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  • #91
    Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

    Terrorist component of foreign policy of Azerbaijan


    International Organization for combating financial abuse (FATF) has included Azerbaijan in the short list of financing of terrorism (CFT) and dealing with money laundering of criminal origin (CAP). From the post-Soviet states in this list, except for Azerbaijan, appears more and Ukraine. Although open to the press report of FATF are not given information on which Azerbaijan and Ukraine are included in the list of laundering criminal proceeds and terrorism sponsoring states, special secrets in this matter. Thus, only the sale of weapons to Azerbaijan Ukrainian officials in Kiev and Baku managed to "earn" tens, if not more, millions of dollars. Received wide publicity and some of the "operation" of Ukraine on supply of weapons to terrorist organizations in the world.

    Interestingly, Ukraine and Azerbaijan have conducted "covert military and financial transactions" not only among themselves but also, and already jointly with other states. So, after the disaster in the skies over China in 2005, Ukrainian IL-76, it became clear that, together with the Ukrainian crew of the plane was and Azerbaijani military pilot. At that time, the Azerbaijani Defense Minister Abiyev desperately trying to distance themselves from this story and claimed that he did not know about the ownership of the Azerbaijani military officer to the illegal flow of arms to terrorists from the Ukraine.

    The most recent of which became publicly available examples of Ukrainian-Azerbaijani "cooperation" with the terrorist organizations was arrested in Thailand plane with several tons of weapons and ammunition. The investigation revealed that the airplane, confusing traces of the crime, flew from Ukraine to Azerbaijan, then to North Korea and from there to Thailand.

    It should be noted that the reports FATF, connecting 35 major financial intelligence world, the world's financial community is not in question, and strongly affect their relations with states, greshaschimi criminal activity. In particular, getting into these reports primarily affect investment inflows into the state. For Azerbaijan, the problem is exacerbated by a U.S. court and proven cases of bribery on the part of the current and previous president. Not added confidence Ilham Aliyev and the massive acquisition for their children's fashionable mansions in the prestigious area of Dubai for a total of 75 million dollars. At the same time the world press did not fail to mention that the salary of the President of Azerbaijan is "only" only 228 thousand dollars a year.

    Bribery and money laundering from illegal activities although they are evil and criminal acts, yet the world is much more concerned about Azerbaijan's relations with terrorist organizations. It should be noted that if a certain time, Azerbaijan was assisted by the terrorists and financed these organizations in recent years has transformed itself into a supplier, and even an organizer and exporter of Azerbaijan proper terrorist organizations. It is not funded by Azerbaijan organizations like the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which, under certain conditions, could be considered a rebel detachments of the national liberation movement. In the world terrorist community, the role of Azerbaijan is much greater.

    The basis of the interaction of the Azerbaijan Republic with the terrorist organizations have put Heydar Aliyev, now declared a "national leader" of this republic. When Heydar Aliyev, for example, to participate in the aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic of Afghanistan in Azerbaijan were "invited" more than 3200 of the Afghan mujahideen led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar a terrorist organization, Hizb-i-Islami. This is the same G. Hekmatyar, in early 2007, told reporters Pakistani television in 2001, his fighters rescued by U.S. troops turn over Osama bin Laden and his top aides, Ayman al-Zawahri.

    Over time, the official Baku connection with the global terrorist movement only strengthened. In Azerbaijan's aggression against NKR recruited bloody experience of Shamil Basayev and Khattab, Doku Umarov, and Salman Raduyev and many others who later acquired fame loud ruthless killers. By late 1993, Azerbaijan has become a de-facto "hideout" for Islamic terrorists around the world, as well as a transit point for the delivery of financial resources, weapons and fighters into "independent Ichkeria", of which the legally functioning in Baku.

    We can not say that the world did not know about the sinister role of Azerbaijan in the formation and strengthening of the Islamic terrorist movement. And while oil and gas riches of Azerbaijan became the reason for the condescending attitude of the international community to the individual "грешкам" of this state, yet from time to time some countries have reacted harshly to the organization of the Azerbaijani authorities haven for terrorist organizations. So, in October 2002, the British Foreign Office officially ranked Azerbaijan to the States in which the active terrorist organizations that threaten the safety and lives of foreigners. Official London advised its citizens not to travel to Azerbaijan, as well as the threat of terrorist attacks on foreigners there is very high. " Although DHS Azerbaijan made then a rebuttal and stated that the republic "calm prevails and the world", the facts say otherwise.

    Azerbaijan was included in the list published by Washington State under which the cells of al-Qaeda. For several years the Committee on Safety of the State Duma of Russia pointed out (and points) to Azerbaijan as a state with close ties to the Chechen and Afghan terrorist structures. By unreliable States where there are centers for training international terrorists, tagging Azerbaijan and Canada. Interestingly, Ottawa had recommended its consular offices in the issuance of visas to enter the country to pay special attention to the citizens of the Azerbaijan Republic, as well as "those who have even once been there."

    Lists of supporters of terrorist organizations were published after the September 11 tragedy. But even before that, the U.S. (not Azeri!) Secret service arrested in Baku military operations division chief of the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad, Ahmed Salama Mabrouk, who is accused of involvement in the terrorist attack in Nairobi. After a couple of months the CIA had tracked down and captured in Azerbaijan, two other activists of this group - Hafisa Mabrouk and Yasser al-Sirri.

    By the way, took place simultaneously on Aug. 7, 1998 bloody bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, during which were blown up American embassies, are directly related to entrenched in Azerbaijan, the terrorist organization Dzheyshullah "included in the U.S. State Department list of 39 most dangerous extremist groups world. "Dzheyshullah" ( "Army of God") is in close contact with terrorist groups in other countries of the world, and serves as a branch of Al Qaeda in Azerbaijan.

    It is well known that before the terrorist attacks against U.S. embassies in the capitals of Kenya and Tanzania, the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden has called over 60 times in Azerbaijan. But few people know that a fax containing the order to bomb the U.S. embassy in Kenya was sent from Azerbaijan. Interestingly, the day before the tragic events in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, U.S. Congressional Research Service released a special document on the activities of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda in Azerbaijan.

    In Azerbaijan, and today operate numerous extremist terrorist organizations, many of whom - Hizb ut-Tahrir, Ihaviul-muslimin, Islamic Jihad, Dzheyhullah "," Goutbi "- are closely linked and coordinated their actions with identical orientation of organizations in other States. Besides them in Azerbaijan there are terrorist groups, regional significance: "Forest Brothers", "Nurchilar", "Caucasus Emirate" ... Those interested in the topic can be found here with the site of one of Azerbaijan's terrorist organizations.

    Thus, we can state that the list of FATF, bearing the information and advisory, at the same time reflect the real situation in Azerbaijan. And if in the cases with the inclusion in the list of unreliable countries "axis of evil": Iran, Syria, North Korea - can be suspected politically motivated, then Baku such clauses simply can not be. Azerbaijan is increasingly bogged down in a quagmire of corruption and patronage of universal international terrorism, and the head of this phenomenon traditionally inherited are the first persons of the republic.

    February 26 this year, three weeks before the publication of the report of FATF countries involved in money laundering and "lack of fight" terrorist organizations in the Dagestani newspaper Novoe Delo published an article by Mark Shahbanova and Magomed Abdurashidova: Southern Dagestan. The article contains a memorable phrase: "At the moment the most influential player in the southern Dagestan is actually the president of neighboring Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev." The authors, however, quite objectively telling the intervention of a presidential republic into ethnic, economic and political life of southern Dagestan, abstained from the analysis of the sources of political opportunities Aliyev to Russia, confined to stating the fact of presence of a large array of ethnic Azerbaijanis in southern Dagestan. Meanwhile, the influence of Ilham Aliyev in neighboring Dagestan is based not only and not so much a factor supported by the presence of the Azerbaijani diaspora, many in the first place, the Republic of Azerbaijan controlled by terrorist organizations. In a constantly shaken by bloody attacks Dagestan, where many are forced to live in fear for their loved ones, and political preferences are clan-ethnic character, terrorist factor is becoming increasingly important.



    Levon Melik-SHAHNAZARIAN

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    • #92
      Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

      Some 100 Azerbaijanis, armed with white flags, tried to surrender to the authorities NKR

      About 100 residents of the settlements "Dorda Yol", located in Azerbaijan under the control of Agdam, with white flags in their hands tried to cross the border and surrender to the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh.

      This step is desperate residents have decided because of the arbitrariness of the authorities. As the Azadliq, strong rains caused flooding, inundating the settlement. Numerous letters to the executive authorities with a request to solve the problem of homeless people, were ignored.

      Willing to shift to the side of the NKR declared that "if their own state does not care about us, so we turned for help to the Armenians". Police failed to stop angry marchers. I had to resort to using the internal divisions of troops stationed in Barda.

      Arrived on the scene head of the Committee for Refugees and internally displaced persons in Azerbaijan, Ali Hasanov, said Azadliq.

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      • #93
        Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

        U.S. cuts Azerbaijani oil import

        April 13, 2010 - 16:20 AMT 11:20 GMT

        PanARMENIAN.Net - In January 2010, the United States imported 950 000 barrels of oil from Azerbaijan against 2.1 mln barrels in January 2009, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

        In 2009, the U.S. imported 27.5mln barrels of oil from Azerbaijan against 26.8 mln barrels in 2008. In 2007 and 2006, 20.6 mln 9.7 mln barrels were imported, Vesti.Az reported.

        The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline is the major export route to deliver Azerbaijani oil to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.

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        • #94
          Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

          Sentenced Azerbaijani soldiers accused of raping a fellow

          15/04/2010 10:28

          Today, Azerbaijan has been sentenced military personnel accused of rape, the Azeri news agency "Trend".
          According to the decree of the Military Court for Grave Crimes, junior sergeant of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan Arif Gurbanov sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. A. Gubranova sentenced under the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan - rape, death threats, abuse of power.
          In the indictment verdict stated that the sergeant A. Gurbanov, while serving in the Gazakh district, threatening colleagues, entered them into a sexual relationship.
          We note that yesterday ended the trial of the army of Azerbaijan Araz Abdullayev, shot his sleeping colleague Sayafa Hasanov. By verdict of the military court for serious crimes AA Abdullaev was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment.
          Gunfire between members of the Azerbaijani army is often associated with sexual violence, beatings, bullying and extortion by officers and senior soldiers. Only in the first quarter of 2010 as a result of hazing have been killed or committed suicide, more than 60 soldiers.

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          • #95
            Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

            Azerbaijani border guard shot and killed 17-year-old Georgian

            14.04.2010 05:53

            17-year-old Ibrahim Gaorgashvili was shot on April 13 the Georgian-Azerbaijani border in the village Erisimedi.
            Ibrahim Gaorgashvili crossed the border to bring back his cow, had been transferred to the Azerbaijani side. However, the Azerbaijani border without warning shot in the head boy, who died on the spot, told Imedi TV witnessed the events.
            Statements of the official structures of the incident were not yet available.




            Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia: the murder of 17-year-old Georgian, Azerbaijani border guards is particularly shocking fact

            15.04.2010 09:01

            Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia considers it outrageous murder of Azeri border guards of a citizen of Georgia and calls for full investigation of the case and punish the perpetrators, RIA Novosti reported with reference to the statement of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
            "April 13, 2010 the Azerbaijani border guards killed a Georgian citizen, a resident of the village Erisimedi Signagi municipality, 17-year-old Ibrahim Gaorgashvili, who, looking for cattle, happened to be on the Azerbaijani side of the Georgian-Azerbaijani border," - said in the statement of Foreign Ministry of Georgia.
            Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia considers the killing of "a particularly galling fact" against the background of the traditional good-neighborly relations between the two countries, based on strategic interests. "We are deeply convinced that accidentally come into the territory of friendly states citizen of a neighboring State should not become a victim of a direct shot. The Georgian side demands the full and timely investigation of the incident, "- noted in a statement.
            Georgia's foreign ministry expressed confidence that "as a result of the efforts of the Azerbaijani side guilty will be punished to the full extent of the law.According to the Georgian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday discussed the incident the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David Jalagania and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Georgia Namik Aliyev.
            Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia expresses its deep condolences to the family of the deceased.

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            • #96
              Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

              The national language policy in Azerbaijan: or how to cover up traces of Azerbaijan fox. Part I


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              • #97
                Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

                Azeri-U.S. Military Drills Cancelled Amid Row


                (Reuters) - Planned joint military exercises by Azerbaijan and the United States were cancelled on Monday against a backdrop of strained ties between Washington and the oil-producing former Soviet republic.

                The announcement by Azerbaijan followed its sharp criticism of Washington's role in its festering conflict with Armenia over the breakaway mountain region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

                Diplomats say the criticism reflects Azeri anger over U.S. support for a deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan's close Muslim ally Turkey to mend ties and reopen their border. Azerbaijan, a supplier oil and gas to the West, fears the deal will weaken its hand in talks over the rebel territory.

                Azerbaijan did not specify who cancelled the exercises planned for May, or why, but the U.S. embassy said it suggested "that the question be posed to the government of Azerbaijan".

                An Azeri Defense Ministry spokesman told Reuters: "The exercises are cancelled, but the reason is not known."

                In an interview with Reuters on Friday, a senior aide to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev accused the United States of siding with Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and warned that Baku could "reconsider" its relations with Washington.

                The United States is co-mediator with Russia and France in talks over the rebel region, where ethnic Armenians backed by Armenia threw off Azeri rule in the early 1990s in a war that killed 30,000 people. A peace deal has never been signed. Turkey closed its frontier with Armenia in 1993 in solidarity with Azerbaijan during the war, and Azerbaijan says it should stay closed until ethnic Armenian forces pull back.

                Despite misgivings over human rights under Aliyev, the United States has traditionally had good relations with Azerbaijan, which hosts oil majors including BP, ExxonMobil and Chevron.

                Stung by the Azeri backlash, Turkey now says it will only ratify the deal with Armenia if Yerevan makes concessions on Nagorno-Karabakh. Diplomats say the issue is weighing on negotiations between Turkey and Azerbaijan on gas supplies and transit, complicating plans for the U.S. and European-backed Nabucco pipeline.

                Planned joint military exercises by Azerbaijan and the United States were cancelled on Monday against a backdrop of strained ties between Washington and the oil-producing former Soviet republic.
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                • #98
                  Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

                  BAKU THREATENS IRAN'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY

                  Aysor
                  April 19 2010
                  Armenia

                  Official Baku is leading an anti-Iranian policy by putting on the
                  screens the American anti-Iranian movie titled "300 Spartans" where
                  the 1000 year old facts of history are distorted, informs the Iranian
                  "Tabnak.ir" site.

                  "Azerbaijan continues supporting the Iranian separatist groupings. The
                  authorities of Baku have probably forgotten that the territory where
                  their land is situated is the historical land of Iran," mentions the
                  analyst of the site.

                  As the analyst insists, the authorities of Iran should undertake
                  concrete steps to put an end to such anti-Iranian behavior of Baku.

                  According to the analyst in the bases of the anti-Iranian doctrine
                  are the following actions:

                  1. to give birth to conflicts between the Iranian nations who speak in
                  Tirkish 2. to present a demand of political federalism step by step
                  3. to bring forward the demand of Ethnic federalism 4. to separate
                  historical Azerbaijan from Iran 5. uniting with the republic of
                  Azerbaijan 6. unification of united Azerbaijan to Turkey 7. realization
                  of the main goal of Pan-Turkism, establishment of big Turan

                  The analyst of "Tabnak.ir" site goes on saying, "The authorities of
                  Azerbaijan press on the national minorities that live in their country,
                  Tallish, Lezgy, Kurdish. Around 1.5 million Kurdish people live in
                  Azerbaijan while their number officially is recorded as 50.000."

                  At the end the analyst mentions that the Iranian will never forget
                  the idea expressed by Heydar Aliev, "By saying Iran I mean South
                  Azerbaijan."
                  Hayastan or Bust.

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                  • #99
                    Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

                    I never understood why Iranians are angry about a Hollywood movie, all of them are generally exagerated and over dramatised with little truth anyway. But since Baku is screening it to piss off Iran it sounds pretty pathetic. I loved the parody movie of the 300 though.

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                    • Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

                      Originally posted by hipeter924 View Post
                      I never understood why Iranians are angry about a Hollywood movie, all of them are generally exagerated and over dramatised with little truth anyway. But since Baku is screening it to piss off Iran it sounds pretty pathetic. I loved the parody movie of the 300 though.
                      Because Iranians do not look like how it was shown.....even if they used ugly slaves for conquering the king was, shall we say kind of blackish.

                      King Xerxes




                      I actually liked the movie and I also thought that they are way off the mark but then I figured its pushed with a political agenda.
                      B0zkurt Hunter

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