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CHICAGO, Ill. (A.W.)—In commemorating the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Greater Chicagoland Armenian Community took an active in role in embracing our tragic history, culture, and faith.
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Leaked dispatch lays bare US diplomats’ less-than-flattering remarks about Mehriban Aliyeva
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The beginning of the 90s. Battles were fierce in Karabakh and the surrounding areas. People came to power by walking over the corpses of their compatriots from Khojaly, adored by all Heydar Aliyev “The Bloody”, because he was the president of Azerbaijan. Having estimated the situation in the country and the permanent defeats at the battlefront, the first thing Heydar decides to do was to declare a total mobilization. Only this was not a mobilization like in civilized countries. Aliyev knew perfectly well that the people do not want to fight, so he ordered to forcefully force them to be dragged to the battlefield. The propaganda machine was then in its infancy and had little effect on the fragile minds of the population, but the decision had already been made. A decree was issued to grab all young people right from the streets and to send them to the battlefront!
The methods used at that time were similar to fascist. They would grab everyone indiscriminately as if the police were given not just an instruction, but a direct order to fulfill a definite number of soldiers to be sent to fight. The more rams they send, the bigger bonus they would receive. Therefore, even gray-haired and elderly people were grabbed, who did not fall under the age of conscription at all.
The capture
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It is clear to everyone that Baku wants to seize Karabakh by military means. Purchase of weapons, propaganda in the news of the alleged “great” victory of 2016, military training. Baku hopes that Turkey will help them.
On April 25, the Georgia State Capitol was crowded with members of the Georgia Armenian community, who had gathered for the annual Armenian Genocide commemoration event hosted by the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Georgia.
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For years, the government of Azerbaijan has been showering politicians and dignitaries from around the world with expensive gifts, such as silk carpets, gold, silver, caviar, cash, and all-expense paid trips in exchange for their votes in favor of Azerbaijan and against Armenia and Artsakh. This illicit practice is so prevalent that Europeans describe it as “caviar diplomacy.”
Read more “Azerbaijan Accused of Giving Millions in Bribes to Council of Europe”