Secret Agent: Rumsfeld Sneaks Off to Baku

[Frederik]

"HARDLY ANY COUNTRY on the planet sits in a more crucial spot than the harsh dictatorship of Azerbaijan, so that's probably why Don Rumsfeld sneaked off to its rowdy capital, Baku, earlier this week.

Do you hear the neocons beating the oil drums of war?

Rumsfeld's visit this week to Iraq generated some smoke, especially his laughable warnings to the Iraqis about "government corruption."

But then, like the mysterious Mr. Arkadin, Rumsfeld left Iraq, flew to Baku for meetings, spent the night, and then sneaked out the next day—with no announcements from the Pentagon and (as a result) no notice from the U.S. press.

Plenty of Azeris, chafing under the Aliyev family's harsh rule and fearing war or other trouble from the oil-hungry U.S., freaked out, and there were stories in the Turkish and Russian press. But leave it to the excellent news service EurasiaNet to capture the not-meant-to-be-captured moment."

http://villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/000848.php

[rodeodance]

1. rummy jet hopping for oil. nothing new.

[anarchy1999]

2. BAKU??? Where is our GD' Fourth Estate? Do we even have a free press

anymore? Is it only on the net? GD' it. I'm going shopping for food.

See ya'll later.

[AlamoDemoc]

3. thanks for post

Its very explosive and a must read article

[jpak]

4. Holy Cow!!

Did Rumsfeld seal a deal for forward deployed troops/equipment and/or secure air corridors to be used by US forces attacking Iran????

This is not good...

[bobthedrummer]

5. He was over in Bishkek too, hobnobbing with the new leaders 3 weeks

after a revolt over election fraud got them into power in Kyrgyzistan.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4443361.stm