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Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule
"A Jumble of Overlapping Plots" in Baku
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In 2008, Azerbaijani authorities thwarted a Hezbollah plot to target an Israeli Independence Day celebration and kidnap the Israeli ambassador in Baku. Two Hezbollah operatives were arrested, tried, and convicted, but the group was not deterred by this setback. By 2011, Hezbollah and Iran had formulated “a jumble of overlapping plots” that officials discovered to be part of a coordinated campaign to assassinate foreign diplomats in at least seven countries, including in Azerbaijan. Guests: Ambassador Arthur Lenk, former Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan (2005-2009) Mahammad Mammadov , Research Fellow at the Topchubashov Center in Baku, Azerbaijan Zohar Palti , Viterbi International Fellow at…