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MURDERER'S PARDON STIRS WAR FEARS
Bayoubuzz
Sept 5 2012
Written by Media Sources
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned a convicted ax murderer
after he was extradited from Hungary.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS An Azerbaijani solider killed an Armenian officer with
an ax in 2004 He was sentenced to prison in Hungary but suddenly was
paroled and extradited The killer got a new apartment and a promotion
on his return to Azerbaijan The parole has sparked fears of wars
between two former Soviet republics
(CNN) -- An ax murder. Then, jail time. Sounds like a morbid crime
story.
Yet this tale has taken a sudden and unexpected twist: The killer
got a pardon and a hero's welcome.
That has stirred fears of a war.
The parole has exacerbated long-standing tensions over disputed land
between Armenia and Azerbaijan, former Soviet republics that are
nestled in the Caucasus region near Turkey, Iran and Russia.
The nations fought a war two decades ago over the region of
Nagorno-Karabakh and
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/component/k2/item/77413-murderer-s-pardon-stirs-war-fears
From: A. Papazian
Bayoubuzz
Sept 5 2012
Written by Media Sources
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned a convicted ax murderer
after he was extradited from Hungary.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS An Azerbaijani solider killed an Armenian officer with
an ax in 2004 He was sentenced to prison in Hungary but suddenly was
paroled and extradited The killer got a new apartment and a promotion
on his return to Azerbaijan The parole has sparked fears of wars
between two former Soviet republics
(CNN) -- An ax murder. Then, jail time. Sounds like a morbid crime
story.
Yet this tale has taken a sudden and unexpected twist: The killer
got a pardon and a hero's welcome.
That has stirred fears of a war.
The parole has exacerbated long-standing tensions over disputed land
between Armenia and Azerbaijan, former Soviet republics that are
nestled in the Caucasus region near Turkey, Iran and Russia.
The nations fought a war two decades ago over the region of
Nagorno-Karabakh and
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/component/k2/item/77413-murderer-s-pardon-stirs-war-fears
From: A. Papazian