Assistant of the leader of the Islamic Party of Azerbiajan Haji Hajiaga Nurieva stated the actions of the U.S.A. cause serious resentment in Azerbaijan. Nuriev considered the military action held in Afghanistan by U.S. and British forces to be "terrorism". "The Azeri nation definitely blames these actions," - she asserts. In her words, "if the operations continue with the same harshness, mass anti-American actions may commence in Azerbaijan."