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    ARMENIAN SCUDS THREATEN AZERI OIL SITES

    United Press International, USA
    March 13 2006

    BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 13 (UPI) -- Since the collapse of communism
    in 1991, Azerbaijan has moved closer to NATO and the United States
    as its oil exports have soared.

    Azerbaijan is a member of NATO's Partnership for Peace affiliate
    program and has hopes of joining the alliance.

    Austrian Eutema Technologie Management GmbH EMTECH project manager
    Martin Marek says that Azerbaijan's main adversary, Armenia, has
    deployed Soviet-era Scud-B ballistic missiles in the disputed Upper
    Karabakh region, which are capable of striking Baku's oil facilities.

    On March 13, AssA-Irada news agency quoted Marek as saying, "The
    Scud-B missiles are aimed at oil fields, pipelines and refineries in
    Azerbaijan, which could bring about a disaster."

    On Aug. 23, 1997, the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
    quoted Science Applications International Corp. Strategic Assessment
    Center analyst Glen E. Howard as saying that Russia had shipped
    Armenia as many as 32 Scud-B ballistic missiles and eight launchers
    as part of a Russian 1994-1996 arms deal worth $1 billion.

    In May-June 1996, Armenian personnel were trained to operate Scud-Bs at
    Russia's Kapustin Yar firing range. Scud-Bs have a range of 200 miles.

    Marek observed that Western investment in Azerbaijan reinforces the
    current "de-facto independent status of Upper Karabakh," and that
    "Baku is also aware that if the war resumes, these companies will
    freeze their investments in the country."
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