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Azerbaijan: SSSA detained Afghan resident who planned terrorist attack against foreign embassy
2023-07-11
Perhaps later it will be revealed which particular jihadi group the jihadi in question chose to fail.
[TuranNews] An Afghan citizen was detained by the State Securuty Service of Azerbaijan' (SSSA) on suspicion of planning terrorist acts on the territory of the country.

On July 10, the SSSA announced the detention of a citizen of Afghanistan, Fawzan Musa Khan.

According to the report of the SSSA department of public relations, the investigation found that he, having entered into collusion with other persons in order to undermine public stability, sow panic among the population, influence the decisions of state authorities and international organizations,
...none of which he accomplished. But such was Allah’s plan for him, by definition — how mortifying!
planned terrorist acts on the territory of Azerbaijan, accompanied by explosions, fires and other similar dangerous incidents, loss of life, damage to their health, property.

The said foreigner, in order to plan a terrorist attack against an embassy of a third state, conducted observations around the territory where the diplomatic mission is located, colluded with other persons who could be involved in this activity, assist in the acquisition of weapons and explosives, and receive financial assistance.

Fawzan was caught red-handed at the scene of the crime and brought to criminal responsibility as an accused under Articles 28, 214.2.1 and 28, 214.2.3. A preventive measure in the form of arrest was chosen against him by a court decision.

At present, the State Security Service is conducting comprehensive investigative and operational legal procedural measures in order to establish the full circle of persons who planned a terrorist act.

The message does not indicate against the embassy of which country the Afghan was planning a terrorist attack. However,
you can observe a lot just by watching...
judging by the operational video distributed by the State Security Service, the foreigner conducted surveillance around the Hyatt Regency hotel complex, where, among other institutions, the Embassy of Israel is also located.
A useful tidbit.
Update from the Times of Israel, which contains an image of the 23-year old’s passport photo page, at 11:30 a.m. ET:
Azerbaijan said that Khan came from "a foreign country" in order to surveil "a third country embassy," recruit a cell, and obtain weapons and funding.

Though the statement did not identify the country from which Khan arrived in Azerbaijan, neighboring Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
has been using third-party nationals to plan terror attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets.

Israel is in the midst of a very public expansion of bilateral ties with Azerbaijan, a Shiite-majority country closely allied with The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
that has seen its partnership with the Jewish state flourish.

In March, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov opened Baku’s first-ever embassy in Israel.

President Isaac Herzog visited Azerbaijan in May, where he discussed the Iran threat and bilateral ties.

Israel is one of Azerbaijan’s leading arms suppliers. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Israel provided 69 percent of Baku’s major arms imports in 2016-2020, accounting for 17% of Jerusalem’s arms exports over that period.

Israel stepped up its weapons shipments to Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Azerbaijan emerged victorious in that six-week war with Armenia, which claimed the lives of more than 6,000 soldiers and resulted in Baku regaining control over disputed territories.

It is an open secret that two of the pillars of the relationship are Azerbaijan’s location on Iran’s northern border and the fact that Israel buys over 30 percent of its oil from Baku.
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