October 20, 2003 - 19:19 AMT
AZERI OPPOSITION THREATENED WASHINGTON
If the US recognize Ihlam Aliyev and not Isa Gambar the elected president of Azerbaijan, so "Long live to Ben Laden!", the phrase being the headline of the article Yeni Musavat opposition newspaper published last week. The article drops hints at the fact that in case Washington refuses to back opposition, the latter will back Ben Laden. Another Azeri source, namely Turan information agency spread a material titled "Allah Akbar or Goodbye Democracy and America!" Disappointed Azeri society is more and more getting inclined to the contiguity of "political vahhabism". The most favorable conditions for democrats and pro-west oriented politicians to fall into the embrace of political Islam are being created in Azerbaijan", - the publication runs.