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October 10, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/azerbaijan-sentences-members-of-iran-organized-spy-ring-aiding-terror-plot-against-us-israel/2012/10/09/20da219e-1204-11e2-9a39-1f5a7f6fe945_story.html

Azerbaijan Jails 22 in Iran-Backed Terror Plot

(AP-Washington Post) A court in Azerbaijan has sentenced 22 people to lengthy jail terms for assisting Iran's Revolutionary Guards in terrorist plots against U.S. and Israeli targets. Azerbaijani authorities said the Revolutionary Guards recruited Azeri citizen Niyazi Kerimov and gave him the job of assembling a group of other Azerbaijanis to act as spies. Targets for attacks were to include the U.S. and Israeli embassies as well as Western-linked groups and companies.

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