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MARAGA: OIL INTERESTS, ARMENOPHOBIA AND THE SILENCE OF THE WORLD
Documentary "Maragha, April 10, 1992," presented on October 2 on
Armenian Public Television highlighted a number of factors which
were previously shadowed, but were extremely important as they were
proving that "contemporary Golgotha", as Baroness Caroline Cox named
the tragedy of Maragha, was not just one of the most tragic pages
of Karabakh war. The desire of the Azerbaijani side to obtain that
village indispensably was explained by several reasons, foremost of
which were the oil interests and the aggressive Armenophobia of the
Azerbaijani authorities.
According to the former residents of Maragha, just a few kilometers
far from the village was an oil tower and an oil pipeline also
passed there.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emibaj6UwA4]
Peaceful Armenian population of Maragha village was sacrificed for
the global fuel and energy interests just because the village was
on the territory where the valuable hydrocarbon raw materials were
produced - the so-called "white oil". Perhaps it was because of these
global interests of not only Azerbaijan but also the major powers,
that Maragha was never released, although the Armenian side was ready
to do it in just a few days before the signing of the Bishkek protocol
on ceasefire in the conflict zone in May 1994.
A second major factor that played a fatal role in the fate of the
inhabitants of Maragha became the aggressive Armenophobia, as a basis
of the state ideology of the Azerbaijani state, since its formation in
1918 up to date. The Azerbaijani OMON (Special Purpose Police Unit)
troops, that entered the village only due to the bribed officers, a
former Soviet army tank crews, besides capturing Maragha had another
goal too: to commit a massacre (video) over the Armenians by the most
cruel, inhumane and barbaric methods. It is not by chance that the
witnesses state that among the rows of the Azerbaijani units were
special people, armed with yataghan - the main weapon of the Turkish
butchers that realized the Armenian Genocide in the early 20th century.
Their task was not simply killing, but cutting and chopping off the
heads, dismembering, and inflicting stab wounds in the shape of a
cross both on the corpses and the people who were alive.
According to the testimony of the villagers, Maragha had faced
a particularly massive attack on February 26, 1992 as well,
however the attack was repulsed by the forces of the self-defense
units.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Re5gzdQBU8]
The nature of the actions of the Azerbaijani forces leaves no doubt
that the massacre that happened on April 10 was planned specifically
for the February 26 - the day when, under Aghdam in Azerbaijan
was committed another more cynical crime, this time - against their
compatriots who fled Khojalu through the Humanitarian corridor opened
by the Armenians. Shooting up the retreating residents of Khojalu
in favor of pleasing the domestic political objectives and trying
to deal with the peaceful civilians of Maragha under the cover of
"Khojalu", the political forces of Azerbaijan pursued one strategic
goal: to discredit the centuries-old image and reputation of the
Armenians, as carriers of the world civilization and to spread the
Armenophobia worldwide.
Events in Maraga are distinguished by their unprecedented brutality
even in comparison with the other acts of genocide against the
Armenians in Artsakh and Azerbaijan. Elderly, women and children
were mercilessly tortured and killed just for their belonging to the
Armenian nation. Those who had survived were taken hostage, many with
their families, with young children. The evidences of witnesses about
the massacre of peaceful civilians of Maragha strike the mind and go
beyond the normal human logic.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNJUdAsMmts]
Maraga has become another crime of Azerbaijan against humanity,
which however remains, unknown, unconvicted and unpunished. All
the attempts of Baroness Caroline Cox and the "Christian Solidarity
Worldwide Organization" to draw the attention of the international
community to the genocide in Maragha, met with the cynical cohesion of
carriers of oil interests.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftYSOMo8aug]
The video placed on the Internet site Youtube depicts the wild orgy in
Maragha on April 10, 1992, and shows the true face of the Azerbaijani
army, which celebrates the "victory" over the helpless old men,
women and children.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMWdn4kT5V8]
The crime committed against the peaceful civilians of Maragha 22 years
ago, as well as the continuation of the genocidal policy against the
Armenian people by Azerbaijan at present, deprives this country of any
right to participate in the negotiation process on the Karabakh issue
and determine the final political status of the Armenians of Artsakh.
21.10.2010, 17:05
Aysor.am
Documentary "Maragha, April 10, 1992," presented on October 2 on
Armenian Public Television highlighted a number of factors which
were previously shadowed, but were extremely important as they were
proving that "contemporary Golgotha", as Baroness Caroline Cox named
the tragedy of Maragha, was not just one of the most tragic pages
of Karabakh war. The desire of the Azerbaijani side to obtain that
village indispensably was explained by several reasons, foremost of
which were the oil interests and the aggressive Armenophobia of the
Azerbaijani authorities.
According to the former residents of Maragha, just a few kilometers
far from the village was an oil tower and an oil pipeline also
passed there.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emibaj6UwA4]
Peaceful Armenian population of Maragha village was sacrificed for
the global fuel and energy interests just because the village was
on the territory where the valuable hydrocarbon raw materials were
produced - the so-called "white oil". Perhaps it was because of these
global interests of not only Azerbaijan but also the major powers,
that Maragha was never released, although the Armenian side was ready
to do it in just a few days before the signing of the Bishkek protocol
on ceasefire in the conflict zone in May 1994.
A second major factor that played a fatal role in the fate of the
inhabitants of Maragha became the aggressive Armenophobia, as a basis
of the state ideology of the Azerbaijani state, since its formation in
1918 up to date. The Azerbaijani OMON (Special Purpose Police Unit)
troops, that entered the village only due to the bribed officers, a
former Soviet army tank crews, besides capturing Maragha had another
goal too: to commit a massacre (video) over the Armenians by the most
cruel, inhumane and barbaric methods. It is not by chance that the
witnesses state that among the rows of the Azerbaijani units were
special people, armed with yataghan - the main weapon of the Turkish
butchers that realized the Armenian Genocide in the early 20th century.
Their task was not simply killing, but cutting and chopping off the
heads, dismembering, and inflicting stab wounds in the shape of a
cross both on the corpses and the people who were alive.
According to the testimony of the villagers, Maragha had faced
a particularly massive attack on February 26, 1992 as well,
however the attack was repulsed by the forces of the self-defense
units.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Re5gzdQBU8]
The nature of the actions of the Azerbaijani forces leaves no doubt
that the massacre that happened on April 10 was planned specifically
for the February 26 - the day when, under Aghdam in Azerbaijan
was committed another more cynical crime, this time - against their
compatriots who fled Khojalu through the Humanitarian corridor opened
by the Armenians. Shooting up the retreating residents of Khojalu
in favor of pleasing the domestic political objectives and trying
to deal with the peaceful civilians of Maragha under the cover of
"Khojalu", the political forces of Azerbaijan pursued one strategic
goal: to discredit the centuries-old image and reputation of the
Armenians, as carriers of the world civilization and to spread the
Armenophobia worldwide.
Events in Maraga are distinguished by their unprecedented brutality
even in comparison with the other acts of genocide against the
Armenians in Artsakh and Azerbaijan. Elderly, women and children
were mercilessly tortured and killed just for their belonging to the
Armenian nation. Those who had survived were taken hostage, many with
their families, with young children. The evidences of witnesses about
the massacre of peaceful civilians of Maragha strike the mind and go
beyond the normal human logic.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNJUdAsMmts]
Maraga has become another crime of Azerbaijan against humanity,
which however remains, unknown, unconvicted and unpunished. All
the attempts of Baroness Caroline Cox and the "Christian Solidarity
Worldwide Organization" to draw the attention of the international
community to the genocide in Maragha, met with the cynical cohesion of
carriers of oil interests.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftYSOMo8aug]
The video placed on the Internet site Youtube depicts the wild orgy in
Maragha on April 10, 1992, and shows the true face of the Azerbaijani
army, which celebrates the "victory" over the helpless old men,
women and children.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMWdn4kT5V8]
The crime committed against the peaceful civilians of Maragha 22 years
ago, as well as the continuation of the genocidal policy against the
Armenian people by Azerbaijan at present, deprives this country of any
right to participate in the negotiation process on the Karabakh issue
and determine the final political status of the Armenians of Artsakh.
21.10.2010, 17:05
Aysor.am