Much of this is about Iran the naïve protesters are duped into thinking it is about freedom and democracy. Bush is already in Iran bombing civilians and will use the country of Azerbaijan to encircle Iran as he uses the people of Azerbaijan to fight against Iran. Don your orange t-shirts you poor deluded fools. #msg-6689087
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Thousands Protest Against Azerbaijan Government
Led by an opposition bloc, marchers demand electoral reforms before a parliamentary vote planned for November.
From Associated Press June 19, 2005
BAKU, Azerbaijan — In the biggest protest in years, thousands of demonstrators chanting "freedom" and carrying portraits of President Bush marched across Azerbaijan's capital Saturday, demanding the resignation of the government and free parliamentary elections.
The gathering of about 20,000 marchers, the second such rally in as many weeks, was organized by three leading opposition parties that formed the Azadlig (Freedom) bloc to run in parliamentary elections set for November.
About 200 police in full riot gear stood guard around a central square where protesters gathered. Brief clashes erupted when demonstrators tried to push police away from the square and officers fought back with truncheons. Last month, police beat back protesters who tried to hold a banned rally in Baku and detained dozens.
Tensions have been building steadily in this oil-rich Caspian Sea nation in the run-up to the elections, leading some observers to predict that Azerbaijan could see a massive uprising similar to those that toppled unpopular regimes in other ex-Soviet republics — Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan — during the last 18 months.
The opposition bloc has chosen orange as its campaign color — the same color that was used by the Ukrainian opposition during mass protests dubbed the "Orange Revolution." They helped force a rematch in which a Western-backed candidate defeated a pro-Russia rival.
Many participants in Saturday's rally wore orange T-shirts and baseball caps and carried orange flags.
The Azadlig opposition bloc includes the Musavat Party, the Popular Front of Azerbaijan and the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan.
They are demanding election law reforms and access to state-controlled television. They have accused authorities of rigging the October 2003 presidential election when President Ilham Aliyev succeeded his father, Heydar A. Aliyev, who died later that year. They want changes to prevent fraud in the parliamentary vote.
The 2003 election set off clashes between police and opposition demonstrators who claimed the vote was rigged. Two people died and nearly 200 were injured.
Azerbaijan, a mostly Muslim country of 8.3 million, is the starting point of the key pipeline that Washington says will reduce dependence on Middle East oil.
The country also is a U.S. ally in the war in Iraq and has sent troops there.
Reference: U.S. to deploy military bases in Azerbaijan - newspaper
This is big news! Remember these planes will probably have access to the 90 nukes at Incirlik. see also: #msg-6405164
To control, or dominate Iran, Mr. Bush has to encircle it: Afghanistan to the East, Turkey/Azerbaijan to the North, Iraq to the West, the South are already U.S. stooges. Pipelines, in effect, will become the new Berlin Wall. #msg-6273501
According to reports of CNN-Turk, the leaders of Azeri groupings – the opponents of Irani regime are already in Washington , where the details of the operation with the participation of Azerbaijanis against Iran are being considered. #msg-6273446
Cheap oil and an embassy in Israel from a Muslim country on Iran's border – these are the tangible benefits that Israeli and American Jewish officials hope to soon realize after a decade of efforts to develop ties with Azerbaijan.
Potential for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which as of last week started carrying oil from Azerbaijan's capital on the Caspian Sea through Georgia to Turkey's Mediterranean coast, is not limited to the billions of dollars it is expected to bring Azerbaijan each year. Also involved is the possibility of forging a new economic and diplomatic alliance arcing through Southwest Asia that bypasses Russia and Iran. #msg-6643357
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