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    TRUTHFUL EVALUATION OF EVENTS

    Azg/arm
    01 March 05

    The pogroms of Sumgait and the so-called "Khojalu tragedy" both fall
    on the end of February. Those two events differ though not only with
    their dates but also with political assessment each gets.

    Sumgait was the first genocide perpetrated in the Soviet period
    against the Armenians and again with the hands of the Turks. But
    can we really call the Sumgait events a genocide? Component of the
    tragedy allow to speak of genocidal character of the events. Having
    rebuffed honest accusations, Azerbaijan assails back claiming that
    the events in Khojalu were also a genocide. These two events are
    incomparable. The Armenians of Sumgait were a national minority within
    Azerbaijan together with other minorities. More importantly, there
    was no wide-range confrontation between the two peoples in February
    of 1988. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan that slaughtered its Armenian citizens
    and forced them out of the country was still a unit of the soviet
    empire. Khojalu case is different as the village was a vantage point
    for Azerbaijanâ~@~Ys heavy artillery to rocket surrounding Armenian
    settlements. Itâ~@~Ys obviously illogical to compare the elimination
    of such a bridgehead with genocide.

    If the Sumgait tragedy were rightly assessed in its due time,
    Azerbaijan would not certainly knock the doors of international
    organizations attempting to find associates in equating Khojalu to
    Sumgait. The Sumgait tragedy enters the wider context of Karabakh
    conflict, it is one of its dark pages and it seems impossible to
    find an impartial solution to the conflict leaving out the fact of
    genocide in this Azeri town.

    One more moment in this regard: if we accept that genocide is a kind
    of state terror committed against another nationâ~@~Ys representatives
    of the country, then, following Azerisâ~@~Y logic, the fact of Nagorno
    Karabakh Republicâ~@~Ys existence should also be recognized. Otherwise,
    what should be the perception of genocide in a state formation which
    is responsible for "Khojalu tragedy"? And if Azerbaijan wants to label
    the Khojalu events of February 26 of 1992 as genocide, though without
    any ground, then such approach can be defined as indirect recognition
    of Nagorno Karabakh Republic.

    Regardless Azerbaijanâ~@~Ys foul play, each tragic event, be it Sumgait
    or Khojalu, should receive truthful assessment. The Khojalu events
    used to be called tragedy till lately by Azeris themselves ("Khojalu
    fajiyasi" â~@~S Khojalu tragedy, was their own wording). Itâ~@~Ys
    impossible to turn a tragedy into genocide by a single stroke of pen
    years later.

    By Kim Gabrielian in Stepanakert





    --Boundary_(ID_nIs30thnaRkCYV1dJWzM+Q)--

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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