From: sadi@physics1 (Sadi Turgut)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.turkish
Subject: Mutalibov
Date: 13 Apr 92 09:52:06 GMT
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In article <1992Apr13.014704.23931@urartu.SDPA.org> dbd@urartu.SDPA.org (David Davidian) writes:
>MAZALOVA: What are your thoughts about the incident in Khodjalu, which was
>          followed by your resignation? Corpses from the fighting in Khodjalu
>          have been found not far from Aghdam. It appears that these people
>          were initially shot in the foot to prevent them to move further,
>          after which they were hit with axes. On February 19, my colleagues
>          had filmed these corpses. On March 2, the same corpses were shown
>          scalped. It seems like weird games.
>
>MUTALIBOV: Those residents who survived the Khodjalu incidents have stated
>           that whatever happened there was orchestrated only to create the
>           scenario for my resignation. There were certain elements working
>           the overthrow of the President. I highly doubt that the Armenians
>           would provide revealing documents to the Azerbaijanis. I can only
>           assume that certain people were interested in using those pictures
>           at the plenary session of the Azerbaijani Supreme Council to place
>           the focus of the attention on my person.
>
 This is yet another piece of information with inconsistencies. First of
all, I got the impression that Mutalibov is looking for "scapegoats."
Assuming that he is telling the truth, still there are some question marks.
There are people, who are first shot from their feet (to prevent them to
move further,) and then hit with axes. Call me whatever you want, but
I cannot believe that Azeri soldiers kill their own people in such a
way.(Just to oust the President!!)
 Or it might be that the Azeris later mutilated the dead bodies (still
gruesome) which have been shot by the Armenians.(Shot from their feet??)
And there were women and children too.
 Yes, those people may want to film the bodies to make a case against
the President, (which might be what Mutalibov was referring to.) However,
this is not something wrong. Although, with this interpretation, there 
are again some inconsistencies. In this case there are these *same!* bodies,
this time scalped, and filmed 13(!) days after the incident.
 I should say, I am totally confused about what you wrote about this
incident. First, there was this French journalist, claiming that film
is shot during an exchange of corpses. Later, you wrote this which
is quite different then the first one.
 May I ask you to write some other parts of this interview. I am sure,
if the President comes with such a claim, the journalist will not pass
it with one question.

>My Comments to the fascist crowd:
>
>Perhaps our net-fascists can chew on this and then pass it to their fellow
>Gray Wolf zealots at Turkey's Middle East Technical University, from where I 
>have received numerous death threats -- as if I caused the Armenian-Azeri 
>conflict!! You anti-Armenian fools fell victim to a staged incident! However,
>you served your masters well, by generating more ethnic paranoia in the 
>Republic of Turkey!
>
 Don't look for Gray Wolves.
>-- 
>David Davidian dbd@urartu.sdpa.org   | "How do we explain Turkish troops on
>S.D.P.A. Center for Regional Studies |  the Armenian border, when we can't 
>P.O. Box 2761                        |  even explain 1915?" 
>Cambridge, MA 02238                  |              Turkish MP, March 1992 

 Saygilar,
 Sadi Turgut