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GEORGIA DENIES REPORTS OF "INCIDENT" ON ARMENIAN BORDER – AGENCY

Kavkas-Press
Nov 5 2009
Georgia

Tbilisi, 5 November: The Georgian side has denied Armenian media
reports that an incident took place on the border between Georgia
and Armenia. The Georgian Border Police said that no incident took
place whatsoever and that Border Police chief Zaza Gogava did not go
to the border.

According to the Armenian media, the Armenian side tried to install
demarcation posts, but the Georgian side offered resistance and
subunits of the Georgian army were observed near the border.

The Armenian media also reported that the situation became so tense
that heads of the Georgian and Armenian border police travelled to
the site of the incident and that the incident was later resolved.

It should be noted that the National Security Service of Armenia has
confirmed that the incident took place.

KARABAKH MEDIATORS MEET IN YEREVAN

Interfax
Nov 6 2009
Russia

Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian met with the co-chairmen
of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe)
Minsk Group on Friday to discuss the Karabakh settlement process.

"At the meeting the parties discussed a number of issues related
to the Karabakh settlement process," the Armenian Foreign Ministry
told Interfax.

Mediators Yury Merzlyakov (Russia), Bernard Fassier (France) and
Robert Bradtke (the U.S.) held meetings in Azerbaijan earlier.

IRAQI STAMP AUCTION POSTS RECORD PRICES
By Sammy Ketz

Daily Telegraph
11:28AM GMT 05 Nov 2009
UK

Reckoned to be Iraq’s top expert on cement, Anis Amjad does the rounds
of factories during the week but nothing can stop him conducting the
stamp auction in old Baghdad every Saturday.

A collection of stamps to be auctioned in Iraq. The Philatelic and
Numismatic Society of Iraq, established in 1951 at the time of the
King, has come to life again following the 2003 US-led invasion Photo:
AFP On that day the 56-year-old chemical engineer takes off his white
coat and raises his auctioneer’s gavel. The lots are knocked down in
an old Ottoman building dating from 1908 which, nine years later,
became the first British post office and where a traditional red
letter box still adorns the facade.

"I am head of the inspection department at the industry ministry and
I supervise Iraq’s cement works. But I have always declined foreign
assignments so as not to miss this meeting," says the confirmed
bachelor, who first ran the auction 12 years ago.

Interest is reviving fast at the Iraqi Philatelic and Numismatic
Society, founded in 1951, which has only recently resumed meeting
after three years of suspension because of a violent struggle between
Iraq’s Shia and Sunni populations and a strong al-Qaeda presence in
the neighbourhood.

Official membership of teh society stands at more than 2,000, though
only around 80 are active buyers and sellers.

Stamp prices are rising sharply, in particular those showing Saddam
Hussein, the dictator overthrown by the US-led invasion in 2003.

"Before 2003, the country was closed in on itself and we were cut
off from the international market. But now business is going well.

American and British collectors snap up stamps with Saddam on them,"
says Kamal Kamel, 46, who runs a stall in the Bab al-Muazzam district
where the society meets.

"Unlike us, they couldn’t get enough of him – they could not buy the
stamps, because of the embargo," he said, referring to UN sanctions on
trade with Iraq introduced after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990.

"A series showing Saddam Hussein which was worth 200 dinars sells today
for 5,000 dinars (£2.60). My monthly revenues have passed from $200
(£121) to $1,500. Prices really have risen," Kamel said.

"Only Iraqis come into my shop but I have an intermediary with access
to the green zone who sells a lot to American soldiers and diplomats,"
he added.

Sitting round a long table, 30 or so dealers and collectors examine the
stamps, bank notes and coins which comprise the lots on offer that day.

Anis livens up the sale with auctioneer’s patter but all the bids
are below prices given in foreign catalogues.

Festooning walls of the room are photocopies of letters from the
British Philatelic Association dating from 1917, along with many
stamps from Iraq and other Arab countries.

Since Iraq’s first stamp in 1917, the postal service has issued 1,824
series of stamps, including 24 from after the fall of Saddam.

Garo Manaskan, a 51-year-old Iraqi of Armenian origin who is an
accountant and also runs a well-known Baghdad restaurant, is selling
several items from his collection of three million stamps.

"I started at the age of six. It is my passion – when some cease to
please me I sell them to buy others. As I am unmarried, I will leave
my collection to the Armenian church," he says.

Next to him, Haqqi Abdel Karim, a 45-year-old coin enthusiast, is at
the auction for the first time in three years since seeking exile in
Syria to avoid intercommunal violence.

"Today things are better and I am thinking of coming back but the
association should move. This is not a safe district," Karim said.

Members come from a range of religious and ethnic backgrounds, but
old animosities have prevented the election of a committee for the
past six years.

"Two thirds of the people around this table made a lot of money
by taking part in or even leading the looting of post offices which
happened in the wake of the American invasion," confides Mohammed Dhia,
an active member of the society.

"When you accuse them, some go silent and others promise to give them
back without having any intention of doing so. Then there are those
who try to convince you the stamps are better off in their hands than
with philistines knowing nothing of philately," he added.

His point is illustrated by the society’s location at al-Koshla
("clock" in Turkish) post office, in Seraglio Street in Bab al-Muazzam
neighbourhood, where the stamp museum stood before 2003. The museum’s
collections were all stolen and sold… to stamp collectors.

IMF COMPLETES ARMENIAN REVIEW, APPROVES MODIFICATIONS TO STAND-BY PROGRAMME
BYLINE: Venla Sipila

World Markets Rsearch Centre
Global Insight
November 3, 2009

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the second review
of Armenia’s performance under its current stand-by programme. It
notes that the global crisis has continued to take a serious toll on
the economy, and although the output collapse seems to have bottomed
out, the collapse in construction activity and the drastic fall in
remittance inflows have resulted in a more severe GDP contraction and
deterioration in the fiscal balance than expected. In recognition of
these facts, the IMF also approved Armenia’s request for a waiver of
the end-September fiscal criterion, thus allowing for weaker budget
performance than outlined at the beginning of the current programme.

In addition, the IMF modified the criteria for end-2009 performance,
and allowed for a revision in payment schedules to bring forward
amounts scheduled to become available following the second and third
reviews to completion of the second review. Consequently, Armenia may
immediately withdraw a tranche of 37.72 million Special Drawing Rights
(SDR, some $60US million), bringing to the total amount extended
to Armenia under the current arrangement to SDR 301.94 million. The
28-month stand-by program was approved in March, and extended in June
(seeArmenia: 24 June 2009:).

Significance:The news of the programme review conclusion and
modification of its terms follows staff-level agreement on the review,
and reports that Armenian officials were seeking to soften the loan
terms with both the IMF and the World Bank (seeArmenia: 17 September
2009:) andArmenia: 2 October 2009:). The extensive leniency reflected
in the modification of the programme terms signals the severity of
the current Armenian economic predicament and was facilitated by full
implementation of the Armenian officials of the agreed stabilisation
programme. So far, this has included both fiscal and monetary easing,
and implementation of a flexible exchange rate regime. As noted
by the IMF, fiscal easing this year is needed in order to finance
anti-crisis measures with the collapsing domestic demand, and to
protect social spending. On the other hand, the Armenian authorities
have outlined fiscal consolidation from 2010, in order to ensure
debt sustainability. The Fund also reiterated its recommendation of
continued strengthening of tax administration, as well as for reform
of the financial sector and improvement in the business environment.

Given that about half of Armenia’s budget gap relies on external
financing, whereas the short-term outlook for the economy remains very
bleak and not much choice in covering the wide external financing
needs is available, continued adherence to IMF programme terms is
crucially important, both concerning its economic performance and
financial stability.

1909 ADANA MASSACRES REMEMBERED: SOMBER REFLECTIONS ON PAIN, SUFFERING AND LOSS
By Nora Vosbigian

AZG DAILY
06-11-2009

Diaspora

A centennial commemoration of the Adana massacres was held at Glendale
Public Library on 11 October 2009. It was a somber and moving event
that held a full house audience for three hours. Present were many
descendants of Armenians from Adana, as well as intellectuals and
academics. The event was sponsored by Abril Books, Gomidas Institute
and Glendale Public Library. The master of ceremonies was Arno
Yeretzian.

Garo Moumjian and Ara Sarafian were the main speakers. The audience
included other academics, such as Drs. J. Michael Hagopian, Kay
Muradian, and Richard Hovannisian and Levon Marashlian.

Both of the main speakers spoke about the horrors of 1909 and the
culpability of Ottoman authorities in the killings. The number of
Armenian victims was estimated between 20,000-40,000 people, as well
as the huge loss of property that was either looted or burnt down.

Garo Moumjian’s talk included some details of a recent conference
he attended in Ankara on the Adana 1909 events. It was organised by
the Turkish Historical Society. In his talk Moumjian discussed the
untenable position of Turkish official historiography denying the
facts of the 1909 massacres. According to Moumjian, official Turkish
historians are weak in their assessment of basic sources related
to the 1909 events. They still blame Armenians for the outbreak
of the massacres. According to Moumjian, the Turkish position will
have to change. Moumjian captivated his audience with his powerful
presentation.

Ara Sarafian discussed the nature of Armenian sources on the
1909 events, with a synopsis and readings from the recent abridged
translation of Hagop Terzian’s "Giligio Aghedu" (under the new title
"Cilicia 1909: the Massacre of Armenians"). Sarafian gave chilling
excerpts for eyewitness accounts. He also mentioned the significance
of the Adana events in evaluating Turkish historiography: these
massacres took place in peacetime, in the full gaze of the world. The
British, French, Germans, Americans, Greeks and other states had full
diplomatic ties to the Ottoman Empire, as well as representatives
in Adana. Sarafian stressed the significance of western archives on
these events, as well as Armenian records.

"I am an advocate of collecting and publishing such records as a
matter of course. The work involved is modest, but the benefits are
huge. By publishing such information, we can make sure discussions
remain focused on real issues." (Sarafian has published such materials
on the Armenian Genocide).

Sarafian also discussed the Adana 1909 conference in Istanbul on
November 6-7. The Istanbul event is organised by the International
Hrand Dink Foundation, the Gomidas Institute and Bilgi, Sabanji and
Bogazici Universities. Sarafian stressed that such meetings in Turkey
are fruitful, especially as there are some very good Turkish scholars
working on Armenian issues. It is important to make a distinction
between these scholars, and those who simply follow the official
Turkish theses on Armenian issues.

Father Barrett Yeretzian gave a sensitive memorial prayer and blessed
the memory of those killed in the massacres.

The commemoration featured a powerful multimedia presentation based on
the works of Siamanto and Zabel Yesayan, with video, theater, poetry,
and music. Members of the Element Band performed an amazing rendition
of the famous Adana song, "Godoradz Angoum". The event finished
with the release of Hagop Terzian’s "Cilicia 1909: the Massacre of
Armenians" (Gomidas Institute, 2009) and the opening of a special
month-long photographic exhibition on Adana 1909 from the Ernst Jackh
collection, Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Abril Books, Gomidas Institute and Glendale Public Library should be
congratulated for such a powerful educational commemorative event.

For more information, please contact [email protected]

CASCADE BANK REDUCES INTEREST RATES ON CREDITS

ArmInfo
2009-11-06 12:36:00

ArmInfo. Cascade Bank has reduced the interest rates on dollar trade
credits from 13% to 11% per annum. As Cascade Bank’s press service
told ArmInfo, the bank started granting of trade credits also in AMD,
with 13% base interest rate.

Moreover, Cascade Bank reduced the rates on auto loans from 17-20%
to 15-18%, and, under cooperation with KIA Motors Company, the bank
grants auto loans with 5% prepayment. The bank also reduced the rates
on mortgage credits, including the rates for housing acquisition,
from 14-16% to 13-15% per annum, and the rates for housing repair have
been reduced from 24% to 18%. Under cooperation with Glendale Hills
Company, the bank offers flats in the new buildings at 13% annual
rate. According to the data of Cascade Bank, the bank resumed granting
of credits for acquisition of heating systems, at 22% annual rate.

To note, Cascade Capital Holdings is 100% holder of Cascade Bank’s
block of stock.

UNDER 2010 DRAFT STATE BUDGET, ALLOCATIONS TO MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS AMOUNT TO 241.27 BILLION DRAMS

Noyan Tapan
Nov 5, 2009

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Under the 2010 draft state budget,
allocations to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs will amount
to 241.27bn drams, Minister Gevorg Petrosian said at the November 5
press conference. Financing for the program of social pensions will
make 6.514bn drams. The basic amount of pensions will be the same –
8 thousand drams, while the average amount will make 10.104 drams
(26.5 USD).

The value of one year of insurance service will be 450 drams, the
average monthly pension will make about 26 thousand drams. It is
envisaged leaving unchanged the monthly amount of honorary payments
to veterans – 20 thousand drams.

The minister announced that the total expenditures on family allowances
and one-off benefits will amount to 31,023m drams.

Allocations of 4.536m drams are envisaged for unemployment benefits:
the montly amount of an unemployment bebefit to be paid for 10 months
is 18 thousand drams.

The average price of a patient’s treatment a day was left unchanged
– 11,500 drams. Expenditures on the provision of prosthetic devices
to disabled persons and the repair of such devices are envisaged to
total 857.5m drams. Allocations for wheel chairs and hearing aids
of disabled persons will amount to 119.2m drams in 2010. 450 wheel
chairs, 1,100 hearing aids made in Russia, and 218 hearing aids made
in Europe will be purchased with this money.

REPORTS FROM Y.L. VARTANYAN AND COLLEAGUES ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE IN ASTROPHYSICS

Science Letter
November 3, 2009

"The stability of strange dwarfs for quark cores with M (0core) /M
(aEuro) = 10(-4), has been studied by calculating, in each individual
case, a series of strange dwarfs with configurations in which 5 a<…

10(-4), 10(-3), 5 a<… 10(-3), 10(-2), 1.31 a<… 10(-2), 1.6 a<…

10(-2), 1.7 a<… 10(-2), 2 a<… 10(-2), ranges from the values in
white dwarfs to rho (drip) = 4.3 a<… 10(11) g/cm(3), at which free
neutrons are produced in the crust. For the series with M (0core)
/M (aEuro) < 0.0131, stability is lost when rho (tr) < rho (drip),"
researchers in Yerevan, Armenia report (see also Astrophysics).

"For the series with M (0core) /M (aEuro) > 0.0131, the equality rho
(tr) = rho (drip) is reached before the strange dwarf attains its
maximum mass. Although the frequency of the radial pulsations in the
fundamental mode obeys omega (0) (2) > 0 for these configurations,
they are unstable with respect to transitions into a strange star
state with the same total number of baryons and a radius on the order
of that of neutron stars. An energy on the order of the energy in a
supernova explosion is released during these transitions," wrote Y.L.

Vartanyan and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "It is shown that the gravitational red
shift of white and strange dwarfs are substantially different for
low and limiting (high) masses."

Vartanyan and colleagues published their study in Astrophysics
(Stability of strange dwarfs II. Computational results. Astrophysics,
2009;52(3):440-450).

For additional information, contact Y.L. Vartanyan, Erevan State
University, Yerevan, Armenia.

Publisher contact information for the journal Astrophysics is:
Springer, Plenum Publishers, 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013, USA.

Armenian National Committee of America
1711 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. (202) 775-1918
Fax. (202) 775-5648
Email. [email protected]
Internet

PRESS RELEASE
November 5, 2009
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918

ANCA WELCOMES DARFUR MOVEMENT’S CALL ON PRESIDENT
OBAMA TO OPPOSE AL-BASHIR’S VISIT TO TURKEY

WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
voiced the Armenian American community’s strong support for a human
rights statement, issued earlier today by a coalition of anti-
Darfur Genocide groups, calling upon the Obama-Biden Administration
to protest the upcoming state visit to Turkey of Sudan’s President,
indicted war-criminal Omar al-Bashir.

The four organizations joining together in making this declaration,
the Center for American Progress, Enough!, Save Darfur, and
Genocide Intervention Network, referencing al-Bashir’s upcoming
visits to Ankara and Cairo, stressed the importance of President
Obama and Secretary of State Clinton engaging in personal
diplomacy at the highest level to ensure that a wanted war
criminal does not continue to travel with impunity to the
capitals of key U.S. allies. The failure to do so, they noted,
would "send a powerful message that the Administration isn’t
serious about implementing the Sudan strategy it just
announced."

"We want to thank each of these organizations for their work in
demanding clear and determined American leadership in ending the
Darfur Genocide," said Aram Hamparian, Executive Director of the
ANCA. "There is today, sadly, no more striking example of how the
brutal cycle of genocide and denial feeds upon itself than the
growing diplomatic and military relationship between Turkey and
Sudan."

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir is scheduled to visit Turkey next
week to attend a summit of the Organization of the Islamic
Conference (OIC.) Turkish officials announced yesterday that they
would not act on an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest
warrant issued against al-Bashir for war crimes.

The Ankara and Khartoum regimes have grown markedly closer over the
past two years, with Turkey continuing to supply lethal weaponry to
Sudan and increased trade between two the countries. To read three
ANCA memos on the Turkey-Sudan relationship, visit:

Why is Turkey Selling Weapons to Sudan?
February 25, 2009
509.pdf

Commentary on the Turkey-Sudan Axis of Genocide
February 23, 2009
309.pdf

Turkey and Sudan
February 18, 2009
809.pdf

The full text of the joint statement is provided below.

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Center for American Progress
Enough!
Save Darfur
Genocide Intervention Network

For Immediate Release
November 12, 2009

Contact
Eileen White Read, 202.741.6376
[email protected]

Andrea Clarke, 202.460.6756
[email protected]

Mame Annan-Brown, 202.483.2701
[email protected]

President Bashir Tests New Obama Policy on Sudan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the news that President Omar al-Bashir
plans to travel to Turkey and Egypt in the coming days,
President Obama faces the first test of his recently announced
Sudan policy.

The Enough Project at the Center for American Progress, the Save
Darfur Coalition, and the Genocide Intervention Network jointly
released the following statement in reaction:

If President Obama and Secretary Clinton are unwilling to
engage in personal diplomacy at the highest level to ensure
that a wanted war criminal does not continue to travel with
impunity to the capitals of key U.S. allies, it will send a
powerful message that the administration isn’t serious about
implementing the Sudan strategy it just announced.

John Norris, Executive Director of the Enough Project, noted, "For
Turkey, a member of NATO and an aspiring member of the European
Union, to welcome President Bashir is frankly baffling. If Turkey
is truly committed to the values that would make membership of the
European Union possible, it should quickly make clear that
President Bashir is absolutely unwelcome."

Jerry Fowler, President of the Save Darfur Coalition, added,
"President Bashir’s travel is a test of the administration’s
resolve on Sudan. If the President and Secretary of State let it
happen without objection, Khartoum will get the message that the
newly stated commitment to multilateral leadership is hollow. And
for Turkey, it’s an opportunity to align itself with the E.U., most
Latin American countries, and the emerging practice in sub-Saharan
Africa: Convey to Bashir that he shouldn’t come unless he wants to
risk arrest upon landing."

Sam Bell, Executive Director of Genocide Intervention Network,
added, "Given the depth and breadth of U.S. engagement with Egypt,
it is striking that the situation in Sudan – and Bashir’s status as
a war criminal – don’t appear t be part of the recent conversation
among senior officials. How can the administration expect to
effectively implement its new plan if it doesn’t make Sudan a top
priority?"

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About the coalition: The Save Darfur Coalition – an alliance of
more than 180 faith-based, advocacy and human rights
organizations – raises public awareness about the ongoing
genocide in Darfur and mobilizes a unified response to the
atrocities that threaten the lives of people throughout the
Darfur region. The coalition’s member organizations represent
130 million people of all ages, races, religions and political
affiliations united together to help the people of Darfur. For
more information on the coalition, please visit

Enough is a project of the Center for American Progress to end
genocide and crimes against humanity. Founded in 2007, Enough
focuses on crises in Sudan, Chad, eastern Congo, northern
Uganda, Somalia, and Zimbabwe. Enough’s strategy papers and
briefings provide sharp field analysis and targeted policy
recommendations based on a "3P" crisis response strategy:
promoting durable peace, providing civilian protection, and
punishing perpetrators of atrocities. Enough works with
concerned citizens, advocates, and policy makers to prevent,
mitigate, and resolve these crises. Visit

About Genocide Intervention Network – Genocide Intervention
Network is working to build the first permanent anti-genocide
constituency, mobilizing the political will to stop genocide
when it occurs.

Accessible online at , Genocide
Intervention Network empowers individuals with the tools to
stop genocide. Visit

NKR MFA INFORMATION DEPARTMENT CHIEF MARSEL PETROSIAN’S COMMENTARY ON THE ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN SABAH TURKISH NEWSPAPER

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2009-11-03 11:09
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

A Turkish popular proverb reads that a man going to the hell seeks for
a friend. Azerbaijan found this friend long ago – it’s Turkey, the core
of their relations being not the implementation of the principle of
"one nation, two states" or impartial and stable friendship, but their
hatred towards Armenians, in particular, their pathologic attempts
to undermine the international image of Nagorno Karabakh.

>From this viewpoint, the October 20 article by a certain Nazyl Hyldrjak
published in SABAH Turkish newspaper isn’t accidental at all.

According to the article, it appears that from the 11th century up to
the 1800s Karabakh was under the Turkish authority. Though the same
article emphasizes quite needlessly that "Tayip Erdogan has bright
memory", however, the Turkish newspaper’s memory is questionable.

Otherwise, they would remember that between the 11th century and the
1920s of the 20th century their predecessors were repeatedly defeated
in Karabakh and its approaches, and saving their lives, they cut and
ran without glancing back.

The fact that Azerbaijan has a great experience in distorting
and falsifying historical matters and events is well-known. So, to
console fraternal Azerbaijan, the Turkish SABAH, excelling its younger
brother, demonstrates a bright example of disseminating fabrications,
misinforming and misleading its multi-thousand readers. Probably,
the newspaper’s editorial staff is well aware of its readers’ being
ignorant of the historical events related to the region. So, they
can be inspired with any nonsense, such as the misinformation that
Karabakh was once part of the Ottoman Empire, and when it passed to
Russia, 95% of its population made the Turks.

SABAH newspaper’s hyperbolic imagination has no limits. Outbidding
the Azerbaijani mass media in this issue as well, the newspaper blames
Russia for allegedly expelling the Turkish population from Karabakh in
the past centuries, instead populating this territory with Armenians.

Fortunately, this newspaper doesn’t know from what planet the Armenians
have arrived in this region. If it knew, it would surely write about
this too. With a small dash of the pen, the newspaper trebles the
number of Azerbaijanis displaced as a result of the Karabakh war,
bringing it to 1,5 million. Moreover, it turns out that the ancient
manuscripts kept in the Shushi Museum were stolen by Armenians. The
newspaper considers it needles to note what alphabet the nomadic
tribes (now Azerbaijanis), which had no script of their own, used
while creating those manuscripts in the ancient period and what
they represent.

The newspaper also keeps silence about the Azerbaijanis’ atrocities
towards the peaceful Armenian population of Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad,
Maragha, and tens of other settlements. Instead, the newspaper
considered it to be its sacred duty to touch upon the events in
Khojalu, surely, exaggerating sufficiently the number of killed
and wounded and representing Armenians as monsters. Naturally,
we shouldn’t expect true information about the Karabakh events from
SABAH newspaper. Certainly, it will not state that Armenians provided
the civilian population of Khojalu with a special corridor for safely
leaving the scene of the military actions and that the tragic events
took place not in the territory of Khojalu, but at the approaches
to Aghdam – a territory controlled by the Azerbaijani armed forces,
specifically, by the hordes of the Azerbaijani National Front. How
could the Armenians guess that for the change of the leadership, the
National Front adventurers could open fire on their own compatriots
and kill the unarmed and helpless people? Maybe, the "hotheads"
of the Azerbaijani National Front had no alternative for coming to
power – they would, first, ascribe the incident to Armenians, then,
which is most important, will blame the authorities for their criminal
indifference about ensuring the security of the Azerbaijani civilian
population. Generally, the Azerbaijanis filled the Internet with false
propaganda of the so-called "Khojalu Genocide", its main organizer
being the State Heydar Aliyev Foundation, which, in particular,
for exaggerating the situation, used outright forgery and presented
the photos of disfigured corps in Kosovo as those of the Khojalu
tragedy victims.

SABAH newspaper seems to be infected with senile marasmus from the
Azerbaijani media, since they have similar symptoms. Otherwise,
it would have slightly cited Ayaz Mutalibov – the ex-president of
Azerbaijan and another hater of Armenians. However, the Azerbaijani
National Front leaders should be given credit for their calculations
with extremely high precision. The SABAH deliberately keeps deathly
silence about all this and instead, as if by chance, writes: "Maybe,
the Turkish Public Television should start showing a TV serial about
the occupation of Nagorno Karabakh and the pogroms in Khojalu?"

Surely, coming forth with a suggestion is not a sin. A sin is
distortion of the truth. I don’t think that SABAH newspaper can
ever remit its sins. But, it’s worth striving for this, at least,
for self-cleaning. And maybe, the Turkish Public Television should
start its TV serials with the events of 1915? Will SABAH newspaper
ever have the courage to come forth with such a suggestion?

As for Turkey’s position on Karabakh, the NKR takes it, to say the
least, with cool indifference.