Monday, October 15, 2012

Tiny Azerbaijan Irritates Iran

BAKU, Azerbaijan — The latest weapon in this country’s ideological war with Iran arrived late last month in an armada of jets from California, accompanied by a private security force, dazzling pyrotechnics and a wardrobe that consisted of sequins and not much else.

A crowd of nearly 30,000 gathered to watch as the leader of this mini-invasion pranced onto a stage built on the edge of the Caspian Sea. With a shout of “Hello, lovers!” Jennifer Lopez wiggled out of her skirt and launched into a throbbing disco anthem, delighting her Azerbaijani fans and — it was hoped — infuriating the turbaned ayatollahs who live just across the water.
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2 comments:

  1. Azerbaijan has been a little western proxy state for a while now. Notice the quality of our exported "culture." This garbage is what we offer to the world.

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  2. Ha! Lopez tried to do the same thing in occupied northern Cyprus.

    http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0709/Jennifer-Lopez-cancels-controversial-north-Cyprus-show

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