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Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

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  • Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

    Originally posted by Joseph View Post
    http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2160875.html

    One Armenian soldier was shot dead on Friday in continuing skirmishes along the main Armenian-Azerbaijani “line of contact” around Nagorno-Karabakh.

    Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian Defense Army said the 20-year-old conscript, Andranik Sargsian, was fatally wounded in “the northeastern section” of the frontline in what it called a ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani forces.

    The area in Karabakh’s northern Martakert district was already the scene of deadly fighting earlier this month. At least four Azerbaijani soldiers were killed there in two separate firefights blamed by the warring sides on each other.

    The incidents highlighted the persisting risk of another all-out war for the Armenian-controlled disputed region which seems to have increased in recent months. The U.S., Russian and French diplomats trying to broker a peaceful solution to the Karabakh dispute strongly condemned them and called for “additional actions necessary to strengthen the ceasefire” last week.

    Significantly, the truce violations were reportedly discussed by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov during their talks in Washington on Wednesday. A Pentagon spokesman said Gates expressed concern and stressed the need to strengthen the ceasefire regime.

    The Karabakh Armenian military says that Azerbaijani forces open fire on its position in various sections of the frontline on a daily basis. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has claimed the opposite, saying that the skirmishes are provoked by the Armenian side.
    the northeastern section of the line is very problematic. All recent clashes have occurred in this area. I believe it is the one place where the Azeris also hold some heights. During the war, this area (around Terter) changed hands several times. The Armenians need to bring up some more snipers to the area
    General Antranik (1865-1927): “I am not a nationalist. I recognize only one nation, the nation of the oppressed.”

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      One Armenian soldier was shot dead on Friday in continuing skirmishes along the main Armenian-Azerbaijani “line of contact” around Nagorno-Karabakh.
      RIP soldier.

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        i dont know how true this is but according to this article the June 18-21 skirmish was done by the azeris but aliyev didnt tell them to do it.

        Azerbaijan at fault for Karabakh skirmishes? Never mind.
        September 15, 2010 - 9:42am, by Joshua Kucera
        The Bug Pit Armenia Azerbaijan Nagorno Karabakh
        The U.S.'s embattled nominee to be the next ambassador to Baku, Matthew Bryza, raised some eyebrows during his confirmation hearing in July by appearing to say that a serious skirmish on the Nagorno Karabakh line of contact was Azerbaijan's fault. This is what he said in July:

        "What transpired that day remains not entirely clear to us, but we do know that there were several people killed. There was an Azerbaijani move across the line of contact, Armenia responded, resulted in deaths which, yes, Secretary [of State Hillary] Clinton did condemn."

        But now he appears to be backing away from that statement. In responses to follow-up questions (pdf) from Barbara Boxer, a pro-Armenia senator, Bryza stepped back from blaming Azerbaijan:

        While I said that the Azerbaijanis moved across the line of contact (LOC), the full details of what triggered the June 18 incident are unknown. Unfortunately, there are a number of LOC violations each year by both sides.

        So was he right the first time? According to Jane's, yes. The skirmish was not planned by either government, but was a shouting match between soldiers on each side that got out of hand, resulting in an Azerbaijan non-commissioned officer opening fire (article not online):

        [T]he skirmishes around Nagorno-Karabakh between 18 and 21 June may not have been as co-ordinated and planned as at first perceived. The fighting left four Armenian soldiers dead and four wounded...

        The official version of the fighting provided by the Armenian military on 19 June was that an Azerbaijani unit tried to capture an Armenian forward position, but failed to do so and retreated, abandoning one of its dead. The Armenian soldiers died or were wounded defending their position.

        Azerbaijani officials in turn painted their casualty as a "hero" who fell while defending against an Armenian attack. It also reported another Azerbaijani soldier killed in a follow-up or retaliatory Armenian attack in another part of the LoC.

        However, speaking off the record to Jane's , sources both inside the Armenian government and outside it, painted a different picture.

        The situation along the LoC is generally calm, despite occasional exchanges of gunfire. With the two sides' forward positions within shouting distance of each other, bored Armenian and Azerbaijani conscripts in remote outposts frequently violate their rules of engagement....

        According to these source in this case too, Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers were engaged in some kind of sporadic exchange when an Azerbaijani NCO unexpectedly opened fire directly on the Armenian position. He was then killed by return fire.

        The Armenian Ministry of Defence statement issued on 23 June also referred to unspecified "discipline problems" as a possible cause of the incident. According to official sources, Azerbaijan too denied ordering the cross-border raid.


        The unanswered question is why Bryza changed his tune. It's certainly not going to help the perception among pro-Armenia groups that he is a stooge of Baku.

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          Astvaz hogin lusavori..

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            Rest in peace.

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              They keep killing each other:
              Azerbaijani soldier shoots his fellow soldier, kills him

              An incident occured in the Azerbaijani military unit during careless handling of weapons. The armed forces soldier Amil Kerimov shot at his comrade Samedov Rufat during careless handling of weapon in a military unit of the Agdam region in Azerbaijan on September 16, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry press-service deputy head Teymur Abdullayev told Trend. The deceased soldier was called up for military service from the Garadagh district military unit. The investigation on the incident is underway.
              http://today.az/news/society/73629.html

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              • Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan

                Originally posted by UrMistake View Post
                I cant believe that such state exist and are allowed to exist its an insult to all other members of UN and human history....they should definitely wiped out and case of existence of such state along with other fake turkish states like Northern Cyprus....
                Well said my friend.
                B0zkurt Hunter

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                  Armenia 2010 NATO exercises

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