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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003600014_ndig04.html
Sunday, March 4, 2007 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
Nation Digest
"Critic of Kremlin is shot near home"
Adelphi, Md.
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A few hours after meeting a former KGB general outside the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., an outspoken critic of the Kremlin was shot Thursday outside his Maryland home."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Joyal, 53, who was shot in the groin outside his home in Adelphi, Md., was in stable condition Saturday, police said."
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"Expert in Russian poisoning case is shot"
NBC News ^ | March 2 2007 | Pete Williams
Posted on 03/02/2007 5:25:46 PM PST by jmc1969
ON THE NET...
Here's an older map I saw on another thread:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/iran_petroleum_facilities_2004.jpg
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http://intelligence-summit.blogspot.com/2007/03/iran-warns-azerbaijan-to-keep-distance.html
Sunday, March 04, 2007
"Iran warns Azerbaijan to keep distance from US"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "On February 22, Azerbaijani media outlets reported that Iranian helicopters had violated the air space of Azerbaijan and by flying over the southern town of Astara for over 20 minutes. Reportedly, the flight took place right over the city administration building and caused considerable panic among the local residents.
Elchin Guliyev, the commander of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan, confirmed the news reports, noting that the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran had been immediately notified of the violation of the country’s air space and that a note had been sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to follow up with the problem. Azerbaijan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalaf Khalafov is currently visiting Iran to discuss this issue. Guliyev added that the incident had taken place while Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was visiting northern Iran. Azerbaijanis commonly refer to this area as “South Azerbaijan,” because the Turkmanchay Treaty of 1828, between Tsarist Russia and Persia, effectively divided Azerbaijan along the Arax River, thus leaving the southern part of it within contemporary Iran. The area is a home to more than 25 million ethnic Azeris.
This high concentration of ethnic Azeris in northern Iran is the main reason that Iranian-Azerbaijani relations have been at odds for much of the 1990s. Iran, fearing a secessionist movement among ethnic Azeris, has prohibited education in the Azerbaijani language and limited human rights. The recent warming of bilateral relations has been largely a consequence of the efforts of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to build peaceful relations with all of his neighbors. Yet, the constant insecurity of the Iranian political leadership regarding a possible U.S. military strike against Iran -- and possible Azerbaijani support for such an action -- leads to occasional provocations, such as the case with the Iranian helicopters.
Local analysts in Baku believe that the incident did not happen by accident. On the contrary, it is a clear warning to official Baku to stay out of the U.S.-led campaign against Iran’s nuclear program and not to support -- either politically or logistically -- any possible military action against Tehran. Azerbaijan, with its shared border with Iran, would serve as a perfect staging ground for anti-Iranian actions."
Day.az, Echo, Zerkalo, Xalq Qazeti (February 21-28)
posted by Marko at 3/04/2007 03:15:00 PM
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stepping back in time ( a bit):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1751125/posts
"AZERBAIJAN KEEPS SOLIDARITY WITH GEORGIA DESPITE RUSSIAN ENERGY SUPPLY CUTS"
Jamestown.org ^ | 12/8/06 | Vladimir Socor
Posted on 12/09/2006 4:48:40 PM PST by Valin
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=27207
"Bear Hug
By P. David Hornik"
FrontPageMagazine.com | March 5, 2007
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"Russia’s role in the Middle East—including its growing penetration of Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Arab states—puts it beyond the pale of diplomatic persuasion and hopes of friendliness and reasonability. Its presence on the UN Security Council casts a long shadow over hopes of stopping Iran’s nuclearization via sanctions. Putin appears to be drawing on a deep wellspring of anti-Western hatred that enables him to ally with forces as seemingly alien as Shiite-fundamentalist Iran and Hezbollah with their vaguely-Shiite accomplice the Assad regime."
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"Putin’s Middle East Visit"
By Ariel Cohen
FrontPageMagazine.com | March 2, 2007
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http://www.heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/wm1356.cfm
ISSUES > Russia and Eurasia
February 12, 2007
"Confronting Putin's Anti-U.S. Crusade"
by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
WebMemo #1356
