Azerbaijan arrests terror cell suspects with ties to Iran, Hezbollah

February 22, 2012 ⋅ 3:21 pm ⋅ Post a comment

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Police in Azerbaijan have arrested an unspecified number of people linked to Iran and to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah suspected of planning attacks in the country, state television said Tuesday.

State broadcaster AzTV, quoting the National Security Ministry, said police had detained people linked to Iranian intelligence services and Hezbollah who intended to stage attacks on foreign citizens in the country.

The report said the suspects had gathered intelligence on targets and bought explosives, guns and ammunition, but gave no further details.

The reported arrests come after a car bomb last week critically injured an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi while Georgian officials defused a second device in Tbilisi.

A suspected Iranian bomber had his legs blown off as he hurled a grenade at Thai police. Israel blamed Iran for the attacks which came at a time of heightened tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program.

A senior Israeli official involved in counter-terrorism warned on Friday that Iran and Hezbollah were planning to carry out new anti-Israeli attacks around the world after the incidents in India, Thailand and Georgia.

Police in mainly Muslim but officially secular Azerbaijan last month also arrested two men with alleged links to Iranian intelligence on suspicion of plotting to kill prominent Israelis in Azerbaijan.

The allegations infuriated Tehran, which sent a diplomatic note of protest accusing Baku of collaborating with Israel’s spy services and helping assassins who have killed Iranian nuclear scientists.

Baku responded with a letter to Tehran calling the claim “absurd, unsubstantiated and false”, according to Azerbaijani media reports on Tuesday.

Tehran has been angered by Baku’s friendly links with Israel, while Azerbaijan has accused Iran of sponsoring Islamic radicals on its territory.

Relations between the ex-Soviet state and the Islamic republic are complicated by the presence of a huge ethnic Azeri minority in Iran, which far outnumbers Azerbaijan’s own population of 9.2 million.

Al Arabiya

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Anonymous

So now we have Thailand, Azerbaijan, U.S.A, India, Georgia, Italy and Turkey just to name a few that come to mind all claiming HA and Iran have operations in these countries in the last few weeks alone. I expect some sort of false flag attack by either HA or Iran supposedly to start an all out attack on both by the West.

Im not staying that they dont operate in these countries Im just asking why all the noise now.

The Gulf of Tonkin was a false flag operation where the U.S acted as if N.Vietnam attacked its navy and started the war. It was then reported and admitted to be a lie.

The Recent underwear bomber was escorted onto the plan without a passport and allowed on the plane because he was being tracked according to the U.S undersecretary of state.

Its called the the hegelian dialectic and is basically used as a type of terrorism witch basically means getting people to accept your political views with fear. Just like 9-11 was used to push the patriot act and all the new departments of homeland security witch is really just another agency used to control the masses.

Anonymous

no need for ‘false flag ops’ the scumbags are guilty of enough without the aid of fake events lol…all that other jazz you speak of is funny, how has homeland security controlled you the mass? how has your life changed, do you do anything differently day to day? it makes no difference at all to 99% of the people, sure those who affiliate themselves with foreign terror list groups have more to worry about but isn’t that the idea? you need to stop looking for secret agendas and open your eyes to the actual killing and mass control of people and education in the middle east. Radical islam is the main obstacle to true freedom in the middle east, the people need to free themselves of an ancient belief that has no place in a modern world.

Anonymous

Yes Im sure HA is Guilty just like the dirty Commies were. You realize that Kumani lived in France during the Islamic revolution? You realize Sha was put in power by the CIA because sadik was going to nationalize the oil feild in Iran? Its all part of the military industrial complex my friend. Its all a scam basically.

No the DHS has not really effect our lives yet but just last week they passed a law where Americans can be jailed by the military, sent to camps and executed without trial or a lawyer representing them. The first step is to pass laws saying they can do things and then they do it once its legal.

Remember hurricane Katrina? Remember the people in the Super Dome who had to sleep with dead bodies and were not allowed to leave. Remember how they were forced to stay in the dome with the Military pointing guns at them. You realize most of them are still not home and most of the real estate has simply been confiscated by the government. Thats DHS for you and thats how your federal government takes care of you.

Do a youtube search for fema prion camps. As soon as society falls because of another created financial bust you will see what Im talking about and remember this conversation.

When I was in collage I remember listening to a few Larouch speeches about the economy going bust and how it would happen. 12 years later it happened. They are going to allow another crash so people take to the streets and they unleash the military on us. They already have a monument in Georgia where they call for the reduction of the earths population to half a billion. Do the research and see for yourself.

I recommend you watch the following documentary movies on youtube.

1. The Obama deception.

2. Police state 4.

3. End Game HQ.

Why are all news papers, News stations, Production companies all controlled by the same people?

Watch these movies and maybe you will have another idea of why these things happen.
Im not a HA supporter but I am not a march 14 supporter either and as far as the U.S is concerned I am a Ron Paul supporter. Do your research and open you mind a little while watching.
Anonymous

it makes no difference one way or the other what you or i ‘believe’ . the fact is, there are children and women being killed by this terrorist regime over the last 11 months and as we speak, that we can both agree on, right? if Syria had not turned its military might against the unarmed population (which is slowly now arming itself), and actually implemented real reforms from the outset we wouldn’t be discussing the possibility of a US and co. intervention.. Arab dictatorship regimes are coming to an end one way or another. No matter how much people hate/dislike the US for its ‘hidden agenda’ and its attacks on ‘US terror suspects liberties’ it all really pales in comparison to the REAL living standards on the ground in these arab nations. Rather than criticize the US and the MAJORITY of the international community, you should put that energy and concentration towards voicing support for the victims of these brutal regimes. BTW do you really think Ron Paul will change anything? he is part of the system you criticize, just another tool in the greater picture.
Anonymous

Fadi81, I dont think you get it. I dont give a crap about Assad or his regime or who rules Lebanon because they are all worst than the others. If you think about it Nato has probably killed more women and children than stalin, hitler, Assad, Sadam, Gadafi and Mao combined. Had the Syrian government implemented this or that is like saying had the devil not denounced god. Im just afraid of what happens after assad and I know he is going to fall and how many people are going to die. Im commenting on humanity deciding to profit from war and turn it into a business. I dont give a crap about the regime. Paul speaks out against the federal reserve witch is a private company printing money with interest to governments around the world not just the U.S including the central bank in Lebanon. Once we control the money we can control our government. And no I doubt he is part of the system because they keep cheating to make it look like he is losing when he clearly gets more donations from the public and military. The let him run and debate because 12 million americans asked for it on an online poll when Obama only had 4.6 million votes and now they will make him lose. Im not saying he will change anything because they will never let him win to begin with.
Anonymous

I get it, but i think you’re in the wrong place discussing your concerns for the US. this debate is probably better off had on another site or on an article that is relevant to the subject. You make some good points, but I dont agree with everything you stated, and I highly doubt NATO is resposible for more civilian deaths than all the others you named, not even close. Intent also plays a huge role…lives lost in the quest to rid the world of evil/sinister/intolerant individuals who have the capability of commiting genocide is not the same as lives lost due to ethnic cleansing…we can agree to disgree on American domestic policies but I hope we can both agree that if the rest of the world would be more like the west than all peoples of the world would be much better off.
Anonymous

(below) Wow badass… 3 to 400 K ?? You are among the 1%. Be happy you can pay for all the services. But, are you living over your head even so??
Anonymous

In reply to Fadi81 and 5thDrawer.Fadi, The conversation just drifted that way and didnt start at it…..Mr.Drawer, 400k a year with me and my wife working. You have to remember I have to pay Income state and federal taxes witch come out to about 25%, Property tax witch is about $20,000 a year, college fund, health insurance, life insurance, clothing, food, save a little and take my kids out some times, give them money to spend and the list just never ends. I know people live off what my dad made but he was basically able to buy rental property yearly, send us to private school and give us everything we ever wanted. He paid a total of $16,000 in taxes back then and now if you make $140,000 you may have to give half almost to the government.
Anonymous

Sorry Badass. I could mention that Swedes pay more like 60% and are quite happy. And I don’t dare mention what the average slob in Lebanon makes. I didn’t want to get into personal finances.
Yes, the weapons lobbyists make your politicians feel good …. and insurance companies suck a lot of money for health care – if you’re healthy. How the hell your elections can cost so much is beyond me. And if you insist on bailing out the failed bankers and stock-players with tax dollars, that’s your problem I guess. Never mind. The speeches against Obama are the weirdest things I’ve ever heard – but then, look at the republicans they come from. Actually, I hope you don’t. Hang in, bro …. oh … by the way … do you own a gun?
Anonymous

5thDrawer, The Swedish dont have to pay for college, they get money if they have a child, insurance is free and the list of benefits never ends. In the U.S we pay taxes and get nothing for it. Most of the tax is sent to other countries or bailouts. Yes I do own a few guns but Im not going around dealing weapons to crack dealers. The second amendment of the constitution gives Americans the Legal right to own guns not mass produce them and use them to buy influence around the world and police it at the tax payers expense.
Anonymous

So, besides what you think are high taxes, you don’t see anything wrong … interesting.

Anonymous

Let them ‘Fry, Baby, Fry’.
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The only thing this confirms is that Zionists have managed to make enemies worldwide. Congratulations, ya Israel. You are the champion.

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