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Kosovo is not Aghdam: Azerbaijan acknowledges frauds Presenting the Xocali.net Project, the “Xenophobia Prevention Initiative” held Wednesday the Khojaly Review Conference, causing Azerbaijan to react nervously. The “issue of Khojaly”, Azerbaijan-made legend, turned to dust: the frauds committed by Azerbaijan, are uncovered now, and the legend’s tale-tellers can only lament and lay to Azerbaijani government and media a charge of inability to “tell lies qualitatively.” “Azerbaijan’s state-controlled media resources and propaganda organisations appear to have been overdoing, and made serious mistakes and falsifications. Thus,‘taking the vanish off’ Armenians, some our on-line media were so overzealous, that borrowed photos from Turkey, Palestine, and other countries, presenting them as Armenia-made crimes in Khojaly,” Zerkalo.az edition had to acknowledge. Keeping in view and admitting that “Armenians came to hand quite politicly, comparing these photos’ originals and the posted pictures in Azerbaijani media, Zerkalo.az points in its article:“This once again shows how grossly the Azerbaijani propaganda and state-controlled media work.” “This will seriously influence the international community, which will in season and out of season refer to this resource [Xocali.net Project] and the uncovered frauds, and will call on explanations.” Another Azerbaijani media, Vesti,az agency, in its turn, regrets that the issue of Khojaly and circumstances in Aghdam “come to the world only a day before the tragedy’s anniversary.” Well, this once again lays stress on artificiality of the issue of Khajaly. Actually, it’s impossible to remember and pay a tribute to victims of a tragedy only “by order”. It’s impossible to mourn and at the same time use false information, frauds, and falsifications in relation to people’s troubles and pains.

If there is plenty of room and he insists walking ahead then that's rude but if the side walk is narrow then walking ahead is nice since he is like protecting you in case some dog decides to attack....It happened to me.

Ha ha how big are you?

I still cannot figure out why there are Turks in Switzerland. Swiss normally do not have toilet attendants. This was from a forum...

I do believe Iran is getting scared of Israeli backed revolt in the North by furks.Lot of Armenians don't know that Isreal provides intelligence,military hardware (latest unman flying drones)to Azerbaijan.They are getting all their oil from Azeris.

Iran speaker calls for rapid settlement of Karabakh crisis Iran speaker calls for rapid settlement of Karabakh crisis Tehran, 20 Feb, IRNA: Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said here on Saturday [20 Feb] that rapid settlement of Karabakh crisis is in the interest of the regional countries. In a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Oqtay Asadov, who is in Tehran at the head of a high-ranking parliamentary delegation, Larijani added that regional countries can take a crucial step in solving the crisis. Describing numerous cultural, historical, civilizational and religious commonalities between the two nations as a valuable asset for promotion of bilateral ties, he noted that the two nations' will for forging brotherly relations is rooted in the history of bilateral ties. "Iran's strategy is based on developing economic ties with its neighbouring countries," he said, noting that given the vast capabilities of the two countries in the fields of energy, industry and economy, the level of commercial exchanges can experience a sharp rise in line with mutual interests. Larijani also said that promoting peace in the region is one of the strategic policies of Iran and it will do its best to solve Karabakh crisis. Asadov, for his part, said that his country also favours development of friendly and brotherly ties with Iran. Characterizing Iran as a country with a long history and rich culture, he noted that big powers are the main cause of Karabakh crisis. Source is Azeri.....but if True this is serious departure from neutrality.

Thanks for checking it out and thank you for well wishes. Guys I am excited! I "officially exist" on the net. If you type my full name Ruben Sahakian or sahakianart google shows 1st 2nd results my site. For a while it was not coming up at all so I thought maybe I did something wrong designing the site but it takes time (2weeks for me) for google to crawl your site.Anyway I thought to share.

Its actually from real holiday experience in Greece.Its a magical place.I miss it a lot.Thanks for checking it out.

Arpa jan thanks for the compliments.They are FS specially now that I got no job.I built the site to get shows going.I am confident that I can get my resume up to speed soon.I've been too preoccupied raising my kids and working full time which made my Art secondary but now nothing else gets my ping pongs going. Regards

I liked that short curly hair girl.It looked like she sensed her destiny.Moved from NY and got married there now a child and director of NP org.I also found those 2 women over 50 very interesting specially the Iranian one.When she was asked if she was scared moving to Armenia she was like "why should I" I thought that question was stupid anyway.Better question would of been "how did you change from then and now" Anyway I think they should do a documentary about locals and their views as well.

Watch all the parts.These patriotic Armenians are inspirational.

I just finished adding a guestbook.Designing it was major PIA but got to learn some new things.Here it is.Thanks guys http://sahakianart.com/guestbookframeset.html

Wow small world.I lived so long in Boston that my LA life seems like a dream.Not a good feeling and my Armenian childhood even worse like faded double dream.Sometimes I hate the whole immigrant aspects.One always feels not belonging anywhere since you are cut off from the "tree" where you seed was.Anyway you picked an interesting piece not the usual ones.Thanks for looking.

Garo jan thanks for the suggestion. I used layer tag on that and learn my lesson.Very unstable tag.I end up like you suggested putting in the table.I added extra col and messed around with little design elements.I think it actually looks better and functional.Thank for all the great inputs

I was thinking that perhaps you got an old browser.The navigation on home page is on layer tag.Some old browsers don't support them.I suggest if this is the case download free firefox which is the best browser and it will automatically copy all your bookmarks so need to worry. Let me know since this is important that site functions correctly.Thanks

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Mos jan thanks for the service offered

The links are on right side of the image.Just so I know what could be the problem could you tell me the size of your monitor?Thank you

Garo jan thanks for heads up.I have 22" and 20" monitors and it works fine however I believe you and I will try to fix it.Its gonna take some time since I may have to redo the change to entire pages where there is navigation. Thanks again

http://sahakianart.com/ Thanks guys.Comments are welcome negative or positive

New letter signature drive Takes a minute. http://www.change.org/actions/view/tell_congress_to_recognize_the_armenian_genocide Tell Congress to Recognize the Armenian Genocide

Louise thanks for showing interest.The site is down.I am working right now designing new site with new paintings.I will post the link as soon as its ready.

I agree 100% with David basically that Madrid proposals are sucker losing side for Armenia.Like David said once Azeris get their territories back then overrunning Artsakh would be virtually guaranteed. We should not negotiate anything until final status is determined.Phase by Phase approach is only beneficial for Azerbaijan.I can't believe Serj Artsakh vet is actually negotiating on these basis.

By David Boyajian Meeting at the White House with a group of Armenian Americans, the chief U.S. negotiator for the OSCE peace talks on Artsakh (Karabagh) announced that the United States would be satisfied if a peace agreement were to last for only 10 years. The official was Joseph A. Presel. It was 1996, and Bill Clinton was president. I happened to be at that meeting. With Presel were Richard Morningstar, U.S. special envoy to the newly independent states of the Caucasus, Caspian, and Central Asia, Nancy Soderberg of the National Security Council, and others. A key U.S. objective, Soderberg declared, was to pump the region's oil and gas resources west through U.S. sponsored pipelines. While commenting on the OSCE negotiations, Presel made an astonishing remark, which I paraphrase: ‘Even if a peace agreement between Armenians and Azerbaijan over Karabagh were to last just 10 years, that would be sufficient.' Did Presel mean that Washington would risk a quick fix for Artsakh even if it were likely to result in a medium-term renewal of violence? I believe so, and the reasons are clear. The Armenian corridor Like Georgia, Armenia sits in a strategic position between energy-rich Azerbaijan (and the Caspian Sea) and NATO member Turkey. An Artsakh peace accord would lead Azerbaijan, and probably Turkey, to reopen their borders with Armenia. That, the U.S. State Department hopes, would eventually result in Armenia's serving American interests as a land, air, and gas and oil pipeline corridor between Azerbaijan and Turkey. None of that will happen without an Artsakh peace accord. But it need last just long enough for the U.S. to gain an economic and political foothold in Armenia. Such a foothold would take several years, which explains Presel's 10-year timeframe. Why did Presel, an experienced diplomat who had served in Turkey and Russia and was soon to be the ambassador to Uzbekistan, make such a damning disclosure about State Department strategy? I don't know. It was early in the morning, and Presel looked very tired. Perhaps fatigue caused him to let his guard down. With Presel's 10-year timeframe in mind, consider the OSCE peace plan for Artsakh that Washington, Paris, and Moscow have proposed. Recipe for disaster The plan would, for instance, allow thousands of Azeris to resettle in Artsakh. Even Armenia has apparently fallen for this pseudo-humanitarian proposal. Azerbaijan will ensure that the resettlers include plenty of spies, saboteurs, and provocateurs. Their job? To sow discord over property rights, school curricula, military service, alleged discrimination, and any other pretext they can dream up. The resulting disorder or civil war would give the OSCE and Azerbaijan an excuse to cancel the referendum that would supposedly decide Artsakh's final legal status. Claiming that Armenians were brutalizing its kin, Azerbaijan - armed with advanced weapons bought with billions in oil and gas revenue - could well launch a massive assault. Azerbaijan has always preferred reconquest over peace. Even if the resettled Azeris lived peacefully, their higher birth rate would ensure their eventually outnumbering Armenians. Under either scenario, Armenians could lose Artsakh permanently. Major power plays Would the United States (and Europe) really be unconcerned if an Artsakh peace fell apart after 10 years or so? It depends. If western-bound pipelines passed through Armenia, or if a new war jeopardized the existing Azeri pipelines that lie just north of Artsakh, Washington and Europe would oppose a new war by Azerbaijan. It's unclear, however, that they would have sufficient leverage over Baku to enforce their will. Conversely, if their interests were not threatened, the U.S. and Europe might not particularly care if Azerbaijan reconquered Artsakh. Russia might actually welcome a new war by Azerbaijan if it concluded that an Armenian counterattack would damage western-bound pipelines. The major powers could prove to be greater enemies of Artsakh than is Azerbaijan. Treachery and betrayal Would Armenia ever agree to a deeply flawed peace plan for Artsakh designed by the U.S., France, Europe, and Russia, all of whom have historically lied to and betrayed Armenians? Probably. Inexplicably, Armenian governments have rarely, if ever, publicly reminded these countries of their treachery. Brought up in the denationalized Soviet educational system, Armenian leaders may be largely unaware of the details of that treachery. Moreover, Armenia's recent accord with Turkey - the so-called "protocols" which tend to cast aside Armenian historical rights and may make the factuality of the genocide debatable - demonstrates that its leaders are poor negotiators and more concerned with lining their pockets than heeding the views of their people. State Department doubletalk Despite Presel's eye-opening revelation, unintentional or otherwise, about a short-term fix for Artsakh, Armenians should know that he also reflects the State Department's doubletalk about the Armenian genocide. At the White House, Presel referred directly to the Armenian genocide, saying, ‘I don't know why Turkey doesn't just acknowledge it.' The statement was strangely disingenuous. Presel had, after all, served in Turkey and certainly knew of Ankara's fear that a genocide acknowledgment could advance long-standing Armenian claims to territory and reparations. Fast forward to several years ago. Presel was on a panel that discussed Armenian - Turkish relations. He reportedly endorsed Turkey's denialist stance that the 1915 killings were not genocide but rather were caused by Armenian rebellions. Regardless, Armenians must take Presel's "10-year" warning seriously. There is no reason to believe that the State Department's policy is any different now than when he said it. When a "peace" agreement on Artsakh is signed, start counting.