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U.S. To Finance Exit Poll In Azerbaijan Election

The Azerbaijani authorities’ criticism of U.S. Ambassador Harnish, the unification of opposition groups and the involvement of NGOs and their use of the media as a means of propaganda are unmistakable characteristics of U.S. takeovers under the guise of democracy although bogus democracies at best.
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There is a distinct pattern of US covert actions in changing regimes in Eastern Europe, in the context of this Eurasian strategy of the US, in which Ukraine fits the pattern. These regime changes should not be confused with true democracy.


In Ukraine a key part of the media game has been the claim that Yushchenko won according to "exit polls". What is not said is that the people doing these "exit polls" as voters left voting places were US-trained and paid by an entity known as Freedom House, a neo-conservative operation in Washington. Freedom House trained some 1,000 poll observers, who loudly declared an 11-point lead for Yushchenko. Those claims triggered the mass marches claiming fraud. The current head of Freedom House is former CIA director and outspoken neo-conservative, Admiral James Woolsey, who calls the Bush administration's "war on terror" "World War IV". On the Freedom House board sits none other than Brzezinski. This would hardly seem to be an impartial human-rights organization.
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see also: Azerbaijan is the Key to Understanding the Region
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-Am

U.S. To Finance Exit Poll In Azerbaijan Election


(RFE/RL)
27 July (RFE/RL) -- The United States plans to finance an exit poll in Azerbaijan's November parliamentary elections to ensure a free and fair ballot.


The U.S. Embassy in Baku said on 26 July that such a poll can provide an early indication of probable election winners, and serves as one indicator of possible election fraud. It said the exit poll will be conducted by an experienced international organization in cooperation with Azerbaijani polling bodies.

The embassy described the poll as one of many activities that the United States government is undertaking to help Azerbaijan reach its goal of having free, fair, and democratic elections.

The October 2003 presidential vote -- in which President Ilham Aliyev succeeded his late father -- was widely alleged to have been fraudulent. It triggered clashes between police and demonstrators.

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/07/29564cee-a975-4a16-b0ab-533e3a17a92e.html