From: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
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Subject: Nor did these Armenian atrocities affect only Turks and other Muslims.
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 15:01:56 EST
Reply-To: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
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In article <1992Nov20.063637.53312@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> dk0a@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DIMITRIOS KOUVATSOS) writes:

>far beyond her competence". That whoever propagates so blatant historical
>revisionism like that the Bulgarian king Samuil was a "Macedonian" is either
>totally devoid of historical knowledge or conscientiously trying to create

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them, "kova".
Even before the war began, in August 1914, the extermination of millions
of Muslims in Eastern Anatolia by the Armenian genocide squads started.
As soon as Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire, the Dashnak 
Society's official organ 'Horizon' declared:

 "The Armenians have taken their place on the side of the Entente states
  without showing any hesitation whatsoever; they have placed all their
  forces at the disposition of Russia; and they also are forming volunteer
  battalions."

The Dashnak Committee also ordered its cells that had been preparing to
revolt within the Ottoman Empire and exterminate the entire Muslim 
population of Eastern Anatolia.

 "As soon as the Russians have crossed the borders and the Ottoman armies
  have started to retreat, you should revolt everywhere. The Ottoman 
  armies thus will be placed between two fires. If the Ottoman armies
  advance against the Russians, on the other hand, their Armenian soldiers
  should leave their units with their weapons, form bandit forces, and
  unite with the Russians."[1]

[1] Hocaoglu, Mehmed, "Tarihte Ermeni Mezalimi ve Ermeniler," Istanbul,
    1976, pp. 570-571.

And even the Armenian representative in the Ottoman Parliament for 
Van, Papazyan, soon turned out to be an Armenian genocide squad 
leader, publishing a proclamation that:

 "The volunteer Armenian regiments in the Caucasus should prepare
  themselves for battle, serve as advance units for the Russian armies
  to help them capture the key positions in the districts where the
  Armenians live, advance into Anatolia, joining the Armenian units 
  already there and exterminate the Muslims."

As the Russian forces advanced into Ottoman territory in eastern Anatolia,
they were led by advanced units composed of Ottoman and Russian Armenian
genocide squads, who were joined by the Armenians who deserted the Ottoman
armies and went over to the Russians. Within a few months after the war
began, these Armenian genocide squads, operating in close coordination
with the Russians, were savagely attacking Turkish and Kurdish cities,
towns and villages in the East, massacring their inhabitants without
mercy, while at the same time working to sabotage the Ottoman army's
war effort by destroying roads and bridges, raiding caravans, and 
doing whatever else they could to exterminate the entire Muslim 
population of the Eastern Anatolia and to ease the Russian occupation.

Nor did these Armenian atrocities affect only Turks and other Muslims.
The Armenian genocide squads had never been happy with the failure 
of the Jews to fully support their genocide programs. As a result in
Hakkari and vicinity they slaughtered thousands of Jews.[1]

[1] Schemsi, Kara, "Turcs et Armeniens devant l'Histoire," Geneva,
    Imprimerie Nationale, 1919, p. 41 and p. 49.

Serdar Argic

                     'This war quickly developed into one of extermination. 
                      We closed the roads and mountain passes that might 
                      serve as ways of escape for the Tartars [Turks] and 
                      then proceeded in the work of extermination.'
                                                       (Ohanus Appressian)

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