From: dbd@urartu.sdpa.org (David Davidian)
Subject: Islamic Hypocrites (was A commentary from Islamic Unity Magazine)
Summary: Declaring "Armenian cleansing" in Azerbaijan 
Keywords: Boznian cleansing is bad, Armenian cleansing is good ? 
Organization: S.D.P.A. Center for Regional Studies
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 17:53:07 GMT

A Note to Islamic zealots on UseNet: The next time we hear those of your
persuasation bitching over the "ethnic cleansing" of Moslems in Boznia, we will
be thinkng of this hypocritical posting in the name of Islam Unity!

In article <9208180208.AA14809@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU> farid@mem.odu.edu ("F. H.
Miandoab") proselytized:

[FHM] Source: ISLAMI BIRLIK, July 6, 1992- By Ahmad Sajedi (An Iranian 
[FHM] publication)
[FHM] *************************************************************************

[FHM] WITHDRAWAL: ARMENIANS' INEVITABLE FATE
[FHM] 
[FHM] News indicate that as a result of the planned Azebaijani counter-
[FHM] offensive, Armenian forces are retreating from towns, villages and 
[FHM] districts as the advancing Azerbaijani Army marches on. During recent 
[FHM] days and weeks, there is hardly a day when one does not hear of 
[FHM] Azerbaijani victories in Karabagh and of Armenian forces abandoning the
[FHM] positions captured earlier in the fighting...The battles of the last two
[FHM] weeks have demonstrated the unshakable determination of Azerbaijani Army
[FHM] to preserve the sovereignty of their newly declared independent 
[FHM] republic...

For almost 3,000 years the region of Nagorno-Karabakh (known as Artsakh in
Armenian and Urartian) contained Armenians.

In the past 70 years the Armenian population has been a majority (almost 80%)
in Karabagh. This area was detached from Armenia along with Nakhitchevan and
given to Azerbaijan by Stalin in a jesture to Ataturk.

Armenians have been demanding simple human rights in Nagorno-Karabagh. For
example, teaching Armenian in schools and freedom of religion. Azeris said no
and Moscow backed them.

Today, the Armenians in Nagoro-Karabagh ask nothing more EXCEPT that they not
be depopulated of that area. Armenians in Nagorno-Karabagh are in the same
position as are the Moslems of Boznia.

I DECLEAR AS HYPOCRITES THOSE WHO FIGHT AGAINST "ETHNIC CLEANSING" IN BOZNIA
YET DECLARE VICTORY IN THEIR "Armenian cleaning" IN AZERBAIJAN.

[FHM] Today, in the new world order, nations do not accept change in 
[FHM] geographical boundaries and will not recognize usurpation of other lands 
[FHM] by force.  Knowingly or unknowingly, Armenians trampled upon this 
[FHM] internationally recognized principle and attacked Nagarno-Karabagh with
[FHM] the idea of annexing it to Armenia. 

You fool, Armenian LIVE in Nagorno-Karabakh, they didn't GO THERE!

[FHM] In a moment of ecstasy, they were even drawing
[FHM] the map of a greater Armenia and predetermining its borders. Many 
[FHM] politicians in Trans-Caucasia knew fully well that the Armenians' fortune
[FHM] star was bound to fall...

Who, the self-proclaimed Turk, Thomas Goltz? [1]

[FHM] Without a doubt, a majority of 3.5 million Armenians, having been freed
[FHM] from Communist slavery for some seventy years and feeling the taste of
[FHM] freedom, is not willing to sacrifice to their aggressive rulers' whims,
[FHM] the lives of their youth, who could be involved in the process of
[FHM] revitalizing their economic, political and cultural bases in order
[FHM] to establish a new prosperous country for their future generation.

[FHM] --Source: ISLAMI BIRLIK, July 6, 1992, p. 2. Commentary by Ahmad
[FHM] Sajedi--

Mr. Islamic Zealot, the Azeri government wants to depopulate Nagorno-Karabagh
of Armenians as the Serbian government is depopulating Boznian Moslems from
"Greater Serbia". If you congradulate the Azeris in their efforts at "cleansing
Armenian", you are a demonstrated hypocrite!!!

In the words of your fearless leader Khomeini: Be Omideh Piruzieh, Mustazafin
bar Mustakbarin! 

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[1] A quote from Thomas Goltz (quoted heavily by anti-Armenians on UseNet)
    during the CSCE briefing held on June 22, 1992, "I went to the main mosque
    in Tabriz...and I was going to attend the prayers, but I had come out an
    hour early and I had announced myself to be a Turk. I do this periodically."

 
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