CE / O DI HR ▁mission , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁elections ▁were ▁recognized ▁as ▁in app ropri ate ▁to ▁dem ocr atic ▁norm s . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁“ Fre edom ▁Files ▁Anal yt ical ▁Center ”, ▁ES IS C ▁lo bb ies ▁for ▁A zer ba ij an ' s ▁interests ▁and ▁provides ▁services ▁of ▁“ false ▁obser vers ,” ▁whose ▁task ▁is ▁to ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁elections ▁of ▁aut ocr atic ▁states ▁as ▁obser vers , ▁inform ▁on ▁a ▁dem ocr atic ▁vote , ▁and ▁critic ize ▁the ▁OS CE / ▁O DI HR ▁observation ▁mission . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Robert ▁Co al son ▁( Radio ▁Free ▁Europe / Radio ▁Liber ty ), ▁ES IS C ▁is ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁B aku ' s ▁lo bb ying ▁efforts ▁to ▁use ▁analyt ical ▁cent ers ▁to ▁change ▁public ▁opinion ▁about ▁A zer ba ij an . ▁ ▁Report ▁on ▁Western ▁Sah ara ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁and ▁again ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁ES IS C ▁issued ▁reports ▁on ▁Western ▁Sah ara ▁that ▁dov etailed ▁closely ▁with ▁official ▁Mor oc can ▁views ▁and ▁claimed ▁that ▁there ▁existed ▁a ▁link ▁between ▁Al ▁Q a eda ▁and ▁the ▁national ist ▁group ▁Pol is ario , ▁which ▁see ks ▁Western ▁Sah ara ' s ▁independence ▁from ▁Mor oc co . ▁Western ▁Sah ara ▁expert ▁Jacob ▁M und y ▁described ▁ES IS C ' s ▁publications ▁as ▁" th ink ▁tank ▁reports ▁paid ▁for ▁by ▁the ▁[ Mor oc can