February 11, 2002 - 22:42 AMT
AZERIS FIGHT ON BIN LADEN'S SIDE
In the course of the anti-terrorist operation in Afghanistan two Azeris were taken prisoner by the Federal Forces. "Huriet" newspaper being published in Baku reports that their letters to the fatherland were transferred by the International Committee of the Red Cross. As it was discovered, both prisoners are in Guantinamo US military base in Cuba. One of them is citizen of Russia, resident of Astrakhan, the other is resident of Baku, but he left home two years ago and his parents did not know anything about him. As it became known, both young men were got to take part in the hostilities in Afghanistan by vahhabits.