Chairman for Bloody Jack Straw's Uzbekistan enquiry announced

18th May 2005. 10.08 The Foreign & Commonwealth Office have tonight announced that Mr Craig Murray is to head an International Enquiry into the bloody massacre and shooting in cold blood of innocent, unarmed men, women and children at various sites in Eastern Uzbekistan over last wekend.yet

The terms of the Enquiry are to be announced but will include examination of the role of the US and UK Governments in training the Uzbekistan Police and Secret Services and their encouraging the use of torture, rape, violent assault, including boiling to death of prisoners.

Mr Murray is an ex employee of the FCO and is therefore very familiar with the procedures / standards / processes of that office. He has also for a time been the UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan, speaks the language and is fully fluent also in Russian.

Bloody Jack Straw said ..."Murray! ... he can go and boil his head... if he doesn't I know somone who will".

Mr Murray is advised to take great care in crossing the road, and not to go for long solitary walks in the Oxford countryside armed with a blunt knife.