From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"George Sherwood"  wrote in message
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> Adam maybe be the only interested, but here are a couple articles on
> Azerbaijan.  Actually two stories really about one Canadian's trip
> here.  Not too bad, but so far he has really only gotten on side of the
> story here.
>
> George
>
> http://www.herald.ns.ca/NovaScotian/518912.html
>
> http://www.balkanalysis.com/2006/08/09/interview-scott-taylor-on-the-rise-of-
azerbaijan/

Iteresting - from the last article - that and the number of Kirds in Iran
could make power politics in the region *interesting*

ST: The Iran issue is the most pressing one, in that approximately 17
million ethnic Azeris live inside the Iranian border. The territory of
Azerbaijan was originally divided by Tsarist Russia and Persia back in
1828. The 8.5 million Azeris residing in the independent former Soviet
Republic are just the tip of a big iceberg. I have been told that the CIA
is hoping to use Azerbaijan's newfound prosperity and freedoms to incite
Azeri nationalism south of their border. Constituting one-third of Iran's
population, any separatist movement on the part of the Azeris would deeply
destabilize the Tehran regime. Not that America ever plays such games, of
course.



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