IRAN PLANNING ETHNIC CLEANSING IN IRAQ?
AINA, CA
Assyrian International News Agency
Aug. 28, 2006
Indications are that Ahmadi-Nejad is planning three massive campaigns
of border adjustments and ethnic cleansing on a scale that will make
Slobodan Milosevic look like a petty thief. Ahmadi-Nejad’s threats
against Israel represent only the tip of the iceberg of his plan
to create a new “National Socialist” Middle East. In most danger
following Israel are Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf states,
Lebanon, and Azerbaijan
First, Iran will drive all the Sunnis from Iraq, and use Iraq to
consolidate Iranian control of Lebanon, Syria, and the Persian Gulf.
To do this, Iran will alter Iraq’s borders and will probably annex
outright eastern Iraq including the Basra region that contains 60%
of Iraq’s proven oil reserves.
In order to partition Iraq, Iran will also encourage Iraqi Kurds, with
whom Tehran already has a political agreement aimed at disenfranchising
the Sunnis, to drive all the Sunnis from Mosul and Kirkuk. The
Kurds would then proclaim an independent Kurdistan, with Kirkuk as
its capital. Kirkuk contains Iraq’s largest oil reserves, following
Basra. Thus, the Sunnis would be deprived of all substantial income
from oil revenue.
Iran’s ethnic cleansing in Iraq would have catastrophic consequences
for the region. For one thing, Iran then would be in a strong
position after challenging Iraq’s borders to challenge Saudi Arabia’s
borders. Specifically, Iran/Iraq would then stir up irredentist
sentiment among Saudi Arabia’s large Shia community abutting Iraq,
which contains the bulk of Saudi oil reserves. Iran could make a
power grab for this territory, which would touch off another round
of ethnic cleansing as the Iraqi-Saudi border is adjusted.
For another ethnic cleansing opportunity, Iran could spur Shia
militancy in the Persian Gulf states like Bahrain. As these states fall
into Iran’s orbit, massive refugee flows of Arabs could ensue.Israel,
Palestine and Lebanon.
Second, Iran will drive all the Jews from Israel, along with the
secular and Christian Palestinians, from “Palestine.” Ahmadi-Nejad
already openly boasts of “wiping Israel from the map.” His pro-Shia
ethnic cleansing for Iraq, Israel and Palestine would put severe
pressure on the Shia in Lebanon, now under Iran/Hezbollah control,
to follow suit with their own copycat ethnic cleansing campaign.Iran,
Azerbaijan and Central Asia.
Third, Iran will then turn on its domestic Azeri community — some
30 million strong and increasingly pro-Turkey.Iran’s Azeris want
no part of an Iranian empire in the region, which at some point
entails Iranian confrontation with Turkey and Azerbaijan. Iran is
already an ally of Armenia, much to the discomfort of Turkey and
Azerbaijan who are locked in a bitter dispute with Armenia over the
future of Nagarno-Karabakh. Iran’s Azeris identify more with Turkey
and Azerbaijan than with Tehran.
In this final round of ethnic cleansing, Iran will send large numbers
of Azeris to Turkey and Azerbaijan to remove a potential threat to
the stability of Iran’s theocratic regime. In a recent provocation,
a leading official Iranian newspaper printed a cartoon depicting
Iran’s Azeris to Turkic-speaking cockroaches, a provocation that led
to days of rioting and several deaths in Iran. Remember, whatever
Ahmadinejad does to the Sunnis, Jews, and non-Islamist Palestinians,
he will do to the Azeris.
To put it another way, if Ahmadinejad chooses to pursue ethnic racist
national socialist policies abroad, beginning in Iraq, he will do
so at home as well. Of course Ahmadi-Nejad’s entire ethnic cleansing
plan is insane. So was Hitler’s plan, but he went ahead anyway.

SLOVENIA, AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENTS MEET
Baku Today, Azerbaijan
Aug. 28, 2006
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev visiting Slovenia today had a
one-on-one meeting with Slovenian President Janez Drnovsek.
APA reports quoting Azertag the sides exchanged views on development
bilateral relations and international issues. Following the meeting
of the presidents, the delegations held a meeting. The two heads of
state held a press conference.
Slovenian President Janez Drnovseki said Azerbaijan and Slovenia
declared their independences almost at the same time. Since that
time, the two countries have achieved great improvements in their
developments.
“We can achieve more progress through bilateral cooperation between
our countries. There exist opportunities to develop cooperation
in political, economic and cultural spheres. We can also take an
active part in the project of forming future Europe. I am hopeful
for Azerbaijan’s future EU membership and its full integration into
Europe. I believe the Nagorno Garabagh conflict will be resolved in a
peaceful way in this context. This problem will be solved by mutual
agreement. We know that this dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia
has lasted long. I hope both countries will make joint efforts with
the European Union to cope with difficulties. Slovenia is ready to
help Azerbaijan by all possible means,” Mr.Drnovseki said.
President Aliyev said the relations between the toe countries are
developing very speedily, and this visit will give impetus to further
development.
“There exists a potential to continue the successful cooperation
between our countries. At the same time, we are interested in Slovenia
as EU member country. I want to note that Azerbaijani hero Mehdi
Huseynzadeh fought shoulder to shoulder with Slovenians against
fascism and was buried in Slovenia,” Mr.Aliyev said.
Touching on the resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict,
President Aliyev said, Azerbaijan’s position bases on international
law norms.
“Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity has been violated. Armenia is
pursuing ethnic cleansing policy against Azerbaijan, which resulted
in over one million Azerbaijanis becoming internally displaced
persons. What Azerbaijan demands is to resolve the conflict within
international law norms,” he underlined.

AZERBAIJAN ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONS WITH SLOVENIA – AZERI PRESIDENT
Author: S.Aliyev
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Aug. 28, 2006
The President of Slovenia Yeniz Drnovshik announced at the join
press-conference with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that he
supports the peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
He expressed his regret that the conflict has being continuing for
many years, Trend reports with reference to ITV. However, he voiced
his confidence that Azerbaijan, together with European Union, will
find the ways of resolving the conflict.
Touching on the bilateral relations, Slovenian president stressed
that both countries have regained their independence at same time.
And at the moment, each of the countries are developing and
participating in the formation of Europe. Saying that at the moment,
Europen Union attaches a great importance to the relations with
Azerbaijan, the Slovenian president spelled out that his country
satisfactorily approach Azerbaijan’s future membership to this
organization.
Ilham Aliyev stressed that Azerbaijan attaches a great significance
to the development of realltions with Slovenia. He noted that this
visit will server further development of bilateral relations.
Official Ljubljana, as a member of European Union, is an important
partner.
Besides, Aliyev spelled out that during the bilateral talks, a
special attention was paid to the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. He once again remembered that the position of Azerbaijan
remains unchanged. The territorial integrity of Azerbaijan has been
violated, a large number of Azerbaijanis have become victims of
the ethical cleansing implemented by Armenians. The president also
rememnered that UNO have adopted four resolutions on unconditional
withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from Azerbaijan’s occupied
territories. Besides, the Council of Europe has officially confirmed
that Azerbaijani territories have been occupied by Armenians.
Azerbaijan requires that this conflict should be resolved within
international norms.
Aliyev spelled out that the negiotiations are being held within Prague
format. This variant is available. Armenian side should demonstrate
a constructive position and stop the occupant policy.
Non-settlement of the conflict is a danger for all region, Azerbaijani
president said.
Also. He touched on the existing Azerbaijani-Slovenian economical
relations. The sides are not satisfied with the results obtained
by present. The mutual visits of officials and business people will
change this situation.
Touching on the energy cooperation between Azerbaijan and European
Union, Aliyev stressed that Azerbaijan turns into a large oil and gas
supplying country. The gas that will be obtained from “Shah Deniz”
field will be directeded mainly to Europe.
Also, the president of Azerbaijan met with the special representatives
of active chairman of OSCE Peer Shevale, the president of European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development Jane Limer and American
co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Mathew Bryza.

SLOVENIAN PRESIDENT: SLOVENIA IS READY TO HELP AZERBAIJAN BY ALL POSSIBLE MEANS
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Aug. 28, 2006
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev visiting Slovenia today had a
one-on-one meeting with Slovenian President Janez Drnovsek.
APA reports quoting Azertag the sides exchanged views on development
bilateral relations and international issues. Following the meeting
of the presidents, the delegations held a meeting. The two heads of
state held a press conference.
Slovenian President Janez Drnovseki said Azerbaijan and Slovenia
declared their independences almost at the same time. Since that
time, the two countries have achieved great improvements in their
developments.
“We can achieve more progress through bilateral cooperation between
our countries. There exist opportunities to develop cooperation
in political, economic and cultural spheres. We can also take an
active part in the project of forming future Europe. I am hopeful
for Azerbaijan’s future EU membership and its full integration into
Europe. I believe the Nagorno Garabagh conflict will be resolved in a
peaceful way in this context. This problem will be solved by mutual
agreement. We know that this dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia
has lasted long. I hope both countries will make joint efforts with
the European Union to cope with difficulties. Slovenia is ready to
help Azerbaijan by all possible means,” Mr.Drnovseki said.
President Aliyev said the relations between the toe countries are
developing very speedily, and this visit will give impetus to further
development.
“There exists a potential to continue the successful cooperation
between our countries. At the same time, we are interested in Slovenia
as EU member country. I want to note that Azerbaijani hero Mehdi
Huseynzadeh fought shoulder to shoulder with Slovenians against
fascism and was buried in Slovenia,” Mr.Aliyev said.
Touching on the resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict,
President Aliyev said, Azerbaijan’s position bases on international
law norms.
“Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity has been violated. Armenia is
pursuing ethnic cleansing policy against Azerbaijan, which resulted
in over one million Azerbaijanis becoming internally displaced
persons. What Azerbaijan demands is to resolve the conflict within
international law norms,” he underlined.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

DASHNAKS WITHDRAW FROM COMMISSION DRAFTING LAW ON ANTHEM
Radio Liberty, Czech Republic
Aug. 28, 2006
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation – Dashnaktsutyun (ARF)
has announced that it calls back its representative from the
intergovernmental commission tasked with drafting a law “On Armenia’s
Anthem”.
In its statement issued on Monday, the party’s Supreme Council
advocated the reaffirmation of the “Mer Hayrenik” (Our Fatherland)
song as Armenia’s national anthem.
“For unclear reasons the commission considered its task to be the
rejection of the “Mer Hayrenik” (Our Homeland) anthem and replacing
it with a new anthem.
“Propaganda against the song was obvious. The situation becomes
extremely alarming and deplorable when the criteria of national
and state values are replaced with pure artistic preferences,” the
ARF said.
The Mer Hayrenik song had an official status until the short-lived
first independent Armenian republic was incorporated into Soviet
Russia. It was for decades banned by the Soviet authorities before
being reinstated by Armenia’s first post-Communist government in 1990.
Many Armenian music composers and artists disapproved of the move,
saying that the song’s uncomplicated theme is too simple for an anthem
and called for the adoption of a more solemn tune.
Meanwhile, Dashnaktsutyun considers “Mer Hayrenik” to be “an anthem
that has no alternative, an inseparable guide of the liberation
struggle and state building of the Armenian people.”
Dashnaktsutyun’s representative at the commission drafting the law
“On Armenia’s Anthem” is National Assembly deputy Ruben Hovsepian.

STOP IRAN’S ETHNIC CLEANSING IN IRAQ
The Conservative Voice, NC
Aug. 28, 2006
Indications are that Ahmadi-Nejad is planning three massive campaigns
of border adjustments and ethnic cleansing on a scale that will make
Slobodan Milosevic look like a petty thief. Ahmadi-Nejad’s threats
against Israel represent only the tip of the iceberg of his plan
to create a new “National Socialist” Middle East. In most danger
following Israel are Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf states,
Lebanon, and Azerbaijan
First, Iran will drive all the Sunnis from Iraq, and use Iraq to
consolidate Iranian control of Lebanon, Syria, and the Persian Gulf.
To do this, Iran will alter Iraq’s borders and will probably annex
outright eastern Iraq including the Basra region that contains 60%
of Iraq’s proven oil reserves.
In order to partition Iraq, Iran will also encourage Iraqi Kurds, with
whom Tehran already has a political agreement aimed at disenfranchising
the Sunnis, to drive all the Sunnis from Mosul and Kirkuk. The
Kurds would then proclaim an independent Kurdistan, with Kirkuk as
its capital. Kirkuk contains Iraq’s largest oil reserves, following
Basra. Thus, the Sunnis would be deprived of all substantial income
from oil revenue.
Iran’s ethnic cleansing in Iraq would have catastrophic consequences
for the region. For one thing, Iran then would be in a strong
position after challenging Iraq’s borders to challenge Saudi Arabia’s
borders. Specifically, Iran/Iraq would then stir up irredentist
sentiment among Saudi Arabia’s large Shia community abutting Iraq,
which contains the bulk of Saudi oil reserves. Iran could make a
power grab for this territory, which would touch off another round
of ethnic cleansing as the Iraqi-Saudi border is adjusted.
For another ethnic cleansing opportunity, Iran could spur Shia
militancy in the Persian Gulf states like Bahrain. As these states fall
into Iran’s orbit, massive refugee flows of Arabs could ensue.Israel,
Palestine and Lebanon.
Second, Iran will drive all the Jews from Israel, along with the
secular and Christian Palestinians, from “Palestine.” Ahmadi-Nejad
already openly boasts of “wiping Israel from the map.” His pro-Shia
ethnic cleansing for Iraq, Israel and Palestine would put severe
pressure on the Shia in Lebanon, now under Iran/Hezbollah control,
to follow suit with their own copycat ethnic cleansing campaign.Iran,
Azerbaijan and Central Asia.
Third, Iran will then turn on its domestic Azeri community — some
30 million strong and increasingly pro-Turkey.Iran’s Azeris want
no part of an Iranian empire in the region, which at some point
entails Iranian confrontation with Turkey and Azerbaijan. Iran is
already an ally of Armenia, much to the discomfort of Turkey and
Azerbaijan who are locked in a bitter dispute with Armenia over the
future of Nagarno-Karabakh. Iran’s Azeris identify more with Turkey
and Azerbaijan than with Tehran.
In this final round of ethnic cleansing, Iran will send large numbers
of Azeris to Turkey and Azerbaijan to remove a potential threat to
the stability of Iran’s theocratic regime. In a recent provocation,
a leading official Iranian newspaper printed a cartoon depicting
Iran’s Azeris to Turkic-speaking cockroaches, a provocation that led
to days of rioting and several deaths in Iran. Remember, whatever
Ahmadinejad does to the Sunnis, Jews, and non-Islamist Palestinians,
he will do to the Azeris.
To put it another way, if Ahmadinejad chooses to pursue ethnic racist
national socialist policies abroad, beginning in Iraq, he will do
so at home as well. Of course Ahmadi-Nejad’s entire ethnic cleansing
plan is insane. So was Hitler’s plan, but he went ahead anyway.

BELGIUM TO FACE ARMENIA WITHOUT KOMPANY, VERMAELEN
Reuters, UK
Aug. 28, 2006
BRUSSELS, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Belgium coach Rene Vandereycken was
forced to pick replacements for injured central defenders Vincent
Kompany and Thomas Vermaelen in the squad he named on Monday to face
Armenia in a Euro 2008 qualifier next month.
Belgium, who were held to a humiliating 0-0 draw at home by European
Championship debutants Kazakhstan earlier this month, will travel to
Yerevan for the match on Sept. 6.
Hamburg’s Kompany and Vermaelen, who plays for Ajax, were both
unavailable through injury with Vandereycken calling up Pieter Collen
of Feyenoord and Nicolas Lombaerts of Ghent in their places. Squad
Goalkeepers: Stijn Stijnen (Club Bruges), Davy Schollen (Anderlecht),
Brian Vandenbussche (Heerenveen)
Defenders: Pieter Collen (Feyenoord), Carl Hoefkens (Stoke City),
Nicolas Lombaerts (Ghent), Daniel Van Buyten (Bayern Munich), Jelle
Van Damme (Anderlecht), Anthony Vanden Borre (Anderlecht)
Midfielders: Koen Daerden (Club Bruges), Wim De Decker (Racing Genk),
Steven Defour (Standard Liege), Gaetan Englebert (Club Bruges),
Karel Geraerts (Standard Liege), Bart Goor (Anderlecht), Timmy Simons
(PSV Eindhoven)
Forwards: Thomas Buffel (Rangers), Moussa Dembele (AZ Alkmaar), Stein
Huysegems (Feyenoord), Luigi Pieroni (AJ Auxerre), Kevin Vandenbergh
(Racing Genk)
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

OSKANIAN MEETS U.S. COCHAIRMAN BRYZA
By Karine Kalantarian
Radio Liberty, Czech Rep.
Aug. 28, 2006
Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian held a meeting with OSCE
Minsk Group cochairman from the United States Matthew Bryza on
Monday on the sidelines of the two-day international forum “Caspian
Prospects 2008” in the Slovenian town of Bled, Armenian Foreign
Ministry spokesman Vladimir Karapetian told RFE/RL.
Karapetian did not report the details of the meeting. He said that
Oskanian did not meet his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mamedyarov.
Karapetian also said that Oskanian’s speech at the forum dealt with
the Armenia-EU relations as part of the New Neighborhood Policy.
More than 180 representatives of a number of countries, including
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliev, are attending the forum.

BOOK OF AZERI SCIENTIFIC WORKER REVEALING ARMENIAN CRAFTINESS TO BE TRANSLATED INTO ROMANIAN LANGUAGE
Author: S.Ilhamgizi
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Aug. 28, 2006
The book written by the director of the Human Rights Institute of
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Rovshan Mustafayev “Horrors
on Virtual” disclosing Armenian craftiness will be translated into
Romanian language soon, Trend has been told at the Human Rights
Institute.
The work of Mustafayev was accepted with a great interest outside
Azerbaijan – in Europe, Canada, America and Russia. Soon the book
will be published in Romanian language.
It should be mentioned that the book published in Russian language
“Horrors on Virtual” reveals the Armenian terrorism, annexationist
policy, fictitious accusation and ambitions.
For his service in disseminating the realities about Azerbaijan in the
world, Mustafayev was conferred by the Republic Youth Movement “Irali”
with a prize “Friend of Youths” in the nomination of “Researcher
of year”.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

EU SPECIAL ENVOY DISCUSSED NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT WITH AZERI PRESIDENT
Author: A.Mammadova
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Aug. 28, 2006
On August 27, during his meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev, the special envoy of European Union (EU) on South Caucasian
countries Peter Semneby discussed the European neighborhoods policy
and particularly, the opportunities that open a favorable Action
Plan of European neighborhoods policy for Azerbaijan, Peter Semneby
exclusively told Trend.
Also, Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was discussed
during the meeting. Semneby refused to inform about the details of
the talks due to their confidentiality.
According to Semneby, by meeting with Azerbaijani president, he wants
to get familiar with the position of Azerbaijan on various issues.
The negotiations were held after the international economic conference
“Caspian-2008” organized by Slovenian government. It was dedicated
to the delivery of energy resources from Caspian region to Western
Europe. According to Semneby, the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict was also on the focus of attention of the conference.