The truth about Khojalu

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Kosovo is not Aghdam: Azerbaijan acknowledges frauds

Presenting the Xocali.net Project, the “Xenophobia Prevention Initiative” held Wednesday the Khojaly Review Conference, causing Azerbaijan to react nervously.

The “issue of Khojaly”, Azerbaijan-made legend, turned to dust: the frauds committed by Azerbaijan, are uncovered now, and the legend’s tale-tellers can only lament and lay to Azerbaijani government and media a charge of inability to “tell lies qualitatively.”

“Azerbaijan’s state-controlled media resources and propaganda organisations appear to have been overdoing, and made serious mistakes and falsifications. Thus, ‘taking the vanish off’ Armenians, some our on-line media were so overzealous, that borrowed photos from Turkey, Palestine, and other countries, presenting them as Armenia-made crimes in Khojaly,” Zerkalo.az edition had to acknowledge.

Keeping in view and admitting that “Armenians came to hand quite politicly, comparing these photos’ originals and the posted pictures in Azerbaijani media, Zerkalo.az points in its article: “This once again shows how grossly the Azerbaijani propaganda and state-controlled media work.”

“This will seriously influence the international community, which will in season and out of season refer to this resource [Xocali.net Project] and the uncovered frauds, and will call on explanations.”

Another Azerbaijani media, Vesti,az agency, in its turn, regrets that the issue of Khojaly and circumstances in Aghdam “come to the world only a day before the tragedy’s anniversary.”

Well, this once again lays stress on artificiality of the issue of Khajaly. Actually, it’s impossible to remember and pay a tribute to victims of a tragedy only “by order”. It’s impossible to mourn and at the same time use false information, frauds, and falsifications in relation to people’s troubles and pains.


25.02.2010, 12:17

Aysor.am

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STATEMENT OF THE NKR MFA PRESS SERVICE
[ 2010/02/25 | 18:51 ] Nagorno Karabakh politics

The anti-Armenian campaign in connection with the regular anniversary of the tragic events in the settlement of Khojaly, which has set everybody’s teeth on edge for a long time, has gained an unprecedented scope this year in Azerbaijan.

In connection with the insinuations of official Baku, the Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic considers it necessary to remind that a military operation was organized on February 25-26, 1992 with the aim of unblocking the only airport in the Republic situated near the settlement of Khojaly and neutralizing the fire-points of the enemy just in Khojaly, from where, beginning from spring 1991, the settlements of Nagorno Karabakh were regularly attacked by the Azerbaijani OMON-members and exposed to artillery bombardment, including from «Grad» rocket launchers – weapon of mass destruction (WMD) prohibited by numerous international conventions.

Fulfilling a vital goal for the Karabakh people, the units of the NKR self-defense forces, attacking Khojaly, provided a corridor for the civilians’ safe leaving the military activities zone, about which the Azerbaijani party was informed beforehand.

This fact was repeatedly confirmed by the Azerbaijani officials, in particular, the then President Ayaz Mutalibov.

But, the Azerbaijani authorities made nothing for the peaceful population’s withdrawal from the military activities area.

Moreover, a column of civilians was shot down at the approaches to the Aghdam region’s border, which was later confirmed by Mutalibov, connecting this criminal act with the opposition’s attempts to remove him from his position, making him responsible for the events.

The territory, where pictures of numerous corpses were made, is in a three-kilometer distance from the town of Aghdam and in 11 kilometers from Khojaly.

Up to the summer of 1993, this territory was under permanent control of the Azerbaijani armed forces, which excluded any access for the units of the Karabakh self-defense forces.

«The Azerbaijani official propaganda tries to blame Armenians for the killing of the civil population of Khojaly, but even Azerbaijani President Mutalibov admitted that “Armenians still provided a corridor for the civilians’ leaving the place», the Russian Nezavisimaya Gazeta from April 2, 1992 wrote. Also, Ogonyok journal (#14-15, 1992) noted that «…the attack of Khojaly wasn’t sudden».

Some details of that military operation are still shrouded in mystery, which is actively speculated by the Azerbaijani state propagandistic machine, using various falsifications, forgeries, and obvious lie. Last year, the NKR MFA drew the public attention to the false photo placed at some Azerbaijani websites, including the one of a generator of false ideas – The Heydar Aliyev Fund (www.azerbaijan.az).

In fact, the photo related immediately to the events in Kosovo and just as such, along with numerous others, was introduced at the Serbian, Albanian, and one of the specialized German forums, at the site of The New York Times authoritative journal, and others.

This year, new forgeries have been added to the noted one. Thus, about 20 false photos used by the Azerbaijani party, in particular, those of the victims of the Kurdish pogroms in Turkey, the victims of the massacre in Srebrennitsa, and others, were introduced during the February 24 presentation of the www.xocali.net project in Yerevan.

Besides, outrageous falsifications were discovered in the lists of the Aghdam tragedy victims introduced by the Azerbaijani official structures – embassies, the presidential library, etc. Also, the site provides video-films about the interrogations of the Turks-Meskhetians, which testify that despite the Armenian party’s warning of the Khojaly attack, the Azerbaijani servicemen banned the escape of the Turks-Meskhetians’ families, which were artificially settled there by the Azerbaijani authorities.

The Azerbaijani propaganda tries to introduce the betrayal of the Khojaly civilians by their high-rank compatriots as the Armenians’ revenge for the bloody orgy in Sumgait.

But, the remarks and assessments of the Khojaly events by some Azerbaijani top officials, human rights activists, and journalists refute flatly the false thesis of official Baku.

Thus, Azerbaijani human rights activist Arif Yunusov wrote: «The town and its citizens were deliberately made victims of the political goal – to prevent the Azerbaijani Popular Front’s coming to power” (Azerbaijani Zerkalo newspaper, July 1992).

Tamerlan Karayev, in due time Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijani Republic (now AR Ambassador to India), testified: «The tragedy was implemented by the Azerbaijani authorities», specifically «some of the top officials» (Mukhalifat Azerbaijani newspaper, April 28, 1992).

Heydar Aliyev admitted himself that «the former leadership of Azerbaijan is also guilty” of the Khojaly events. According to Bilik-Dunyasi Agency, still in April 1992 he expressed a cynically monstrous idea:

“The bloodshed will do good to us. We shouldn’t interfere in the course of the events». Did the «father» of Azerbaijan bear the responsibility for these words?

Czech journalist Yana Mazalova who, by the Azerbaijanis’ oversight, found herself in both groups of the mass media representatives, which were shown the «corpses defiled by Armenians», noted a sufficient difference in the latters’ condition.

Visiting the field immediately after the events, Mazalova didn’t see any traces of barbarity on the corpses. And two days later, the journalists were shown the disfigured bodies already «prepared» for filming.

The Russian Megalopolis-Express newspaper wrote: «We cannot but admit that if the Azerbaijani Popular Front had really far-reaching goals, so it has achieved them. Mutalibov is compromised and dismissed, the international community is shocked, the Azerbaijanis and the friendly Turks believed in the so-called «genocide of the Azerbaijani population in Khojaly».

As it is known, still on February 26, 47 Armenian hostages were kept in Khojaly, which is deliberately concealed by the Azerbaijani mass media. After liberating Khojaly, there were only 13 of them (among them 6 women and a child), while the rest 34 were taken away in an unknown direction by the Azerbaijanis. So far, there is no information about there further fate. We only know that they were taken away from the village in the operation night, but they didn’t enter Aghdam.

It is evident that those who wanted to make a semblance of the corpses’ defilement by Armenians disfigured, first of all, the bodies of the Armenian hostages in order that they couldn’t be identified. Just for this purpose, the majority of the corpses were undressed, and just for this purpose, the victims’ bodies were exposed to outrages, which changed them out of all recognition.

Proceeding from the abovementioned facts, we can confidently state that the Azerbaijani party is guilty of the death of the civilians of Khojaly and the Armenian hostages kept there, and that the Azerbaijani party committed a monstrous crime against its own people for the sake of its political intrigues and struggle for power.

It is already obvious for everybody that the «genocide» of Azerbaijanis in Khojaly is a myth created still by Heydar Aliyev and taken up by his throne-successor Aliyev-the-junior in order to draw the international community’s attention away from the massacre of Armenians in Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad, and many other populated-by-Armenians settlements, as well as to conceal the political, humanitarian, military, economic, and other penal offences of the Azerbaijani leadership against Armenian civilians and against its own people.
25.02.2010

http://hetq.am/en/politics/khojalu-2/

[SevSpitak]

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Bull's eye.

Don't forget Maraghar.

[Federate]

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6 Azerbaijanis remembered Khojali tragedy in New York



On February 26, Azerbaijani young people held a demonstration in front of Armenian Embassy in New York as a sign of protest over Khojali (Xocali) tragedy.

Despite the planned “large-scale” demonstration with the participation of representatives of Azerbaijani organizations in megalopolis only 6 protestors, including the photographer were chanting slogans through loudspeakers.

L.A.

http://news.am/en/news/15462.html

[Mos]

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nobody cares about khojalu, neither should we.

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6 Azerbaijanis remembered Khojali tragedy in New York



On February 26, Azerbaijani young people held a demonstration in front of Armenian Embassy in New York as a sign of protest over Khojali (Xocali) tragedy.

Despite the planned “large-scale” demonstration with the participation of representatives of Azerbaijani organizations in megalopolis only 6 protestors, including the photographer were chanting slogans through loudspeakers.

L.A.

http://news.am/en/news/15462.html

I guess the Azeri's couldn't afford to bribe enough people to protest in the cold snow. :P

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Today.Az » Voice of the Diaspora » Khojaly victims commemorated by Azerbaijanis in New Zealand - PHOTO
27 February 2010 [13:06] - Today.Az

Just like in lots of other countries around the globe, the memory of the Khojaly tragedy victims was honored in New Zealand. As was reported from the Azeri - New Zealand Friendship Society, Azerbaijanis gathered in Auckland City (New Zealand) to commemorate the victims of the Khojaly genocide.

Today.Az

Hahahaha, they just take pictures of some Azeris somewhere in the world and present them as ''commemorating the Khojaly lie''. Even if they are eating, laughing and having fun in a park. What a pity, I really feel sorry for Azergayjans.

[hipeter924]

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Well just to let you know, more Greeks and Assyrians than Turk's and Azeri's here. The Turk's are outnumbered by their victims. :P

Facts and figures
Country of birth

The New Zealand census figures listed here show the number of residents born in Greece. Many New Zealand Greeks were born in countries other than Greece.

* 1874 census: 77
* 1901 census: 123
* 1951 census: 369
* 1976 census: 1,660
* 2001 census: 942
* 2006 census: 960

Ethnic identity

In the 2006 census, people were asked to indicate the ethnic group or groups with which they identified. The numbers include those who indicated more than one group.

* Greek (including Greek Cypriot): 2,355

Turkey

* 1921 census: 21
* 1951 census: 28
* 1976 census: 201
* 2001 census: 396
* 2006 census: 600

Ethnic identity

In the 2006 census, people were asked to indicate the ethnic group or groups with which they identified. The numbers include those who indicated more than one group.

* Assyrian: 1,683

All sourced from: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/peoples

Win?

[ninetoyadome]

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Hahahaha, they just take pictures of some Azeris somewhere in the world and present them as ''commemorating the Khojaly lie''. Even if they are eating, laughing and having fun in a park. What a pity, I really feel sorry for Azergayjans.

these guys really do care about the memory of the victims, one guys wearing a lakers jersey. these guys know khojaly was a fraud.

[ninetoyadome]

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wow

Today.Az » Politics » Azerbaijani Permanent Mission to CE shows documentary shot by Trend Agency at event on Khojali genocide

27 February 2010 [14:13] - Today.Az



The Azerbaijani Permanent Mission to the Council of Europe (CE) demonstrated the documentary film "When words freeze…" (Sözün bitdiyi zaman) produced by Trend News at the memorial ceremony marking the 18th anniversary of one of the most horrible tragedies of the 20th century Khojali genocide held as a part of the "Justice for Khojaly" campaign, the mission told Trend News.

The event presented visual and video materials about the Khojali tragedy, as well as the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict published by Heydar Aliyev in different languages. The materials provided detailed information on terror acts and genocide committed by Armenians against our people.

In his opening speech, Azerbaijani Permanent Representative to CE Arif Mammadov revealed the true nature of this genocide, which is one of the worst crimes in human history, committed by Armenians against our people. He said the perpetrators of the tragedy will receive condign punishment, and the truth will prevail. He brought to the attention of the participant the work in the area of communicating accurate and detailed information about Azerbaijan's realities, including the tragedy, carried out by Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Addressing the event, Azerbaijani Parliamentary Regional Issues Committee Chairman Arif Rahimzade thanked the guests for their participation and noted that the anniversary of the Khojali tragedy is marked in Azerbaijan, and in many countries around the world. Our goal is to provide more information about the Khojali tragedy to the attention of world public, he said.

"The perpetrators of this tragedy have not yet been involved in legal liability, and our aim is to make them to experience mental suffer and to show the world their true face. The people, who committed these crimes, now occupy the highest posts in the Armenian government. Committing this crime, the Armenians did not only want to perpetrate a massacre of civilians and occupy the Khojali city, but they also sought to keep the Azerbaijani people in constant fear and show every Azerbaijani that such a tragic fate waits him. The Khojali genocide is a great tragedy not only for the Azerbaijani people, but also for around the world. If the world community turned a blind eye to such tragedies, the probability of re-perpetration of these tragedies are not excluded. The international community should appreciate this tragic event and to condemn the perpetrators, he said.

Presidential Administration Sector Head Gafar Aliyev also thanked the guests for sharing this terrible tragedy of the Azerbaijani people, and noted that the Khojali tragedy is one of the most horrible and bloody pages of the Azerbaijan history. He spoke about the grave consequences of the massacres perpetrated by Armenians. He noted that the tragedy was remembered in a number of countries. The international community has not yet gave the political and legal assessment of this tragedy, but the Azerbaijani people' true word always finds the necessary support, he said.

Armenian military forces committed genocide acts in the town of Khojali, Azerbaijan, with the population of 7,000 people on Feb. 26 1992. There were 3,000 people in the town at the time of Armenian military forces' attack. Most part of the population had to leave town during four months blockade. 613 people were killed, 1,000 peaceful people of different age became invalid during Khojali genocide. 106 women, 63 children, 70 old men were killed. 8 families were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parents, while 25 both of them. 1,275 peace residents were taken hostages, while the fate of 150 of them is still unknown.

http://www.today.az/news/politics/62747.html

one of the worst crimes in human history, im speechless.