to stock chemical and biological weapons, and also possibly for illegal drug and human trafficking.

http://rt.com/politics/us-manas-base-air-625/

A US military cargo plane carrying fuel has crashed at the Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border shortly after taking off [...]

Central Asian Setback For The U.S. Military

by John C.K. Daly of OilPrice.com

Guest Post: Central Asian Setback For The U.S. Military

The last few weeks have seen the U.S. Department of Defense suffer a number of setbacks in its effort to retain military influence overseas.

First came the startling announcement on 21 October, when President Obama announced that all American troops would be withdrawing from Iraq by 31 December under the terms of the Status of Forces Agreement. Accordingly, 39,000 [...]

Alert: Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Kyrgyzstan – USGS

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude
6.1

Date-Time

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 19:35:43 UTC
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 01:35:43 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location
40.132°N, 71.423°E

Depth
17.8 km (11.1 miles)

Region
KYRGYZSTAN

Distances
42 km (26 miles) SW of Farghona (Fergana), Uzbekistan
60 km (37 miles) SE of Quqon (Kokand), Uzbekistan
98 km (60 miles) SSW of Namangan, Uzbekistan
404 km (251 miles) SW of BISHKEK (Frunze), Kyrgyzstan

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 12.6 km [...]