should give the Uzbek government further economic and military aid worth two billion dollars. The government of Uzbekistan would allow the United States to use the air base in Karshi-Kanabad and operate inside Uzbekistan to secure the warhead. The negotiations between the United States and Uzbekistan continued for several weeks, and on April 16 an agreement was reached. Secretary of State Colin Powell secretly met with the Uzbek government, including Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov, Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President Islom Karimov. This is another reason for the hostility between Uzbekistan and the West. It is also believed by some Uzbeks that the protests in Andijan were brought about by the UK and US influences in the area of Andijan. Karimov had offered use of the base to the U.S. In late July 2005, the government of Uzbekistan ordered the United States to vacate an air base in Karshi-Kanabad (near the Uzbekistan's border with Afghanistan) within 180 days. joined in a call for an independent international investigation of the bloody events at Andijon, the relationship took an additional nosedive, and President Islom Karimov changed the political alignment of the country to bring it closer to Russia and China, countries which chose not to criticize Uzbekistan's leaders for their alleged human rights violations. The relationship between Uzbekistan and the United States began to deteriorate after the so-called "color revolutions" in Georgia and Ukraine (and to a lesser extent Kyrgyzstan). efforts against worldwide terrorism and joined the coalitions that have dealt with both Afghanistan and Iraq. Uzbekistan was an active supporter of U.S. Previously close to Washington (which gave Uzbekistan half a billion dollars in aid in 2004, about a quarter of it military), the government of Uzbekistan has recently restricted American military use of the air base at Karshi-Khanabad for air operations in neighboring Afghanistan. However, a problem soon presented itself - Uzbekistan. While the PRT MAZAR-E-SHARIF was located closer to the Afghan-Uzbek border, it was decided to divert any Taliban/al-Qaeda informants in the area. On February 20 the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (also known as the "Delta Force") and the 5th Special Forces Group was dispatched to the ISAF base PRT MEYMANA in northern Afghanistan (the base housed 420 Norwegian ISAF soldiers). President McCain decided to act quick and swiftly by authorizing a Special Operations mission the same day to secure the warhead and destroy the terrorist organisation. President John McCain was informed of the threat of the IMU.
When reports on February 10 and 15 confirmed their suspicions, U.S. On Februintelligence sources reported that the IMU might have acquired a former Soviet nuclear device, possibly from the black market. Noticing the increased contact between the two organisations, the CIA began a substantial surveillance effort to track them and detect what the reasons of the contacts were. This was confirmed in another report on Decemwhich indicated that the organisation had been in contact with al-Qaeda operatives. Intelligence sources indicated that the terrorist organisation Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) had regrouped in southern Uzbekistan following their near destruction in 2001 under Tohir Yo‘ldosh. The collapse of the Soviet Union led to the possibility that former Soviet nuclear weapons might become available on the black market (so-called 'loose nukes'), while no warheads were known to be have been mislaid, it has been alleged that suitcase-size bombs might be unaccounted for. government's greatest concerns following the declaration of the War on Terrorism was the possibility of terrorist organisation, such as al-Qaeda, obtaining loose nuclear weapons. In total the United States lost three U.S Army Rangers, five Delta Force and one UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, including eight U.S. Special Forces and Delta Force secured an ex-Soviet nuclear warhead during an intense firefight outside the Uzbek town of Kara-Shuluk with terrorists of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) that claimed the lives of several U.S. The operation was successful after a combined force of U.S. The operation was carried out between May 12 to May 18, 2007. President John McCain in 2007 in order to secure former Soviet nuclear weapons stockpiles in Uzbekistan that had the potential to be used by terrorists organisations, including al-Qaeda.
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