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 Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 10:40 am Post subject: Azerbaijan seen as new front in Mideast conflict |
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http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/azerbaijan-seen-as-new- front-in-mideast-conflict/
1) Azerbaijan seen as new front in Mideast conflict (30 May 2009)
2) A welcome new stage in Azerbaijani-Israeli ties (1 June 2009)
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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFu ll&cid=1243872307395
excerpts from: A welcome new stage in Azerbaijani-Israeli ties
by Alexander Murinson, Jerusalem Post, 1 June 2009
| Quote: | Relations between Israel, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan serve as a model for cooperation between the Jewish state and Muslim nations. [...]
Peres is scheduled to visit Azerbaijan near the end of June as a part of his tour of the Muslim republics of the CIS. The visit to Baku will take place "at the highest level and with all honors." [...]
[T]he invitation for Peres to visit secular Muslim Azerbaijan, Iran's northern neighbor, reaffirms the strategic relationship between the two countries. [...]
The Azerbaijani media […] [quoted] the Iranian Chief of Staff Hasan Firudabadi [...] [saying,] "The Shimon Peres visit does not seem like a friendly step in Azerbaijani relations with Iran." |
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-shadow30-2009may30 ,0,2242157.story
excerpts from: Azerbaijan seen as new front in Mideast conflict
by Sebastian Rotella, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2009
| Quote: | Officials say they foiled a plot by Hezbollah and Iran to bomb the Israeli Embassy in revenge for the 2008 slaying of Imad Mughniyah. Anti-terrorism officials fear a new militant hub. It happened in Baku, transforming the capital of Azerbaijan into a battleground in a global shadow war.
The prosecution remained largely a secret until this week, when closed court proceedings began for two Lebanese and four Azeris charged with terrorism, espionage and other crimes. [...]
The choice of Baku last year reflects Iran’s influence, said Matthew Levitt, a former intelligence chief at the U.S. Treasury Department. […] “The Iranians have a history of a presence there. And they wouldn’t mind undermining the country, given Azerbaijan’s Western leanings.” |
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related links:
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/israel-holds-drill-simu lating-all-out-war/
Israel holds drill simulating all-out war (May 2009)
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/israeli-president-peres -statements-on-turkey-and-iran/
Israeli President Peres' statements on Turkey and Iran (February 2009)
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