21 Dec 2006

Dead of another Dictator


His Excellency Saparmurat Niyazov "Turkmenbashi", President of Turkmenistan, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers" and "Leader of all Ethnic Turkmens" is dead.



“At about 1:10 a.m., Saparmurat Niyazov’s heart stopped beating. President of Turkmenistan died at the age of 67”, says the official report broadcast via all media. According to non-official sources, “the cause of the death could be the diabetes”.



Security Council of Turkmenistan has already convened plenary sitting. The key issues of the discussion were the country’s stability and maintenance of discipline. More here




See this on the HuffingtonPost: "Death of a Dictator"





See http://www.turkmenbashi.org/ and more on this Turkmenbashi page or Wikipedia