அஜர்பெய்ஜானில் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாத செயல் முறியடிக்கப்பட்டது

அஜர்பெய்ஜானில் இஸ்லாமிய பயங்கரவாதிகள் நடத்த இருந்த தாக்குதல் முறியடிக்கப்பட்டதாக அஜர்பெய்ஜான் அறிவித்துள்ளது.

இதுவும் ஆர்.எஸ்.எஸை சேர்ந்த முஸ்லீம்கள் நடத்தும் சதியாக இருக்கும் என்று தமிழ் இணைய அறிவுஜீவிகள் கருதுகிறார்களா என்று தெரியவில்லை.

Azerbaijan thwarts Islamist terror attack
Agencies in Baku
Tuesday October 30, 2007
The Guardian

Azerbaijan detained a group of militant Islamists who were preparing an armed attack near the US embassy in Baku, the former Soviet state's security ministry said yesterday.
The ministry said it had thwarted a plot to conduct a "large-scale, horrifying terror attack" against government structures and diplomatic missions in the Azerbaijan capital.

"Several people belonging to a Wahhabi group have been detained. They were planning terrorist attacks near the US embassy in Baku," a national security ministry spokesman, Arif Babayev, told Reuters. "Among them was an officer in the Azerbaijani army."


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Mr Babayev said that part of the group was detained at the weekend in the village of Mashtagi, near Baku, including the military officer, who had recently gone absent from his post.
"It was established that the group...had four Kalashnikov rifles, one Kalashnikov grenade launcher, 20 grenades, rounds and other automatic weapon parts," he said.

The ministry said in a statement reported by AP that one member of the group offered resistance to the arrest and was killed.

"That prevented a large-scale, horrifying terror attack that was being prepared by members of this group against several state structures in Baku and embassies and missions of the countries which are members of the international anti-terror coalition," the statement said.

Britain closed its diplomatic office in Baku because of the security concerns, and the US switched its embassy to limited operations, officials said. Both embassies said they could not comment on the nature of the threat and would give no further details.

Azerbaijan is an oil-producing, mainly Muslim republic of 8 million people on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, wedged between Iran, Turkey and Russia.

Authorities there have in the past arrested dozens of people suspected of links to Islamist militants, but the country has no history of militant violence against western targets.

Wahhabism originated in Saudi Arabia in the 18th century. It is rooted in the idea of restoring Islam's purity by purging it of foreign and corrupting influences.

Azerbaijan, which has a partnership deal with Nato, has been rumoured as a potential launching pad for US strikes against Iran after US military commanders inspected its airfields.