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AI Report. Chapter on Azerbaijan Incomplete without Mention of South Azerbaijan, Annexed by Iran
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In twenty one earlier articles, I republished the preliminary parts and 15 Africa-focused chapters of the 2010 Annual Report which was released a few days ago by the leading humanitarian NGO Amnesty International. Titles of and links to these articles are available in the latest of the series: A...
Connecticut Investor Sentenced for Scheme to Bribe Government Officials in Azerbaijan
Crime Blotter
WASHINGTON—Frederic A. Bourke Jr., of Greenwich, Conn., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to one year and one day in prison, announced Mythili Raman, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division and Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern Di...
Connecticut Investor Convicted in Scheme to Bribe Azerbaijan Government Officials
Crime Blotter
WASHINGTON—Frederic A. Bourke Jr., 63, was found guilty today by a federal jury in Manhattan of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the Travel Act, and making false statements to the FBI, the Department of Justice announced. Bourke, of Greenwich, Conn., was convi...
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia: Erdogan Cannot Be Allowed to Act as Turkish Premier Anymore. Part IV
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In four previous articles entitled "Turkey – Azerbaijan – Armenia: Documents Incriminating Erdogan, Still Hidden in Turkey" (http://www.pennsylvaniachronicle.com/articles/view/94901), "Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia: Erdogan Cannot Be Allowed to Act as Turkish Premier Anymore. Part I" (http://www.ame...
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia: Erdogan Cannot Be Allowed to Act as Turkish Premier Anymore. Part III
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In three previous articles entitled "Turkey – Azerbaijan – Armenia: Documents Incriminating Erdogan, Still Hidden in Turkey" (http://www.pennsylvaniachronicle.com/articles/view/94901), "Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia: Erdogan Cannot Be Allowed to Act as Turkish Premier Anymore. Part I" (http://www.am...
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia: Erdogan Cannot Be Allowed to Act as Turkish Premier Anymore. Part II
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In two previous articles entitled "Turkey – Azerbaijan – Armenia: Documents Incriminating Erdogan, Still Hidden in Turkey" (http://www.pennsylvaniachronicle.com/articles/view/94901) and "Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia: Erdogan Cannot Be Allowed to Act as Turkish Premier Anymore. Part I" (http://www.a...
Azerbaijan, South Azerbaijan, Iran, Persia, Turkey, Orientalism and Freemasonic Historiography
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Following an introductory series on South Azerbaijan, and an earlier article ("South Azerbaijan: 12 Oppressed Nations Defy the Persian Theocratic Chauvinism of the Ayatollahs" - http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/95965), I intend to expand further on the main impediment to the establishm...
South Azerbaijan: 12 Oppressed Nations Defy the Persian Theocratic Chauvinism of the Ayatollahs
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
With the present article, I start a new series of articles on South Azerbaijan and other subjugated lands and tyrannized peoples engulfed in the chauvinist tyranny of the Persian Ayatollahs that takes the appearance of lunatic theocracy. In forthcoming articles, I will further expand and analyze...
Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia: Erdogan Cannot Be Allowed to Act as Turkish Premier Anymore. Part I
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In a previous article entitled "Turkey – Azerbaijan – Armenia: Documents Incriminating Erdogan, Still Hidden in Turkey" (http://www.pennsylvaniachronicle.com/articles/view/94901), I illustrated some of the reasons for which the theologically extremist, politically Islamist, historically ignorant, ...
Iran and South Azerbaijan – The Azeri Search for National Integrity and Cultural Identity. Part II
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In six earlier articles entitled "Southern Azerbaijan to Secede from Iran - Middle East´s Most Influential and Most Unknown Factor" (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94772), "Liberate Southern Azerbaijan – Save the Life of the Azeri Activist Yunis Aghayan" (http://www.americanchr...
Iran and South Azerbaijan – The Azeri Search for National Integrity and Cultural Identity. Part I
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In five earlier articles entitled "Southern Azerbaijan to Secede from Iran - Middle East´s Most Influential and Most Unknown Factor" (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94772), "Liberate Southern Azerbaijan – Save the Life of the Azeri Activist Yunis Aghayan" (http://www.americanch...
Iran: Azeri to Be Declared as Official Language – or Secession of South Azerbaijan
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In four earlier articles entitled "Southern Azerbaijan to Secede from Iran - Middle East´s Most Influential and Most Unknown Factor" (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94772), "Liberate Southern Azerbaijan – Save the Life of the Azeri Activist Yunis Aghayan" (http://www.americanch...
South Azerbaijan vs. Iran: Rise of the Azeri Cultural and National Identity, Fall of the Ayatollahs
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In three earlier articles entitled "Southern Azerbaijan to Secede from Iran - Middle East´s Most Influential and Most Unknown Factor" (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94772), "Liberate Southern Azerbaijan – Save the Life of the Azeri Activist Yunis Aghayan" (http://www.americanc...
Freedom for South Azerbaijan – Down with the Ayatollah Tyranny over 25 Millions of Azeris
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In two previous articles entitled "Southern Azerbaijan to Secede from Iran - Middle East´s Most Influential and Most Unknown Factor" (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94772) and "Liberate Southern Azerbaijan – Save the Life of the Azeri Activist Yunis Aghayan" (http://www.america...
Turkey – Azerbaijan – Armenia: Erdogan Incriminating Documents Still Hidden in Turkey
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The document I intend to republish in several parts remained unknown in Turkey until today. The reason for which the Islamist administration has persistently tried to hide this document – and many other similar – is simple; if widely known, correctly interpreted, and adequately publicized, similar d...
Liberate Southern Azerbaijan – Save the Life of the Azeri Activist Yunis Aghayan, Citizen of Iran
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In a previous article entitled "Southern Azerbaijan to Secede from Iran - Middle East΄s Most Influential and Most Unknown Factor" (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/94772), I offered an introduction to the critical issue of Southern Azerbaijan, denouncing the theocratic Shia Islamist ty...
Southern Azerbaijan to Secede from Iran - Middle East´s Most Influential and Most Unknown Factor
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
While great focus is erroneously being made on Abkhazia and South Ossetia, while colonial interests generate fantastic publicity about the malignantly called "normalization" of the Turkish – Armenian relationship, and while great geo-strategic concern is "seriously" expressed about the militaristic ...
US Deputy Secretary Negroponte in Azerbaijan: the Caucasus Failure of the Bush Administration
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Several readers expressed their ideas and comments on my earlier articles on the tragic failure of the US Caucasus policy; in fact the entire front is in total disarray. America and Europe did not truly agree on a common stance toward Russia, and a provisory compromise took place; characteristically...
Turkey – Georgia – Azerbaijan Confederation or Caucasus Contained
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
In a separate article, entitled ΄Biased US-UE Games in Georgia and the Caucasus Expected to Trigger a Russian Climax΄, I republished the Press Briefing given by Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, at U.S. Mission Geneva a few days ago. The EU/UN/OSCE-sponsored talks ...
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