ARMENIAN SPIES DETAINED IN BAKU

Yeni Musavat, Azerbaijan
Dec 11 2007

19 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS DETAINED IN CAPITAL

The National Security Ministry have detained Seventh Day Adventists
in an operation in [Baku’s] Nizami district. Nineteen people are
reported to have been detained.

It is also reported that the members of the sect gathered in a flat
owned by 43-year-old Rasim Baxsiyev. The report says that the detained
members of the sect are suspected of ties with the secret services
of Armenia and other foreign countries.

The information department of the Defence Ministry made a special
statement some time ago saying that missionary organizations were the
most active supporters and defenders in religious terms of Armenia’s
terrorist and occupational policies. In exchange they get the material
and moral support of Armenian churches. The statement particularly
stressed Seventh-Day Adventists as having ties with Armenian churches.

More information is expected to be available in connection with
the case.

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