Talk Of War From Azerbajan, Over Nagorno-Karabakh

TALK OF WAR FROM AZERBAJAN, OVER NAGORNO-KARABAKH Economist.Com July 17, 2008 Having spent heavily on its military, Azerbaijan has raised the possibility of recovering Nagorno-Karabakh and its other occupied territories by force. Although the forthcoming presidential election is a factor, this more aggressive stance is not mere bluster. Azerbaijan is frustrated at the failure of 14 years of negotiation and has concluded that a credible military threat might be the best way to force the Karabakh Armenians to make concessions--or, if that fails, to drive them out. Talk of war OSCE observers carried out an unscheduled monitoring of one section of the ceasefire line by Nagorno-Karabakh on July 16th, following allegations from both sides of violations. The atmosphere has been tense ever since Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliyev,... [read full story]