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Armenian Special Forces' actions excite admiration but they do not
justify the criminal negligence of Armenian leadership, Artsakh war
veteran says

by Ashot Safaryan

Saturday, November 22, 15:06

The Armenian Special Forces' actions excite admiration but they do not
justify the criminal negligence of Armenian leadership, Suren
Sargsyan, member of the Council of Field Commanders, Artsakh war
veteran, has told ArmInfo's correspondent.

"I think that the bodies of our guys could and should have been taken
half an hour after the tragic incident. We, the veterans of the
Artsakh war, also could do that, but I know that there are
well-trained people in the Armed Forces. I regret to say that the
bodies of our guys have been recovered so tardily. One should not have
turned the tragedy of these people into a subject for political
speculations", says Sargsyan.

He strongly criticizes the actions of the Armenian military and
political leadership, which, in his opinion, has not only sent the
pilots of the unarmed helicopter to their doom but has also built its
personal PR on this tragedy. "I do not understand the behavior of
Serzh Sargsyan, who has declared himself as the supreme
commander-in-chief. While the bodies of our pilots were lying in the
open field and might fall prey to the beasts, Serzh Sargsyan flew to
Karabakh by helicopter and uttered some senseless speeches.

These speeches are not worth a dime. I am also extremely indignant at
the stupidity of our military leadership", says Sargsyan.

When considering the incident in the light of the ongoing political
processes, Sargsyan says that the tragic incidents along the Line of
Contact occur when Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev feel that their
regimes are endangered. "I even suspect that Sargsyan and Aliyev have
come to some agreement", he says.

To note, the NKR Defense Army Special Forces have recovered the body
of a crewmember and the remains of the two pilots of Mi-24 helicopter
that was downed by Azerbaijani forces on 12 November. The necessary
wreckage was recovered too. Two Azerbaijani militaries were killed in
the course of the special operation. The NKR Defense Army suffered no
losses.

To remind, the Azerbaijani armed forces downed an Armenian Mi-24 while
it was conducting a training flight near the Line on Contact on 12
November. Three officers of the NKR Armed Forces, Sergey Sahakyan,
Sargis Nazaryan and Azat Sahakyan, were on board. The Azeri officer
that shot the helicopter down has been awarded a medal.

http://www.arminfo.a...C0F0EB7C0D21663

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Նոր Նորքի Սուրբ Սարգիս եկեղեցում տեղի է ունեցել ուղղաթիռի անձնակազմի անդամների հոգեհանգստի արարողությունը (տեսանյութեր)

 

Արծիվները լեռներում են ծնվում, մենք այդ պատասխանը ուժգին ենք տալու. Ավիացիոն զորամասի մայոր

Ավիացիոն զորամասի մայոր Գոռ Ղազարյանը լրագրողների հետ զրույցում ասաց, որ ճանաչել է երեք տղաներին էլ:

«Բոլորին էլ ճանաչել եմ, դժվար է ինչ-որ բան ասել, բայց դժվարությունները հաղթահարելու համար են: Սերգեյը հրաշալի մարդ էր, Ազատն ու Սարգիսը ևս, երկուսն էլ երիտասարդ, կարգապահ տղաներ էին: Դժվար թե նման գործողությունը նրանց նման կարգապահների չվստահեին»,-ասաց նա։

Անդրադառնալով Ադրբեջանի գործողություններին՝ Գոռ Ղազարյանը նշեց, որ Ադրբեջանը Սաֆարովի նման ստահակներին, մարդասպաններին հերոսացողների ազգ է:

«Թող Հեյդարի թոռներն էլ իմանան, որ արծիվները լեռներում են ծնվում: Մենք այդ պատասխանը տալու ենք և շատ ուժգին ենք տալու: Սա այն հակամարտությունն է, որը պսակվելու է միայն մեր հաղթանակով»,-ասաց նա:

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Ավիացիոն զորամասի շտաբի պետի տեղակալ, մայոր Վաչագան Ստեփանյանը, ով շփվել և ճանաչել է բոլոր երեք տղաներին, լրագրողների հետ զրույցում խոսեց նրանց մասին։

«Սերգեյը հոյակապ անձնավորություն էր` բարձր ինտելեկտով օժտված: Լեյտենանտ Սարգիս Ղազարյանը նույնպես շատ խելացի, իր գործին նվիրված մարդ էր, ավարտել է ավիացիոն ինստիտուտը կարմիր դիպլոմով, իսկ Ազատի երազանքն էր մասնակցել զորավարժությունների»,-ասաց նա։

Խոսելով հակառակորդի գործողությունների մասին՝ մայոր Ստեփանյանն ընդգծեց` հակառակորդը միշտ եղել է այն հակառակորդը, ով ունակ է եղել գիշերը կացնով հարվածել քնածին:

Նա նաև նշեց, որ իրավիճակի հետագա սրացում չի տեսնում:

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Երևանի Նոր-Նորքի Սուրբ Սարգիս եկեղեցում է տեղի ունենում Ադրբեջանի ԶՈւ կողմից խոցված ուսումնավարժական ուղղաթիռի անձնակազմի 3 անդամների հոգեհանգստի արարողակարգը:

Զոհված անձնակազմի հոգեհանգստյան արարողությանը մասնակցելու համար եկեղեցու մուտքի մոտ մարդկային մեծ հերթ է գոյացել:  Ժամը 18:30-ին Սուրբ Սարգիս եկեղեցի կայցելեն նաև ՀՀ Նախագահ Սերժ Սարգսյան ու Պաշտպանության նախարար Սեյրան Օհանյանը:

Նշենք, որ նոյեմբերի 25-ին, ժամը 13.00-ին զոհված օդաչուների աճյունները Սուրբ Սարգիս եկեղեցուց կտեղափոխվեն «Եռաբլուր» զինվորական պանթեոն: Նոյեմբերի 25-ին, ժամը 14.00-ին տեղի կունենա սգո միտինգ Եռաբլուրում և հուղարկավորություն՝ զինվորական արարողակարգով:

Հիշեցնենք, որ Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Հանրապետության Պաշտպանության բանակը youtube-ի իր ալիքում տեղադրել է նոյեմբերի 12-ին խոցված ուղղաթիռի վայրից անձնակազմի տարհանման մասին հատուկ նշանակության գործողության տեսանյութը։

Հիշեցնենք նաև, ԼՂՀ զինված ուժերը նոյեմբերի 12-ին դիմել են հակառակորդի կողմից խոցված ուղղաթիռի անձնակազմի ճակատագիրը անկման վայրում պարզելու և դրանից բխող խնդիրներ լուծելու հատուկ նշանակության գործողության:

Մարտական խնդրի կատարման արդյունքում դեպքի վայրից տարհանվել են ուղղաթիռի անձնակազմից մեկի դին, երկու օդաչուների մասունքները և ուղղաթիռի որոշ անհրաժեշտ մասեր: Իսկ Ադրբեջանի բանակը նոյեմբերի 20-ի լույս 21-ի գիշերը Արցախի սահմանին հայկական կողմի կրակից ունեցել է երկու կորուստ:

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Trend, Azerbaijan
Nov 22 2014

Azerbaijan dismisses info on operation in Armenian helicopter's destruction zone

22 November 2014, 12:48 (GMT+04:00)

By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:


The information about holding a special operation by Armenian armed
forces in the zone of destruction of the Armenian military helicopter
and the losses of Azerbaijani armed forces is absolutely unfounded and
is another Armenian provocation, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on
Nov.22.

An Armenian Mi-24 military helicopter flying 1,700 meters northeast of
the Kengerli village of Azerbaijan's Aghdam district attacked the
Azerbaijani army positions on Nov. 12. The helicopter was shot down by
the Azerbaijani side.

The Azerbaijani ministry presumes that the Armenian side may present
the remains of the previous losses as the remains of the helicopter's
pilots in order to deceive the Armenian people.

Unlike the Armenian side, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry immediately
provides information about any casualties on the front line and holds
solemn funeral of martyrs, according to the ministry.

Moreover, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said that the Armenian side
constantly creates tension in the zone of the helicopter's destruction
and tries to involve the international structures in this issue.

Azerbaijani army hasn't suffered any losses in this direction and the
territory is under the full control, said the ministry.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
 

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Secret details of Artsakh rescue operation against Azeri murderers revealed

21:14, 23.11.2014


STEPANAKERT. - The source from the military command revealed to the
Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter some secret details about the special
operation conducted by Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Armed Forces to
rescue the bodies of Armenian pilots of helicopter destroyed by Azeris
in violation of the ceasefire.

According to the source, the counterterrorism and special operations
units of the Artsakh Armed Forces prepared for the operation for
several days, as the military experts planned and examined all details
in advance. Azerbaijani side expected that Armenians will not leave
their people and will attempt to rescue the bodies of Armenian pilots
from the helicopter crash site, so Azeris prepared a trap near the
helicopter, where they supposed to kill Armenian rescuers. However,
Armenians predicted that in advance and first Artsakh counterterrorism
and special operations forces destroyed the trap set by Azeris. During
the operation, Artsakh units eliminated the Azeri soldier who kept the
spotlight over the crash site and another Azerbaijani military
standing next to him. The entire operation and the elimination of
combat soldiers was done so quiet and fine that the Azerbaijani
sentinel next to the site did not hear anything.

After the elimination of the combat soldiers, Artsakh counterterrorism
and rescue units approached the helicopter crash site and rescued the
remains of three Armenian military servicemen. According to the
source, the shot helicopter split in two parts, and only one part of
it was burnt. The remains of two soldiers were partially burnt as
well, while the body of the third Armenian serviceman was preserved.

The Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire and shot down
Artsakh Air Force helicopter on Nov. 12. The chopper was downed during
a training flight, and it crashed very close to the
Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact. As a result, three pilots were
killed: the commander of the helicopter, Major Sergey Sahakyan, as
well as Lt. Senior Sargis Nazaryan and Lt. Azat Sahakyan.The
adversary, on the other hand, was firing intensive shots toward the
crash site, thus, not allowing access to the area. However, the
remains of the three Armenian military servicemen and some necessary
parts of the chopper were removed from the helicopter's crash site
through a special operation by the Artsakh.


Armenia News - NEWS.am
 

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DOWNING OF THE ARMENIAN HELICOPTER HAS CHANGED THE POLITICAL SITUATION: LEVON MELIK-SHAHNAZARYAN

18:50, 24 Nov 2014

Anna Nazaryan
Public Radio of Armenia

The downing of the Armenian helicopter has changed the political
situation in the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and has made it clear
that the mediating efforts that started in summer have no effect on
Baku, political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan told reporters
today. According to him, the international community does not possess
the set of tools to exert influence on Azerbaijan and the relative
peace is maintained only thanks to the efforts of the Armenian Army.

Melik-Shahnazaryan said the Karabakh conflict has entered a new
stage after the August events. He also presented details of the
special operation of retrieving the bodies for the four pilots of
the downed plane.

He said the operation was carried out by a four-member group after
the examination of the area, de-mining of some parts. Three types
of air devises were used in the operation, one of which was used for
the first time in the history of the Armenian military forces.

Doesn't' the incident mean that the Minsk Group Co-Chairs are unable
to solve certain issues and could this serve as a basis for changing
the negotiation format, something Azerbaijani is aspiring for?

"Of course, Turkey would like to see Turkish role here, because they
understand that the Minsk Group is also a club, where the superpowers
coordinate their policy on the South Caucasus. I think the resoluteness
of the Armenian party and the leaders of the Minsk Group co-chairing
countries will help maintain that format.

According to Armenia's ex-Ambassador to Canada, Director of the Modus
Vivendi center Ara Papyan said the operation of the Armenian side was
"necessary, but not enough." He considers that 2015 will be a decisive
year, a year of opportunities and risks.

http://www.armradio....k-shahnazaryan/
 

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DOWNED HELICOPTER PILOTS' FUNERAL IN YERABLUR PANTHEON - VIDEO

15:20 25/11/2014 >> SOCIETY

The burial of crewmembers of Nagorno-Karabakh Armed Forces' MI-24
helicopter has started in Yerablur Military Cemetery of Yerevan.

The crew included Major Sergey Sahakyan, Senior Lieutenant Sargis
Nazaryan, and Lieutenant Azat Sahakyan.

Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, top military officials,
citizens and intellectuals are attending the funeral ceremony.

On Saturday, the Armed Forces of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic carried
out a special operation at the crash site of the Nagorno-Karabakh's
Mi-24 helicopter downed by Azerbaijan on November 12. As a result
of the operation, the body of one crew member, the remains of two
pilots as well as some parts of the helicopter were removed from the
crash site.

http://www.panorama..../11/25/erablur/
https://www.youtube....h?v=KdjjYSok3mw

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PILOTS OF THE DOWNED HELICOPTER LAID TO ETERNAL REST AT YERABLUR PANTHEON - VIDEOS

18:50, 25 Nov 2014

Alisa Gevorgyan
Public Radio of Armenia

The three pilots of the downed helicopter were laid to rest at Yerablur
Military Pantheon today in accordance with military tradition.

"We're determined to return all those who fell on the path to Armenia's
freedom." This statement Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan made just
a few days ago first of all referred to the pilots of the helicopter
shot down by Azerbaijani armed forces during a training flight. After
days of useless calls by the international community to provide access
to the crash site, the NKR armed forces had to undertake a special
operation to retrieve the bodies of the crew members.

"November 22 became the proof of this resoluteness. Bowing before the
memory of our fallen pilots, we at the same time express gratitude
to the participants of the special operation to retrieve their bodies.

The death of Major Sergey Sahakyan, Lieutenant Sargis Nazaryan and
Lieutenant Azat Sahakyan was yet another demonstration of the illogical
and irresponsible policy of the adversary," Minister Ohanyan said at
Yerablur today.

The Minister said 2014 was a hard year. The downing of the helicopter
during a training flight was the continuation of Azerbaijan's
provocative actions that started on January 20, 2014. He added that
Azerbaijan fails to make conclusions from the worthy resistance the
Armenian Forces show every time.

"The rival today pays for the short-sighted and miscalculated steps
and the authorities still have to respond for the losses in their
own army, which they could avoid," the Defense Minister said.

Remind that that the crew members of the helicopter were posthumously
awarded "For Courage" Medals by NKR President Bako Sahakyan. NKR
Defense Minister Movses Hakobyan handed the medals to their families
today.

http://www.armradio....ablur-pantheon/

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PROSECUTION MUST BE STARTED OVER DOWNING OF ARMENIAN HELICOPTER - ZHIRAIR SEFILYAN

15:49 * 26.11.14

The participant in the Nagorno-Karabakh war of liberation Zhirair
Sefilyan believes that the Azerbaijani armed forces shot down the
Armenian helicopter being well aware of the Armenian leadership's
decision not to resume hostilities.

"This very fact is enough for the enemy to behave with impudence
because they know whatever they do, Armenia's authorities will not
punish them. I disagree with the opinion that our pilots made a mistake
because there were two crews there and the helicopters were flying
very low, with good visibility. I have no doubts about our pilots'
professional level," Mr Sefilyan said.

There is a procedure in case of border violations.

"The enemy is supposed to issue a warning before taking actions. But
the Armenian helicopter was flying in the neutral zone."

http://www.tert.am/e...filian-armenia/

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SHOT TOLERANCE, OR WHAT IS AN EVIL FOR PEOPLE IS A NORM FOR AZERBAIJANIS

http://artsakhtert.c...=3:all&Itemid=4

Wednesday, 26 November 2014 16:54

The situation with the Mi-24 military helicopter of the NKR Defense
Army, downed by the Azerbaijani forces during a training flight, kept
the people in Armenia and Artsakh in tension for ten days.The entire
period, the Azerbaijani military units were intensively firing the
crash site, impeding the Karabakh party's access to the helicopterand
recovery of the bodies of the three crewmen.

Even the calls by the UN, OSCE, EU, the ICRC, and other organizations
upon Azerbaijan to provide access to the helicopter crash site for
recovering the bodies of the crewmen were helpless.

Official Baku ignored the appeals of international structures,
therefore the NKR authorities had to resort to special measures. On
November 22, it was reported that the NKR Defense Army units had held
a special operation, recovering the remains of the crewmen from the
crash site. On November 25, the crewmen's bodies were buried with
military honors. The situation was finally resolved, and it seemed
that one could put anend, but ...

... However, it is too early to put an end. The matter is not now
the twists and turns of this tragic story, and it is not either its
military and political aspects related to the complex geopolitical
situation in our uneasy region. I would like to talk about the
humanitarian, or more precisely, the moral component of this
situation, although, I admit, any talks about morality as related
to Azerbaijan aresenseless and useless. However, it is impossible to
ignore this issue. The events related to the downing of the Karabakh
helicopter, like a litmus test, have againdisplayed the anti-human,
or more strictly, the brutish essense of the currentruling regime in
Azerbaijan. They have proved once again that this country has no right
to be a member of a civilized community, as it violates the laws and
norms of human coexistence in the most blatant and cynical way. Even
a war,with all its brutal essence, cannot serve as an excuse for
inhuman and criminal acts. If war is an evil disgracing the humanity,
then there are things worse than war, and they disgrace the humanity
even more. The criminal acts by the Azerbaijani leadership can be
fully attributed to these "things".

We will not dissect the short history of this, I may say, state
artificially created on the Anglo-Turkish bayonets just at the
beginning of the last century. Let's refer only to the last twenty
five years, that is, the current stage of the Karabakh Movement.

Azerbaijan, in spite of all international and moral norms, launched
its entire state apparatus of repression and unleashed a full-scale
war against the people of Artsakh who had legitimately exercised their
right to self-determination and establishment of a sovereign state
- the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. Sowing death and destruction, the
criminal authorities of Baku attempted to drown in blood the people of
Artsakh, to expel it and deprive of the homeland. Do you remember the
famous saying of the prominent French writer and humanist of the 19th
century, Victor Hugo, "A Turk has passed here - there is death and ruin
everywhere"? Unfortunately, this phrase has not lost its urgencytoday,
in the 21st century. The anti-Armenian policy of Azerbaijan, in its
ugly andopenly racist and fascist manifestations, clearly testifies
that modern Turks havenot moved far from their wild progenitors.

Azerbaijan's actions in the events around the downed Karabakh
helicopterbecame a quintessence of the Armenian-hateful policy of its
leadership. Official Baku, which likes to squeal about international
law in all the corners, hastrampled the legal rules of the Geneva
Convention providing humane attitude tothose wounded and deceased.

Thus, the head of the working group of the State Commission on
Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons stated with bragging
that "if Azerbaijan considers it necessary, it will allow recovering
thebodies of the Armenian pilots of the downed helicopter". Please note
- this wasstated by a representative of the State Commission dealing
with purely humanitarian issues. Is it absurd? For the people with
a sound state of mind, it is. For the current Azerbaijani society,
it is a norm.

It should be explicitly admitted that the prerogative in establishing
such irrational and unreasonable norms, reflecting the extreme
level of moral degradation of the Azerbaijani society, belongs to
President Aliyev. Today, theanti-Armenian propaganda has no limits in
Azerbaijan, even at the highest level. It is noteworthy that the events
related to the downed helicopter took place against the background
of the international conference in Baku entitled"Strengthening of the
religious tolerance: the Azerbaijani model, the challenges in the OSCE
region and beyond it". In his address to the participants, Aliyev,
without batting an eye, hypocritically uttered, "Azerbaijan, which
is known today in the world as a model of tolerance, is consistently
taking the necessary initiatives and making corresponding appeals
for the establishment of inter-civilization dialogue, guarantee of
peace and security around the world". Moreover, at a meeting with
members of the Supreme Religious Council of the Caucasus Peoples,
participating in the conference, he said the following: "The human
and religious norms cannot be violated even in a war". He uttered it,
without any wish even to think over the apparent discrepancy between
his words and blasphemous deeds.

The fact that the "model of tolerance", ignoring the calls by the
international community to display elementary humanity and to allow
recovering the bodies of the crewmen to bury them under the laws of
Christianity, was intensively firing the helicopter crash site did not
trouble Aliyev at all. By the way,it could not trouble him, because
humanity, tolerance, and morality have longbeen shot in this country.

These are the realities of present-day Azerbaijan, of which the
international community should draw the necessary lessons.

Leonid MARTIROSSIAN

Editor-in-Chief of Azat Artsakh newspaper
 

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16:48 29/11/2014 » REGION

Yeni Musavat: Armenophobia becomes nation-wide activity in Azerbaijan

Armenophobia in Azerbaijan has reached such an extent that for a easy stay in this country one needs only to accuse someone that he is either "Armenian" or has "pro-Armenian views." At the same time, no one needs any proof, you just have to blame a person to become the favorite of the power, reports the Azerbaijani newspaper "Yeni Musavat", referring to the topic of anti-Armenian state propaganda in Azerbaijan.

As noted in the article, Armenophobia in Azerbaijan has become a nation-wide exercise: a bad man there is simply called "Armenian".

The paper writes that if Azerbaijanis do not call one another "Armenian", then it means that they are afraid for their ties abroad, but that does not indicate that the person is supposedly tolerant or has digested the peaceful ideology or has advanced views. "Cases of no-Armenophobia are only a result of obligations towards the West. If a person will show hatred towards Armenians, the West would not cooperate with him," the newspaper concludes.

According to Azerbaijani media recently in articles and stories about Armenia and the Armenians published in the press the insulting speech, swearing and unflattering remarks is increasing. In early November, the head of the Examining Division, programming and analysts of the National Television and Radio Council of Azerbaijan Tavakkyul Dadashov in turn called on Azerbaijani media to continue using insulting speech in the articles about Armenia.
 

Source: Panorama.am

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Political Déjà Vu All Over Again

By Garen Yegparian on November 26, 2014

You might not have noticed that 2 years ago, after 30 years of “service” in the House of Representatives, Armenian Genocide denier Dan Burton of Indiana slithered over to the Azerbaijan America Alliance as its new chairman of the board.

Besides years of services rendered to the government of Turkey, Burton pulled an unusual stunt shortly before leaving office. In December 2012, as a lame-duck congressman in a lame duck session of Congress, he held a hearing on “Iranian Influence in the South Caucasus and the Surrounding Region,” which included as speakers people who have promoted Azerbaijan, most notably Brenda Shaffer. You might recognize that name. This is the person who wrote in the New York Times about Azerbaijan without revealing her ties to SOCAR, the Azeri oil company. Interestingly, Shaffer did not disclose her SOCAR ties to that congressional hearing, either.

Of course, there couldn’t possibly be a connection between Burton’s boon to Baku and his board position, right? There’s nothing unseemly going on, right? Dirty Dan was just conducting the people’s business, right?

Well, here’s an alert. The same thing may be happening with another lame duck congressman, Steve Stockman of Texas. He ran for Senate against an incumbent from his own party, got trounced in the primary election a few months ago, and decided to retire. He has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in a criminal investigation. Even the famously innocuous House Ethics Committee has been investigating allegations that Stockman accepted campaign contributions from two staffers and falsified payroll records to hide them.

So how is Slippery Steve trying to curry favor with his potential future employers? Unlike Burton, he hasn’t (yet) convened a hearing. But he has audaciously proclaimed, “It is unfortunate that the latest increase in tensions resulted in the downing of the helicopter of the armed forces at Armenia, which was violating the airspace of Azerbaijan. The loss of life in this incident was regrettable but the Armenian command bears much responsibility for ordering the helicopter into Azerbaijani territory,” according to an Azeri news source. That’s pretty shameless, considering the helicopter was, at worst, flying above or near the no-man’s-land between Artsakh’s and Azerbaijan’s forces.

Both of these unethical boot-lickers are examples of why, besides specifically Armenian concerns, we must also be engaged in the political world to maximize the extent of decent behavior among our elected representatives. Otherwise, the revolving door between government and the vilest of lobbyists will continue to worsen the lives of everyone. It will spin and spit out anyone pursuing an issue, a cause, legislation. Such decent citizens will be relegated to near oblivion by electeds whose only concern would become the lining of their own pockets.

Then we’d have daily déjà vu of despicable political behavior.

Get or stay involved, please.

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Biggest Secret of Special Operation

Haikazn Ghahriyan, Editor-in-Chief
Comments - 29 November 2014, 14:29


The U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern has revealed several
details on the special operation of the Armenian armed forces to
recover the bodies of the crew of downed helicopter. He said the
embassy was following the developments attentively and consulting the
Department of State after every meeting with the ministers and deputy
ministers of defense and foreign affairs. The purpose was to
understand what happened and start work with the sides to avoid an
escalation.

Heffern told News.am he had been impressed by how important it was to
the minister to return the bodies of the three pilots to their
families to bury them with dignity and expressed his respect for his
ability to get this work done, adding that Minister Ohanyan has asked
for one thing - a statement by the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to urge
Azerbaijan to help return the bodies of the soldiers.

Note that after the special operation the spokesman for the U.S.
Department of State Radtke announced that the United States was
following attentively the operation of the Armenian armed forces. And
the French Ambassador Charpentier had announced on the eve that France
will do everything to return the relics of the Armenian pilots. The
other co-chair - Russia which is in a close military and political
relationship with Azerbaijan - did not make any statement.

The minister of defense Seiran Ohanyan said the Armenian armed forces
carried out the special operation without waiting for the outcome of
diplomatic efforts. And his spokesman said there are secrets which
they cannot reveal.

One circumstance becomes clear from the words of the U.S. ambassador
which is highly important in the world. Heffern says he was impressed
by the importance of return of bodies of three pilots for the
minister. This is the humanitarian aspect, the human-centered approach
to the situation.

This is an acknowledgement of the new quality of the Armenian armed
forces when the armed forces are able to resolve not only military
issues but also put forth universal values - legitimize the special
operation. This language is understood by the civilized world and is
followed by large-scale international support that enables preventing
tension and losses.

Perhaps this is the greatest secret of the special operation.

It was proved that the Armenian armed forces have grown from purely
military skills to a political factor and an adequate international
partner whose special operation is admired by the civilization pole.
The Armenian army is growing from the stereotyped "power generates
right" to the philosophy of an adequate civilization "awareness of
right generates power".

Power generates right is the self-excuse of weak, defeated, conformist
societies. The philosophy "awareness of power generates right" is the
belief of strong, progressive societies which are aware of their
rights and responsibility.

The Armenian armed forces have upheld another important circumstance.
There is always an alternative, and the alternative is the faith in
one's own self, the ability to make sovereign decisions and adequacy
to the logic of global processes. This is appreciated in the world.

>From this point of view, a dangerous gap has occurred in Armenia the
political and economic systems of which never became adequate to this
logic, pushing Armenia into anti-civilization projects, leaving the
rare of the Armenian army and state bare.

Interestingly, Heffern made his statements after meetings with
different parliamentary groups. He is said to have inquired about the
Eurasian integration, and the Armenian members of parliament told him
that there is no alternative. There is no alternative from the grave
only, the old Russian saying is.

There is no alternative to those who are not capable of creating it.

http://www.lragir.am...h.P4tpXO9T.dpuf
 

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Return of the killed airmen remains was a step worth of respect, U.S.
Ambassador stated

Saturday 29 November 2014 10:03
Photo: PAN Photo

U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern


Yerevan /Mediamax/. U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern said that
Armenia was able to return the remains of the 3 killed airmen, which
is a "respectful step".

While answering the questions of Mediamax and News.am, U.S. Ambassador
stated that they have followed the developments around the dawned
helicopter very carefully, having a continuous consulting with
Washington.

"What impressed me the most from my meeting with the Armenian Minister
of Defense was the fact that he was focused on retrieval of the
remains of the three killed airmen. And that's exactly what he was
able to do. I have a great respect for him for his focus on that, and
for his ability to get that done", John Heffern noted.

The ambassador told that 3 days after the dawning of the helicopter
Armenian Defense Minister asked the Co-chairs to urge Azerbaijan to
assist with the retrieval of the remains.

"I've talked on the phone to [U.S. Co-Chair] James Warlick, later we
have talked to his French and Russian counterparts. And, probably the
next day the co-chairs issued a statement. I was pleased that we were
able to do the specific thing that the Minister had asked us to do. I
don't know whether the co-chairs have helped with that. But we were
able to do what Mr. Ohanyan asked us to do",- concluded Heffern.

http://www.mediamax....s/region/12437/
 

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THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNED ARMENIAN HELICOPTER

Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - 04 December 2014, 23:32

Recognizing constitutionality and ratifying in parliament the agreement
on membership to the Eurasian Economic Union, Armenia completed
the legal part of the Eurasian Odyssey. All the participants of this
process have not only promoted the Russian imperial project imposed on
Armenia but also assumed responsibility for all the incidents on the
border of Armenia and Artsakh with Azerbaijan, particularly three of
which have been the most brazen encroachments of Azerbaijan on the
Armenian side since the ceasefire.

I mean the reconnaissance war of Baku in August, the sabotage in the
usually calm and stable direction of Nakhijevan which took the lives
of two Armenian soldiers and the incident of the Armenian helicopter
shot down on in Artsakh on November 12 which took the lives of three
members of the crew.

Those were unprecedented encroachments which Azerbaijan made as soon
as Armenia announced about its likelihood to join the Customs or
Eurasian Union.

In addition, after this statement it was announced that Armenia
has thus become more secure. Security was also the argument of the
government and non-governmental forces playing the last chord of
membership to the Eurasian Economic Union in the National Assembly.

In the meantime, the existing situation indicates the opposite, and
as soon as Armenia announced about its membership and thus became
more secure, Azerbaijan increased the losses of the Armenian side.

If since September 3, as well as implementation of the roadmap of
membership to the Eurasian Economic Union Armenia has become more and
more secure, especially with Russia's support, how come Azerbaijan
started threatening the security of Armenia and Artsakh more brazenly?

Hence, by surrendering to the Eurasian Union Armenia has not become
safer. Furthermore, security threats have increased which, by the
way, are supported by weapons supplied by Russia which is referred
to as the guarantor of Armenia's security, as well as the process of
establishment and strengthening of strategic relations with Azerbaijan
and its elder brother Turkey.

This means that the participants of the legal and political processes
of membership to the Eurasian Union assume responsibility for all those
unprecedented encroachments and losses on the border that started on
September 3 and served reinforcement of the Russian-Turkish-Azerbaijani
triangle.

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