Political cat and mouse in Tajikistan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060508/pl_afp/tajikistanussecurity

By itself this story may not seem significant, but it is a small part of a bigger issue. There are plenty of separate interests competing for the same hydrocarbons in the region, and the chess match between competing nations (i.e. United States and Iran) will prove to escalate, if kept at its current pace.