The three Central Asian countries ought to be scared. Kyrgizstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are connected by a valley, and this valley is the primary stomping ground of Afghan drugs economy. Some of the 65 billion dollars that are made of Afghan heroin, end up in the hands of several "islamic" groups in the area. Hate to even call them "islamic", but that is how they portray themselves. It is easy to fool people when they are poor, and the economic crisis made them poorer. But these countries also can blame themselves. Instead of speeding up the formation of rapid reaction force that was approved ages ago, they all get into their petty conservative mode, and act only when water is up to one's ears. Karimov has a reason to be concerned. It was from Kyrgizstan that the attempted colour revolution came to his door in Andijan. He survived that, but was leary of both Kyrgizstan and Tajikistan. Both have taken on a number of international agreements to deal with combating drugs and separatists, but both have, for the sake of some monetary inducements from EU or NATO, abrogated on the agreements they signed up to with CSTO and SCO. Now is the wake up time, and the picture is far from clear. Depending on the capacity of "islamists", AKA drug-lords of the south to cause trouble in the country preventing the orderly organization of elections, Kyrgizstan may require some CSTO policing. It is clear that it is CSTO business, not SCO, as China should really not take any part in this mess. For one, the Uighur populace in Kyrgizstan can easily be riled up by the Bakiyev crowd, causing problems both in the south and the north. Now that the trouble is upon them, I hope the three countries can find a way to get CSTO resources to tackle the drug problem head on. It is a slippery slope to allow these groups to be engaging in "islamic" message, while peddling drugs. CSTO is fighting a full fledged chemical warfare, but is not commited to winning.