Voice of Karabakh # 78(1)

How started the Karabakh war?
(beginning in the previous issues)

Such wide-scaled operations of Armenians caused concern of officials of Moscow’s armed forces deployed in the region. So, immediately fulfilled counter-operations had resulted in huge losses by Armenian military units. President L.Ter-Petrosyan took an advantage from depression developed in Armenian National Army. In most cases this army demonstrated insubordination and caused a threat even for Presidential power. Making an excuse by defeat of ANA, L.Ter-Petrosyan announced curfew in Yerevan, dismissed military units, neutralized their officers and joined the ranks to Armenian National Movement, which he ruled by himself. Thus, formally being within the Soviet empire, Armenia in fact had its independent policy and formed its independent army.
At the start of 1991 the government of Armenia made a few political decisions, which were not previously discussed to Moscow. It was scheduled to hold referendum on March 17 of 1991 and devoted to issue of preserving of USSR on the basis of new union agreement. Azerbaijan’s government agreed to hold the referendum, while Armenia and 5 other former republics of union had boycotted it. So, the Kremlin undertook several steps to punish Armenia and gain it back into the area of its influence. Troops of Ministry of Defense and Internal Affairs of Soviet empire, as well as OMON (Units of Militia of Special Designation) of Azerbaijan entered the base regions of Armenia. 3 thousand soldiers and officers were within Azerbaijan’s OMON and the responsibility for holding an operation was mainly with them. As a result of operation continued from April 30 to May 15 there were liquidated several Armenian bases in directions of Chaykend (Getashen), Garabulaq (Martunashen) and Hadrut. A large number of military was killed, including 11 staff members of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia. But Moscow stopped the operation in a shot time and liquidation of bases was not completed.
In July OMON of Azerbaijan on its own moved deep into Geranboy region. After heavy battles the enemy was thrown back from bases of Manashid, Buzlug and Erkedj. After military operations in spring-summer of 1991 Armenians put aside most of their radical demands. On July 19 the District Soviet made a decision for transition from “confrontation to policy of dialog and negotiations”. During that period Armenians stated that in exchange for withdrawal of troops from Daglyg Garabagh they terminate their decision to separate from Azerbaijan. Delegation headed by party functionary Valeriy Grigoryan arrived to Baku from Khankendi and on July 20 there was a meeting with group of V.Grigoryan in Baku. The appeal submitted by the group said that they were ready to hold negotiations based on Constitution of USSR and Azerbaijan SSR. It meant that Daglyg Garabagh stayed within Azerbaijan. But after the return of delegation to Khankendi, on August 10, V.Grigoryan was killed. Simultaneously with these events, on July 20 L.Ter-Petrosyan met to M.Gorbachov in Novo-Ogarev and agreed to make compromise in issue of new union agreement.
Deepening political crisis in leadership of Soviet empire and coup d’etat in the August 1991 seriously changed situation. Moscow lost the control over provinces. At the end of August armed forces in Daglyg Garabagh became uncontrolled, most of commanders were corrupted by Armenian armed groups. Under these conditions Armenia intensified its activity in Daglyg Garabagh. On September 2 there was announced the establishment of so called “Daglyg Garabagh Republic” (DGR). Armenia in aim to mask the fact of occupation had brought to arena this “structure”. 15 thousand Armenian armed groups deployed on these territories were united under the name “Forces of self-defense of Daglyg Garbagh Republic”. Later they were named as “Army of defense of DGR”. Azerbaijan in its response to Armenia’s manipulations with “independence” of Daglyg Garabagh adopted on November 26 a decision on liquidation of autonomy of this region.
In mid September of 1991 Armenians started their offense in western part of Geranboy region and occupied several new settlements. In October they commenced large-scaled operations to withdraw Azerbaijani from Daglyg Garabagh. On October 28 Armenians attacked settlements in Khojavend (Martuni) region. From November 16 the battles moved to territory of Hadrut region. As a result of these attacks Armenian armed forces occupied most villages of Daglyg Garabagh with Azerbaijani population.

Source: http://karabakh-doc.azerall.info/ru/isegod/The_start_of_Garabagh_war.pdf

Samuel A.Weems

Peace conference gives Armenians nothing after hearing their claim for money damages

The one success story for the Armenians was the labor of their paid agents in Christian countries. The British Government was flooded with petitions instituted by Armenian special interest groups. One such petition to the heads of the Church of England stated: “With utmost horror, we hear sinister rumor of the possibility of a continuation of Turkish suzerainty over unhappy Armenia. Through your lordships we ask that the Anglican Churches do their utmost to prevent the repetition of so hideous a crime. The honor of our churches and the allied democracies demand that Armenia be unconditionally liberated from Turkish rule and restored to her own people” (P. 309, from the book of Hovannissian).
Armenian agents` work in the United States was equally successful. “On the initiative of the American Committee for the Independence of Armenia, a cardinal, 85 bishops, 20,000 clergymen, 40 state governors, and 250 college and university presidents petitioned [President] Wilson to aid in the establishment of an independent Armenia bordering the Black and Mediterranean Seas, to recognize the de facto Yerevan government, and bolster Armenia in every way possible” (P 309-310). In plain language, this was an organized and active campaign by a foreign country (Armenia) to influence American foreign policy within the United States.
Such well-organized and orchestrated work by Armenia continues within the United States today.
Proof of this success is the fact the U.S. government gives perhaps more foreign aid per capita to Armenia than to any nation on earth. There should be an official investigation into each Armenian backed group in America to learn just how much funding these organizations receive from Armenia and what instructions come from this tiny state to influence U.S. foreign policy. It’s not right for any foreign government to organize and finance special interest groups in this country and such conduct must be ended.
In May 1919, “As Italian troops struck out along the southern coastline of Asia Minor, while in Paris a small but significant current of official opinion began to gel in favor of a lenient settlement with Turkey” (P 321). The Allied Peace Conference rejected the Armenian demand for a mandate nation to oversee the lands that the Armenians claimed. Rather, the officials of the Peace Conference appointed Colonel W. N. Haskell of the United States to act as high commissioner in Armenia.
Colonel Haskell had served as Herbert Hoover’s chief of relief operations in Rumania. Hovannissian expressed his, and the Armenian reaction, to the appointment in this way: “Thus the Peace Conference, instead of granting Armenia a mandatory power, a definite boundary, and a guaranteed future, had provided a resident commissioner to advise, supervise and console” (P 339).
Hovannissian goes on to on to object to the Armenian claims` rejection: …They had helplessly watched Armenia’s golden opportunity slip way. The Allied heads of government were never again to join together as a single official body, and no longer would it be possible for Armenian envoys to concentrate their efforts upon Paris alone. Rather, they would have to follow the world leaders over mountains, channels, and oceans. The Allied response to Armenian petitions had been disheartening. Armenia remained unrecognized as a belligerent state or as a de facto government, and she had been denied a formal place at the Paris Conference. None of the major powers had shown a willingness to occupy Turkish Armenia or even to provide the requisite cadre and material for the Armenian army to do so (P 339).
In other words, the Allies at the Paris Peace Conference and the later conferences studied the Armenian claims and rejected each and every one of them on the grounds they were without merit. The Armenian claims they were the victims of the first genocide of the XX century. Rather it must be said that this is the first “great con job” of the twentieth century.
The Allies reviewed the Armenian claims for alleged damages in 1915, which the Armenians started referring to as “genocide” after 1948 as a public relations ploy. Again, the Allies investigated and found such claims baseless. The Armenians` continued recklessness is a major reason why there is no peace in the part of the world where they are located. Armenia continues to be a poverty-stricken, land-locked, tiny, panhandling terrorist state, and a hateful aggressor, which mainly uses anti-Turkish and anti-Muslim propaganda to secure Christian help and uses that handout to finance Armenia’s ethnic cleansing campaign directed at Muslims (and sometimes, even other Christians, as in the case of neighboring Georgia).

Armenians about Armenians
Robert ARAKELOV
KARABAKH DIARY
(beginning in the previous issues)
TRADE GAMES
Yes, we said that the State Department could recognize and publish the fact of occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenians only after 22 years, but even it wasn’t done objectively till the end: pay attention to the sentence “Ethnic Armenian separatists continue controlling a great part of Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and seven other Azerbaijani territories”. But in real not the “ethnic Armenian separatists continue controlling great part of Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and seven other Azerbaijani territories”, but the real armed groups of Armenia hold the war against Azerbaijan and is at the occupied territories of Azerbaijan that was proved by many facts including the facts about taking tens of soldiers from Armenia as captives.
Not only the State Department of USA, but also all international organizations, chiefs of the leading states of the world have to recognize the separatist, terrorist, occupation meaning of politics of Armenia at last and give the necessary estimation to the present situation. It will be never possible to make Armenia sit at its place without it…
G. ZEYNALOGLU,
“Voice of Karabakh”