From the AP account:
...The opposition has called for the closure of the U.S. air base in Manas outside the capital of Bishkek that is a key transit point for supplies essential to the war in nearby Afghanistan...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100408/ap_on_re_as/as_kyrgyzstan_protest
On 4/7/10 6:02 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
> If (big big IF there) this has anything to with machinations of a foreign
> power, it was much more likely to have been China or Russia.