From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

George Sherwood wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:34:36 -0400, Rich Gauszka wrote:
>
>> "George Sherwood"  wrote in message
>> news:ea8sq3xp0t.ln2{at}athlon.p3pilot.gotdns.org...
>>> 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-o
f-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.
>>
>
> Not sure America will even need to play any games there.  The uprisings a
> month or so ago in Northern Iran came after an Iranian newspaper printed a
> cartoon of a cockroach speaking Azerbaijani.  Guess the way the
> Persians think about the ethnic Azeris there.  The Iranians closed the
> newspaper and such, but much damage done both here and in Northern Iran.
> That region of Iran is often referred to here as Southern Azerbaijan.


ROFLMAO Says someone effectively confirming the piece......

Adam

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