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Mediamax, Armenia
Sept 10 2011
`Basayev begged to send him reinforcement at Aghdam''
Saturday 10 September 2011 16:05
It's well known that one of the leaders of Chechen gunmen Shamil
Basayev fought in Abkhazia, but only a few know about his
participation in the military operations against Armenians. It's due
to Basayev's own merit who has nothing to be "proud of'.
In 1996, Head of the NKR Defense Army Headquarters, Lieutenant General
Anatoly Zinevich, who had gone through Afghanistan, told us the
following: ''In 1993, Basayev was fighting here, at Aghdam. If we knew
at that time that he would play such a tragic role in the Russian
history we wouldn't care a straw about all those corridors and would
bring down fire on his group''. (During the operation at Aghdam, the
Armenian units left the corridor for peaceful inhabitants, which was
used by military servicemen including Chechens).
Anatoly Zinevich spoke about Basayev with contempt he could hardly
disguise: ''The radio intercepts of his negotiations during which he
just begged to send him reinforcements were at my disposal then.
Afterwards, Basayev admitted that it was not reasonable to fight in
Karabakh as Azerbaijanis couldn't fight at all and Armenians were
unconquerable'.
In 2000, Basayev himself admitted in his interview to Azerbaijani ANS
TV Company that he had taken part in the Karabakh war: `We came to
Karabakh to fight not for war trophies but for the sake of the idea of
Jihad'. However, as Basayev says, `when we arrived in the spot and saw
the situation we understood that there were no any signs of Jihad
there'. He said that there were very few high-ranking commanders in
the Azerbaijani army he could `trust'. Besides, Basayev stated that
`Armenians were better prepared for the war'.
Shamil Basayev said that the fall at Shushi was conditioned by the
lack of necessary discipline and ineffective leadership of the
Azerbaijani troops. According to him, `Shushi could be held by 100
armed people during a year'. Basayev said that due to the reasons
mentioned above in the first place, he made a decision in 1993 to
withdraw the Chechen troops under his control from Karabakh.
For some reason, Basayev recalled Armenia and Karabakh frequently in
2000. In June, he addressed an open letter to the leadership of Iran
which read the following: `Why do you support Armenia against
Azerbaijan while the majority of Azerbaijanis are your closest
relatives both by their ethnicity and religion?'
In October 2000, Shamil Basayev who had apparently forgotten about his
bitter experience of fighting with Armenians wrote a letter to Heydar
Aliyev:
`We would like to assure the President of Azerbaijan that we fully
support your fair fight for your national independence and territorial
integrity. We see that Azerbaijan is surrounded with enemies from all
the sides and even Iran which was supposed to be your natural ally
mainly pursues a pro-Armenian policy. It's bitter to realize that'.
`We have serious intentions to help the Muslim people of Azerbaijan
after defeating the Russian aggressors. And we have no doubts that it
will happen very soon', wrote Basayev.
Financial Times newspaper wrote back in 2002 that according its data,
field commander Khattab assassinated in 2002 - 4 years before
Basayev's death - had also fought in Nagorno Karabakh.
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/terror/2348/
Sept 10 2011
`Basayev begged to send him reinforcement at Aghdam''
Saturday 10 September 2011 16:05
It's well known that one of the leaders of Chechen gunmen Shamil
Basayev fought in Abkhazia, but only a few know about his
participation in the military operations against Armenians. It's due
to Basayev's own merit who has nothing to be "proud of'.
In 1996, Head of the NKR Defense Army Headquarters, Lieutenant General
Anatoly Zinevich, who had gone through Afghanistan, told us the
following: ''In 1993, Basayev was fighting here, at Aghdam. If we knew
at that time that he would play such a tragic role in the Russian
history we wouldn't care a straw about all those corridors and would
bring down fire on his group''. (During the operation at Aghdam, the
Armenian units left the corridor for peaceful inhabitants, which was
used by military servicemen including Chechens).
Anatoly Zinevich spoke about Basayev with contempt he could hardly
disguise: ''The radio intercepts of his negotiations during which he
just begged to send him reinforcements were at my disposal then.
Afterwards, Basayev admitted that it was not reasonable to fight in
Karabakh as Azerbaijanis couldn't fight at all and Armenians were
unconquerable'.
In 2000, Basayev himself admitted in his interview to Azerbaijani ANS
TV Company that he had taken part in the Karabakh war: `We came to
Karabakh to fight not for war trophies but for the sake of the idea of
Jihad'. However, as Basayev says, `when we arrived in the spot and saw
the situation we understood that there were no any signs of Jihad
there'. He said that there were very few high-ranking commanders in
the Azerbaijani army he could `trust'. Besides, Basayev stated that
`Armenians were better prepared for the war'.
Shamil Basayev said that the fall at Shushi was conditioned by the
lack of necessary discipline and ineffective leadership of the
Azerbaijani troops. According to him, `Shushi could be held by 100
armed people during a year'. Basayev said that due to the reasons
mentioned above in the first place, he made a decision in 1993 to
withdraw the Chechen troops under his control from Karabakh.
For some reason, Basayev recalled Armenia and Karabakh frequently in
2000. In June, he addressed an open letter to the leadership of Iran
which read the following: `Why do you support Armenia against
Azerbaijan while the majority of Azerbaijanis are your closest
relatives both by their ethnicity and religion?'
In October 2000, Shamil Basayev who had apparently forgotten about his
bitter experience of fighting with Armenians wrote a letter to Heydar
Aliyev:
`We would like to assure the President of Azerbaijan that we fully
support your fair fight for your national independence and territorial
integrity. We see that Azerbaijan is surrounded with enemies from all
the sides and even Iran which was supposed to be your natural ally
mainly pursues a pro-Armenian policy. It's bitter to realize that'.
`We have serious intentions to help the Muslim people of Azerbaijan
after defeating the Russian aggressors. And we have no doubts that it
will happen very soon', wrote Basayev.
Financial Times newspaper wrote back in 2002 that according its data,
field commander Khattab assassinated in 2002 - 4 years before
Basayev's death - had also fought in Nagorno Karabakh.
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/terror/2348/