In Uzbekistan, parlamentary elections were held, and only those parties that declared their loyalty to the US backed dictator Islam Karimov - famous for boiling dissidents alive - were allowed to take part. It´s a curious thing that US says it´s fighting for democracy in Iraq and it´s demanding democratic reforms from Arab regimes and declares that the Palestinians must make democratic reforms if they will have any chance of ending the cruel Israeli occupation, but in Central Asia US is happily training Islam Karimov´s troops....