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Wahhabi threat growing in Azerbaijan Wahhabi Muslims from the Middle East are stepping up efforts to recruit new adherents in Azerbaijan, according to U.S. officials. The main targets are students who are being offered visits to Syria and United Arab Emirates to study the conservative strain of Islam, which has been an ideological base for Al Qaida and other Islamist extremists. Officials said the number of secret Wahhabi offices in the capital of Baku is growing. One bakery was found to have been used as a secret meeting place for Wahabbis. Outside Baku, Wahhabis also have sought new recruits in six districts in northern Azerbaijan, including Balakan, Zaqatala, Qax, Qabala, Saki, and Qusar. Politically, Wahhabis have established an election bloc for parliamentary elections set for November and have received $2 million in foreign aid. Recent incidents suggest Wahhabi violence is increasing. In February, six Azerbaijani Wahhabis were sentenced to prison terms for preparing terrorist acts and illegally possessing weapons. In June, a group of Wahabbis attacked a television station because a program contained remarks they deemed offensive. Wahabbis are considered actual followers of the Wahhabi movement as well as other radical Muslims. Saudi Arabia is a key base for Wahhabism. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
