Ken Silverstein: Articles on Heydar Aliyev's "services" ridiculous
Pro-Azeri lobby organizations acting abroad once again uncovered Ilham Aliyev. Thus, the article of the Jewish founder of Azeri-backing “The Tool Shed group LLC” lobby organization in the US, Jason Katz, praising Heydar Aliyev, published in “The Huffington Post” has been sharply exposed by Ken Silverstein, former investigative reporter for The Los Angeles Times and reporter for The Associated Press in Brazil. Silversten says articles on Heydar Aliyev and his “services” for Azerbaijan, published in a fun website like "The Haffington Post", are just ridiculous.
According to Azadlig, silverstein writes: “The Shed group LLC” head Jason Katz writes just the opposite of what Azerbaijani opposition leader Ali Kerimli wrote in his article, unveiling Azerbaijan’s real identity, published in the leading "The Washington Post". Katz says Heydar Aliyev obtained independence for Azerbaijan and was the first leader of the country, and it was him to make the Soviet army withdraw from the country. However, history cannot be falsified. Actually, Heydar Aliyev was the country’s third leader. In 1993, as he took office, Azerbaijan was an independent state already and the Soviet army had already withdrawn. Katz’s article sings Aliyev’s praise and has no political significance,” the well-known reporter said.