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WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2007 – An organization that has distributed more than $3 million in scholarships and interest-free education loans has entered its second half-century of service to the extended Army Aviation family. The Army Aviation Association of America, or “Quad A,” was organized 50 years ago at Fort Rucker, Ala., to support U.S. Army aviation soldiers and their families, the group’s national president said. The group’s AAAA Scholarship Foundation, Inc., a member of the Defense Department’s America Supports You program, furthers that purpose by offering financial assistance for educational pursuits. America Supports You highlights the ways Americans are...

Shukhrat Masirokhunov met with Osama bin Laden, was trained by Khattab, recruited mujaheddin and fought Americans in Afghanistan. He also has firsthand knowledge about the situation in Chechnya A Tashkent city court delivered a guilty verdict against members of the Akromiylar movement who took part in the Andizhan events (May, 12-13, 2005). The authorities allege that militants from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) were also involved. Shukhrat Masirokhunov, 34, a former chief of the IMU counterintelligence service who was extradited from Pakistan several months ago, is now awaiting trial in Tashkent. He faces 20 years in prison. It is...

"Azerbaijan ... served as a logistic hub for international mujahidin with ties to terrorist groups, some of whom supported the Chechen insurgency in Russia" (The US Department of State: Patterns of Global Terrorism 1999) Based on the text by the Research & Information Office of the Armenian Assembly of America (aaainc.org): "Azerbaijan And Islamic Terrorism," September 2001. Picture: Osama bin Laden, the world's No. 1 terrorist suspect. Azerbaijani authorities cooperated with Osama bin Laden by providing his terrorists — operating in Chechnya — logistical support, intelligence, and shelter. In turn, bin Laden promised the Baku authorities to aid Azerbaijan if...