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2002-11-25 Central Asia

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-11-25 12:59 pm|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In the USSR, even the Chechens looked down on the Turkmen...said they were too backward.

Posted by Tripartite 2002-11-25 13:39:21|| 2002-11-25 13:39:21|| Front Page Top

#2 this is the guy who renamed all the months of the year after himself, right?

Posted by Chuck 2002-11-25 13:48:05|| [www.simmins.org] 2002-11-25 13:48:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, he didn't name all the months after himself.

Posted by John B. 2002-11-25 13:55:11|| 2002-11-25 13:55:11|| Front Page Top

#4 He named one after his Mom. Or was it two? One was her name, and the other was just "Mom."

Posted by Fred 2002-11-25 14:33:39|| 2002-11-25 14:33:39|| Front Page Top

#5 He also renamed all the life-stages...named the one he's in after himself, of course. Called it the most important one. Something about wisdom...

Posted by Tripartite 2002-11-25 18:52:36|| 2002-11-25 18:52:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Paging Gulbuddin Hekmatyar...Paging Gulbuddin Hekmaytar...

Posted by Brian 2002-11-25 21:55:32|| 2002-11-25 21:55:32|| Front Page Top

#7 From the BBCNews article...

"A giant golden statue of the president, revolving on top of a tower so that it always faces the sun, has been built in the centre of Ashgabat."

...I truly have no words.

Posted by Tripartite 2002-11-26 01:47:09|| 2002-11-26 01:47:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Gee, that last one puts new meaning in the phrase "Sit on it and rotate."

Posted by Chuck 2002-11-26 07:34:58|| [www.simmins.org] 2002-11-26 07:34:58|| Front Page Top

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