tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064046222761087293.post2949580644999637546..comments2023-10-29T03:49:44.213-07:00Comments on Russian Election 2008: Politics in AzerbaijanGalina Ivanovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16674697030820241840noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5064046222761087293.post-69955763348925318952007-11-16T04:29:00.000-08:002007-11-16T04:29:00.000-08:00Galina You've described well Azerbaijan's developm...Galina <BR/><BR/>You've described well Azerbaijan's development from its Russian dominated past. I'm particularly interested in US initiatives to use Azerbaijan as a pre-war post to pressure Iranian ethnic minorities directly to the south. <BR/><BR/>The US is also developing military bases in Azerbaijan - theoretically for the current war in Afghanistan but better suited for support basing for airstrikes against Iran.<BR/><BR/>http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20070409&articleId=5322 looks interesting.<BR/><BR/>Naturally all this is way outside the view of the MSM but a building block in the next US/Israeli push into the Middle East.<BR/><BR/>PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.com