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Belarus arrests air force chief
2010-12-26
[Pak Daily Times] Belarus has nabbed the head of its air force on suspicion of abuse of authority, the defence ministry said, without saying if the arrest had any link to a crackdown after post-election protests.
Translation: link to pro-democracy forces (?)
The ministry's statement said Major General Igor Azarenok, the commander of the Air Force and Air Defence, had been jugged according to an article of the criminal code on abuse and negligence of authority. The statement, posted on the ministry's website late Friday, gave no further details over the timing and circumstances of the arrest.

Belarus is currently holding hundreds of people over their involvement in the protests on December 19 against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in polls denounced by Western observers as deeply flawed. Those jugged include a large swathe of the country's liberal opposition elite and several Western countries has warned Lukashenko risks total isolation if the crackdown continues.

Although it gave no details on the top general's arrest, the defence ministry statement did however provide a long explanation over how the levels of crime in the Belarus armed forces "were amongst the lowest in the world".
Posted by:Fred

#1  ION NOT-BELARUS, TOPIX > THERE WILL BE NEW WAR IN TRANSCAUCASIA: EXPERTS SEE LESS AND LESS PROSPECTS FOR PEACEFUL RSOLVING OF THE NAGORNO-KARABKH CONFLICT.

* SAME > IRAN: WE SUUPORT AZERBAIJAN'S POSITION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH.

* SAME > RUSSIA COMPLETES INSTALLATION OF AIR DEFENE COMMAND IN ARMENIA,

versus

SAME > ARMENIA SUPPORTS SET UP OF FREE TRADE ZONE FOR RUSSIAN BUSINESS.

IMO ABOVE ARTIC(S) also read, WHY ARMENIA WILL WIN A MILITARY WAR AGZ AZERBAIJAN OVER NAGORNO-KARABAKH, etc.

versus

* SAME > RUSSIA'S ISLAMIST TROUBLES CONTINUE IN CAUCASUS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-12-26 23:14  

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