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Attorney General Eric Holder. POGO asked Holder for an investigation into the allegations of illegal campaign contributions. The Times article, which was initiated by documents provided by POGO, revealed the extent to which both sides have gone to shape American opinion on Kazakhstan, a country known to Americans mostly by way of the fictional Kazakh newsman Borat. The characters in this real-life Kazakh drama have waged an extraordinary lobbying battle on Capitol Hill that includes a campaign by Aliyev to embarrass the Kazakh government. Aliyev's effort, which ultimately failed, involved having members of Congress criticize Kazakhstan on the Congressional Record in the midst of a successful bid by the Kazakhs to chair the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, an international organization dedicated to supporting human rights and democracy. The statements were intended to serve as leverage in an ongoing business dispute involving allegations that some $2 billion in assets were unlawfully seized from one of Aliyev's relatives by the Kazakh government. statement submitted by Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) referenced accusations that the Kazakh government tried to assassinate Aliyev, a former top security official, who is reportedly hiding in self-exile in Vienna, Austria. Kazakh officials have repeatedly tried to have him extradited to Kazakhstan to face a number of legal charges, including that he was part of a criminal conspiracy to overthrow the government, and that he kidnapped and murdered two Kazakh bankers. member of Congress has had dealings with both parties in the dispute. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), a member of the congressional Friends of Kazakhstan caucus, has been an ardent supporter of Kazakhstan and for his efforts at securing his country's nuclear materials. But lobbyists working for Aliyev were also able to persuade Issa to appeal directly to Nazarbayev to help settle the dispute on their behalf. One of the lobbyists, Tanya Rahall, is reportedly a friend of Issa. the lobbying effort failed to force a settlement, Aliyev's relative, Devincci Hourani, turned to the courts. And that's where things get really interesting. In an ongoing civil lawsuit filed in federal court, Hourani alleges that a shadowy group of Washington-based consultants created a plan for the president of Kazakhstan to consolidate power called "Superkhan" that involved reigning in the influence of the country's wealthy oligarchs Cheapest Cigarettes In The World. Hourani claims that the seizure of his assets was a part of this plan and that the consultants should be held liable to the tune of $2 billion. To support that assertion, Hourani filed a number of purportedly secret Kazakh documents, including a Nov. to President Nazarbayev, and obtained by Aliyev. the letter, the ambassador describes efforts to combat the "destructive actions" of Aliyev by using a congressional caucus created by the embassy which the Ambassador claimed to be funding through a "foreign currency fund." "[t]he destructive actions of the Hourani brothers along with R. Senate and the employees of their offices. The Embassy of the RK [Republic of Kazakhstan] is financing them through contributions into their funds from a special foreign currency fund allocated by You [the President of Kazakhstan]," according to a translation of the letter that was entered into the court file by Hourani's attorneys. 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One Member of Congress, Delegate Eni Faleomavaega from American Samoa, a co-chair and driving force behind the creation of the Central Asia caucus, particularly stands out. In the 2010 election cycle, two of Faleomavaega's top organizational contributors had been under contract with the Republic of Kazakhstan: Employees and family members from Policy Impact Communications, the lobbying firm hired to create the Central Asia caucus, contributed $4,800, making the firm Faleomavaega's second largest organizational contributor; and another firm [url=http://cigarettesss.com]Newport Cigarettes Price[/url], Steptoe and Johnson, which is the Republic of Kazakhstan's outside counsel, contributed $2,000 through its Political Action Committee. Also, employees from Policy Impact Communications contributed $2,000 to another one of the original co-chairs of the Caucus on Central, Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), as well as $1,000 to the current co-chair, Rep. Danny "Dan" Lee Burton (R-IN). 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