demonstrators in Azerbaijan carry posters of Bush

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oil-rich Azerbaijan, that is...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5083565,00.html

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) - Thousands of demonstrators chanting ``Freedom'' and carrying portraits of President Bush marched across Azerbaijan's capital Saturday, demanding the resignation of the government and free parliamentary elections - in the biggest protest in years.

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Tensions have been building steadily in this oil-rich Caspian Sea nation in the run-up to the elections, leading some observers to predict that Azerbaijan could see a massive uprising similar to those that toppled unpopular regimes in other ex-Soviet nations of Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan during the past 18 months.

Supporters of the Musavat party, the People's Front of Azerbaijan and the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan chanted ``Freedom'' and ``Free Elections'' and carried pictures of President Bush.

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Azerbaijan, a mostly Muslim country of 8.3 million, is the starting point of the key pipeline that Washington says will reduce dependence on oil from the Middle East. The country also is a U.S. ally in the war on terrorism, with troops in Iraq.

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1. Those poor fools

Little do they know Bush would allow the leaders of Azerbaijan to crush them to dust if keeps the oil flowing.