"President Kurmanbek Bakiyev called Thursday for U.S. troops deployed in this former Soviet republic to be stripped of diplomatic immunity after a U.S. service member shot and killed a Kyrgyz civilian. Alexander Ivanov, a 42-year-old fuel truck driver, was shot by a member of the Air Force security detail Wednesday during a security check at the entrance to the Manas air base near Bishkek, the capital, the Interior Ministry said." (US forces blamed Kyrgyz terrorist leader, Abu Mus`ab Zarqavov for the violence).