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[MosJan]

Levon Kocharyan vs. “Haykakan Zhamanak”: Newspaper Ordered to Pay 3.620 Million in Damages in Slander Case Involving Son of Former President

[ 2009/06/08 | 19:22 ] Feature Stories court media

Kristine Aghalaryan http://hetq.am/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/08_06-kocharyan.jpgOn June 5, 2009, the Kentron and Nork-Marash District Court, Judge A. Melkonyan presiding, partially found in favor of a suit filed by Levon Kocharyan, the younger son of former RoA President Robert Kocharyan, vs. the newspaper “Haykakan Zhamanak”, ordering the paper to retract its previous report and fined it 3.620 million drams in damages in favor of the former president’s son.

 

On February 6, 2009, the daily “Haykakan Zhamanak” had published a front page story with the following – “Just a few days before New Year’s, local Dubai police arrested Robert Kocharyan’s younger son, Levon Kocharyan, while in a drunken stupor. According to credible witnesses, arrested along with the younger Kocharyan was the son of well-known Moscow lawyer Gena and two others. While many attempts to mediate on behalf of Kocharyan were made, local law enforcement only released him after four days in custody and with the demand of supplying proper documentation. According to our sources, Levon Kocharyan was arrested for disorderly conduct.”

 

That very same day, Viktor Soghomonyan, who manages Robert Kocharyan’s office, refuted the news, noting that the last time Levon Kocharyan was in Dubai was in December 2007.

 

Levon Kocharyan applied to the court on March 25, 2009, demanding that “Haykakan Zhamanak” retract the news slandering his honor and reputation and recompense him for material and moral injury.

 

The petition read, “The information published in the article in question doesn’t correspond to reality and blemish the good name and reputation of the plaintiff…The plaintiff was in the RoA both at New Years and days before, particularly from December 15-30, thus he couldn’t have been in Dubai at the same time, a few days before New Years, in a drunken state and furthermore arrested by the Dubai police. Thus, the information doesn’t correspond to reality; they are misrepresentations and aren’t credible.”

 

http://hetq.am/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/08_06-melikbekyan.jpgArpine Melikbekyan, Levon Kocharyan’s defense lawyer, provided a copy of the plaintiff’s passport and his diplomatic passport. There were no stamps in either attesting to the fact that he had been in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the time period mentioned by “Haykakan Zhamanak” or that he crossed the border of that country.

 

The lawyer also offered into court the response issued by the UAE Foreign Ministry at the request of the plaintiff according to which UAE officials had checked their files and could come up with no record of Levon Kocharyan ever having been taken into custody or pursued by law enforcement.

 

According to the lawyer, the “Haykakan Zhamanak” article was baseless and a figment of one’s imagination and not credibly substantiated. Neither were the sources noted, which leads one to infer that the article was based on rumor, not checked for accuracy, and thus was a means for sensationalist journalism used to sell more copies and make a profit.

 

Such news allegedly caused financial injury to Levon Kocharyan. In the suit, it is calculated that 8,000 copies of “Haykakan Zhamanak” were printed on that day at a newsstand price of 100 drams a piece. In other words, the paper raked in revenues of 80,000 drams. This is the figure that was written in the suit. (K.A. – In fact the figure should have read 800,000 drams).

 

“In addition, this article lead to false information regarding the plaintiff to be spread by other news outlets for which the defendant also received payment. Today, for one news outlet to purchase an article from another costs 10,000 drams. Thus, if we take into account that the “Haykakan Zhamanak” issue of that day was distributed to six and more media outlets («Day.az», «tert.am», «Armtown.com», «Arminfo.info», «News.ru», «Trend.az», «Newsmegainfo.ru»), we can argue that the plaintiff received an average of 60,000 drams in payment,” noted the suit.

 

According to the prosecution, each of the other news outlets each received an average of 80,000 drams based on the fact that they carried the sensational story and that their papers sold. Accordingly, Levon Kocharyan suffered damages to the tune of 620,000 drams. The legal fees incurred by Levon Kocharyan were assessed at 3 million drams, resulting in a total damages amount of 3,620,000 drams.

 

The suit also reads, “The plaintiff also suffered moral damage since the news has spread and published in the foreign press and internet and was used for political purposes. The baseless and inaccurate news spread by “Haykakan Zhamanak” served as a basis to use the name of Levon Kocharyan, the son of Robert Kocharyan, the second president of the RoA, to disparage and slander the good name of the Republic of Armenia and to portray Armenians as ‘hooligans’ and ‘criminals’ before world public opinion. Such vilification also tacitly impacts the public interests of the Republic of Armenia.” On this basis the suit sought moral damages of 12.5 million drams.

 

The prosecution demanded that the court compel “Haykakan Zhamanak” to refute the slanderous and disparaging news it had published and recompense the plaintiff for financial and moral damage suffered in the amount of 16,120,000 drams.

 

http://hetq.am/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/08_06-t_atanesyan.jpgTigran Atanesyan, who defended “Haykakan Zhamanak” in court, believes that, “In the list of the absurd and incomprehensible is the claim of the plaintiff that the defendant is selling that news at 10,000 drams a pop to other news outlets. It’s a baseless claim, since the defendant knows of no such cases when a news outlet has ever paid for using the reportage of another when a proper attribution is made. It is nothing more than totally baseless conjecture on behalf of the plaintiff’s counsel.”

 

Tigran Atanesyan also argues that, “Attached to the plaintiff’s suit was a copy of his RoA citizen passport. Upon examination it turns out that the passport’s validity to travel overseas expired on February 5, 2007. Thus, we are to conclude that the plaintiff hasn’t left the territory of Armenia from February 5, 2007 till today. However, Viktor Soghomonyan, the director of the second president’s office, declared in a statement regarding the news in question that the last time the plaintiff was in Dubai was in December, 2007. In other words, according to Mr. Soghomonyan, the plaintiff travelled to Dubai at least ten months after his passport expired.”

 

In the opinion of the defense team the plaintiff possesses at least two diplomatic passports. “This is substantiated on the basis of the well-known fact that the plaintiff was in the Serbian capital of Belgrade in 2008 to attend the Eurovision performance of the noted singer Sirousho.”

 

Tigran Atanesyan also motioned the court to demand a notice from the National Security Service (NSS) stating how many times Levon Kocharyan has travelled outside of Armenia as of January 1, 2007 and the dates involved. The lawyer says that he personally requested the information from the NSS but that they answered that such information related to the personal and family life of Levon Kocharyan. In any event, the court rejected the lawyer’s motion.

 

The court also rejected the other motion of Tigran Atanesyan – to grant a recess of two months to allow for the receipt of an answer to their inquiry directed to the UAE’s justice organs via the RoA Ministry of Justice.

 

http://hetq.am/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/08_06-kocharyan-1.jpgOn June 5, 2009, Judge A. Melkonyan passed sentence in the case of Levon Kocharyan vs. “Haykakan Zhamanak” (owned by Dareskizb Ltd) centering on the February 6, 2009 article that appeared in the daily newspaper. Judge Melkonyan partially found in favor of the plaintiff and set a sum of 3,620,000 drams as recompensation for material damage suffered by Levon Kocharyan, rejecting the 12.5 million in moral damages sought by the plaintiff.

 

The court decided to compel ‘Haykakan Zhamanak’ to retract the news published on February 6, 2009, slandering the good name and reputation of Levon Robert Kocharyan by publishing a ‘retraction notice’ of equal prominence to the original article. The court rejected the plaintiff’s demand of 12.5 million drams in moral damages, finding that suitable grounds for moral damage were absent. The court also decided that 72,400 drams were to be paid by the paper into the state budget.

 

Lawyer Tigran Atanesyan, the paper’s attorney, stated, “This is a serious blow to the freedom of speech in Armenia. The suit was totally baseless and the evidence examined during the trial was no foundation for the judge to pass such a sentence. However, if we are sincere and realize what country we live in and the conditions that exist, it probably took some effort to allow the judge the right to reject part of the suit.”

 

Arpine Melikbekian, Levon Kocharyan’s lawyer, refused to comment on the ruling when asked by reporters.

 

“Haykakan Zhamanak” will appeal the court’s sentence.

 

We will take the matter to the Court of Appeals and later to other tribunals, even as far as the European Court, because we are in the right,” said Anna Hakobyan, the newspaper’s manager.

 

 

[Arpa]

Levon Kocharyan vs. “Haykakan Zhamanak”: Newspaper Ordered to Pay 3.620 Million in Damages in Slander Case Involving Son of Former President

[ 2009/06/08 | 19:22 ]

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Lal the khndal. Qarsun or qarsun gisher khrakhjanq the Qarsun mtraki harvats?

http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2009-06-...president-s-son

 

 

[MosJan]

ha inch es xndum xeghj t@ghin chen toghnum meghramis ani dataran en tarel

[hosank]

MASS SUICIDE PREVENTED IN BAKU ACCORDING TO APA.AZ

 

http://en.apa.az/video.php

 

Baku. Hafiz Heydarov –APA. Officers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and police prevented the mass suicide by nearly 30 persons who attempted to jump from seventh floor of a multi-storey building near Teze Bazaar trade center in Baku, APA correspondent reports.

 

They were taken to Nasimi District Police Office and police promised them to investigate their complaints.

 

The protesters are Goychay businessman Chingiz Mayilov’s family members and relatives. They demanded his releasing from jail and stopping police persecutions against them.

 

Nearly 30 persons, including women and children, attempted to commit mass suicide jumping from the seventh floor of a multi-storey building constructed near Teze Bazaar trade center in Baku. Officers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, rescuers, ministry spokesman Tural Museyibov and police arrived at site.

 

[Yervant1]

This man (Erdoghan) has no shame! Look in the mirror mr. amnesia and you will see Genocide.

 

 

TURKISH PM COMPARES VIOLENCE IN CHINA TO GENOCIDE

 

armradio.am

11.07.2009 14:19

 

Turkey's prime minister on Friday compared ethnic violence in China's

Xinjiang province to genocide, escalating criticism of Beijing

following this week's killing of at least 156 people -- including

Turkic-speaking, Muslim Uighurs, the Associated Press reports.

 

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's strong words came amid daily

demonstrations in Turkey protesting the clashes in Xinjiang's capital

of Urumqi between Han Chinese and minority Uighurs, who share ethnic

and cultural bonds to Turks. Hundreds of Turks prayed for the victims

and set Chinese flags on fire on Friday in protests in Ankara and

Istanbul.

 

"These incidents in China are as if they are genocide," said

Erdogan. "We ask the Chinese government not to remain a spectator to

these incidents.

 

There is clearly a savagery here."

 

The Chinese government has already imposed curfews and flooded the

streets of Urumqi with security forces to avoid a repeat of the

running street battles earlier in the week.

 

The AP reminds that "Turkey itself is extremely sensitive to the use

of the term "genocide." Armenia says 1.5 million Armenians were slain

by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I in what Armenians and

several other nations recognize as the first genocide of the 20th

century. Turkey vehemently rejects the allegation, saying that the

death toll was inflated and that Armenians died in civil unrest as

the Ottoman Empire collapsed."

[Yervant1]

Mr. amnesia can suck and blow at the same time.

 

 

TURKEY'S PM LIKENS ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN CHINA TO GENOCIDE

 

Associated Press

07/10/09 9:00 PM EDT

 

ANKARA, TURKEY -- Turkey's prime minister on Friday compared ethnic

violence in China's Xinjiang province to genocide, escalating criticism

of Beijing following this week's killing of at least 156 people --

including Turkic-speaking, Muslim Uighurs.

 

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's strong words came amid daily

demonstrations in Turkey protesting the clashes in Xinjiang's capital

of Urumqi between Han Chinese and minority Uighurs, who share ethnic

and cultural bonds to Turks. Hundreds of Turks prayed for the victims

and set Chinese flags on fire on Friday in protests in Ankara and

Istanbul.

 

"These incidents in China are as if they are genocide," said

Erdogan. "We ask the Chinese government not to remain a spectator to

these incidents.

 

There is clearly a savagery here."

 

The Chinese government has already imposed curfews and flooded the

streets of Urumqi with security forces to avoid a repeat of the

running street battles earlier in the week.

 

Turkey itself is extremely sensitive to the use of the term "genocide."

 

Armenia says 1.5 million Armenians were slain by Ottoman Turks around

the time of World War I in what Armenians and several other nations

recognize as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey vehemently

rejects the allegation, saying that the death toll was inflated and

that Armenians died in=2 0civil unrest as the Ottoman Empire collapsed.

 

Erdogan, the leader of the Islamic-rooted government, has been urged

by some Uighurs and opposition parties to speak up for Uighurs as he

did for Palestinians during Israel's offensive against Gaza militants

earlier this year.

 

In late January, Erdogan stormed off a stage he shared with Israeli

President Shimon Peres at the World Economic Forum in Davos,

Switzerland, after telling Peres, "You kill people."

 

Turkey says it is concerned about the Chinese treatment of

Uighurs. Some Uighurs favor independence or greater autonomy for

Xinjiang province, which takes up one-sixth of China's land mass and

borders eight Central Asian countries. The Han -- China's ethnic

majority -- have lately been flooding into Xinjiang as the region

becomes more developed.

 

Erdogan, however, stressed that Turkey respects China's territorial

integrity and has no intention of interfering with that country's

internal affairs.

 

And despite the country's vocal criticism of Beijing, Turkey's Foreign

Ministry on Friday reaffirmed Turkey's commitment to develop ties

with China in every field.

 

"Turkey gives importance to the fact that all ethnic and national

groups be living in peace and prosperity," the Foreign Ministry said

in a statement.

 

"We expect China to provide the necessary environment of peace and

security for Uighurs who constitute a bridge of friendship between

China and Turkey."

 

The vi olence in Urumqi began Sunday when Uighurs clashed with

police while protesting the deaths of Uighur factory workers in

a brawl in another part of the country. The crowd then scattered

throughout Urumqi, attacking Han Chinese, burning cars and smashing

windows. Riot police tried to restore order, and officials said 156

people were killed and more than 1,100 were injured.

[Arpa]

Where did I see a video where that erbokhan says all Genocide Documents are bogus?

We also remember when he labeled the jewish Palestinian saga as “genocide”.

He seems to be so fluent in reciting the G word except....

Yes Yervant, that clown is the comedian of the millenium and he has won the “fickle finger”award;

wrong finger!

http://www.timewarptoys.com/fickle.jpg

Edited July 11, 2009 by ArpA

[Zartonk]

Murder millions, it's just war. Slap one Turk, genocide. Can anynoe say Khojali?

[hosank]

as long as we're on the topics, here is an interesting series of articles i just read on the azeri newspaper:

it deas with an "armenian solder" who has crossed the border to azerbaijan because he was "being beaten terribly, and could not take it.."..

he was captured in quite debatable circumstances by some 14 year old farmer who gave a very vague description of how it all happened:

 

http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=105154

http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=105154

 

so...

of course this has not been confirmed by either the red cross or the armenian army..(when azeris cross to armenia, the azeri army always makes statements saying they were "kidnapped" at least..)

...and quite frankly the little boy taking an armenian soldier (who somehow managed to get to his farm after crossing the azeri trenches without turning himself in...) is hard to believe...

in both articles, they give different regions of his birth: 1 says he's from yerevan and the other says he's from abovyan

but of course the funniest part is his name:

Karen Norigovich Harutyunyan

 

..so i've been living in this country for several years now, and i have never heard of such a middle name on an ethnic armenian, "norigovich"???

this is the second time the azeris use such a name...you wold think they could get their cheap propaganda right ..

 

this of course is an attempted response to all the azeri troops who have crossed into armenia...

 

 

[Arpa]

as long as we're

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but of course the funniest part is his name:

Karen Norigovich Harutyunyan

 

..so i've been living in this country for several years now, and i have never heard of such a middle name on an ethnic armenian, "norigovich"???

this is the second time the azeris use such a name...you wold think they could get their cheap propaganda right ..

this of course is an attempted response to all the azeri troops who have crossed into armenia...

And what is the name of the comedian writer ?

mehmet Vorigovich (goetoglu) aliev?

[Yervant1]

These people have no shame, for them lying bigger the better.

 

 

Today.Az, Azerbaijan

July 18 2009

 

 

All monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh are of Azerbaijani origin:

archeology institute director

 

18 July 2009 [12:12] - Today.Az

 

`All archeological monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh belong to

Azerbaijan,' Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences Archeological

and Ethnography Institute Director Najaf Museibli said while

commenting on Armenian media reports on `archeological finds' by

Armenian scholars which allegedly belongs to `Tigranakert' town in

Nagorno-Karabakh.

 

`There have neve been any Armenian towns and monuments in

Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenians settled in Nagorno-Karabakh only after

Iran and Russia signed Turkmenchay treaty in 1828. `Tigranakert' is

another lie by Armenia. There are many ancient monuments of

Azerbaijani origin in Nagorno-Karabakh,' he said.

 

 

[DominO123]

damn, you beat me posting that.

[Arpa]

Of course. In their non-language “tigranakert” sounds like “tiken-thorn-փուշ” like a thorn in my goet. Just like “ganja” sounds like ganjukh/ bloody bitch/արիւնոտ քած. We will see that that “bloody bitch” meets a bloody “end/derriere”.

By all means. Let us laugh, and see who will have the “last laugh”., when those qatsodis/քածորդի go back to whichever “am” (in Armenian it sounds like the English plural of the long knee high footwear/boot/botin/potin/ postal) they came from.

Edited July 20, 2009 by ArpA

[Yervant1]

damn, you beat me posting that.

 

Azerbaijani National Academy of Sciences Archeological and Ethnography Institute Director Najaf Museibli = Outhouse Archeologist.

 

http://reformnow.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/outhouse.jpg

[ED]

bayts duk inch marteq lsi, Yervant jan et turkakan despanatunna, nerqin gortseri Edited July 20, 2009 by ED

[Arpa]

That was good Yervant!

Here is the modern building of the schmistorical society of furkey, more specifically the office of halajbokhlu, see him on the roof;

http://img2.allposters.com/images/APG/210-22124.jpg

You will notice that all of schmistorical society skyscrapers have the credcent, their national emblem;

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_the_Red_Crescent.svg/800px-Flag_of_the_Red_Crescent.svg.png

 

 

[Yervant1]

The big comedian of all times Samuel Weems comes to the rescue again with his famous book.

 

 

 

 

WIKIPEDIA HAS NEW FALSE FACTS ABOUT NAGORNO-KARABAKH

 

Today.Az

July 20 2009

Azerbaijan

 

 

The articles posted to Wikipedia online encyclopedia indicates false

information which says Nagorno-Karabakh allegedly belongs to Armenia.

 

The letter by Day.Az reader testifies to it:

 

"A Wikipedia article has false information which says that

Nagorno-Karabakh belongs to Armenia. It says Nagorno-Karabakh is an

"ancient territory" of Armenia and unrecognized independent country."

 

It is noticeable that Wikipedia posted misinformation to the page on

Nagorno-Karabakh which says that large part of Nagorno-Karabakh is

controlled by the unrecognized "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" and that

Azerbaijan is located within its territory.

 

We want to emphasize once again that this region is located in the

territory of Azerbaijan as it is an integral part of Azerbaijan. This

is evidenced by the facts provided not only by Azerbaijani scholars

and historians, but also by their foreign counterparts.

 

For example, the American Christian scholar Samuel Weems in his

book "Armenia: Secrets of Christian Terrorist State" says that

Nagorno-Karabakh is a historical province of Azerbaijan.

 

American scholar argued that the tiny country of Armenia appeared in

1918 after which it began to make false claims on land belonging to

its neighbors - Georgia, Azerbaijan and the Ottoman Empire.

 

"The so-called "Karabakh problem" is a result of false claims by

Armenia. From the fourth century BC to the eighth century AD, the

present territory of Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan was a

province of the Caucasian Albania, an ancient state of Northern

Azerbaijan. Karabakh has never been a part of Armenia until the

Armenians captured it in 1992 in the most brutal way," the American

scholar said in his book.

 

Is this not enough for Wikipedia and Armenia to realize and

understood the fact that Nagorno-Karabakh belongs to Azerbaijan? It

is unclear why Wikipedia has borrowed this false information about

the Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenian sources, thereby contributing to

the spread of misinformation about the Nagorno-Karabakh. It is also

noticeable that the resolution of the UN General Assembly indicates

Nagorno-Karabakh is a territory of Azerbaijan. Is this not enough?

 

So, the online encyclopedia Wikipedia has posted false information

about Azerbaijan and there is gross misrepresentation of the country's

territorial integrity. We have repeatedly written about it. We

encourage all readers Day.Az visit this Web site and to correct

erroneous facts relating to the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

 

 

 

[DominO123]

Yes, it's their second article in Today.az those last months on Wikipedia after they have recruited several individuals to fload Wikipedia. Weems and Feigl are their later interest, their hired arbitrator revived the article on Feigl and voted to prevent the deletion of Weems article. This article they published by the 'news source' controled by Baguirov and his bodies is to invite more floading of Wikipedia.

[Arpa]

The big comedian of all times Samuel Weems comes to the rescue again with his famous book.

Weems? May that imbecile rot and burn in that evangelico-furko-zionist HELL!!!

May jehovah and allah see that he gets his share of those "72 virgins.". May those "virgins"incise his you-know-what so he can qualify as a "chosen" person. Imagine that one's religion is hidden in one's vartik!!

We still remember the times when te likes of halajbokhlu were examining inside the vartiks of te der to see which were real circumcised muslim Kurds and which were not. Does that kurdo-furk, the one time so called president ozal flaunt his surgicallyabbreviated "member"in hell? As if the art and science of "surgery"was invented by those idiots! See Dr.s Varazdat Kazanjian and Kekligian (Bob Dole). Whose main speciallty were above the belt. IDIOTS!!!!

http://jewishcircumcision.org/spectator.htm

Edited July 21, 2009 by ArpA

[Harut]

The big comedian of all times Samuel Weems comes to the rescue again with his famous book.

 

why are all the azeri news articles written in kindergarten style?

[hosank]

but of course here are some funnier ones:

 

http://today.az/news/politics/53992.html

Google makes gross mistake about Azerbaijan (PHOTO)

21 July 2009 [16:38] - Today.Az

Day. Az has reported on numerous occasions that largest Russian portal Mail.ru, mobile operators Megafon, Kievstar, Astelit, MTS Ukraine and VELCOM GSM have called into question the facts related to Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.

 

Unfortunately, the afore-said list includes also Google, one of the largest search system worldwide, which has made gross mistakes related to Azerbaijan.

 

The Azerbaijani map posted by Google indicates three Azerbaijani regions – Khankandi, Agdara and Khojavand - with Armenian toponyms. Khankandi is indicated as Stepanakert, Agdara as Mardakert and Khojavand as Martuni.

 

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Elkhan Polukhov said the ministry will study this issue. “We will send official inquiry to relevant agencies.”

 

We hope that Google will rename Stepanakert into Khankandi, Mardakert into Agdara and Martuni into Khojavand after we publish this article.

 

We call on all our readers to write a letter of protest and fill in an online form with the content that can be as follows:

 

“Hello

 

Admittedly, Google is the largest search system worldwide. So, we consider it important to bring into your notice that the Google map related to Azerbaijan includes gross mistakes which harms Azerbaijan’s interests.

 

We kindly ask you to rename Stepanakert into Khankandi, Mardakert into Agdara and Martuni into Khojavand in your map as these regions are located in Azerbaijan’s territory and have Azerbaijani, but not Armenian names. We believe that mistakes related to Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity are not deliberate and will be corrected as soon as possible.”

 

/Day.Az/

 

Click to enlarge

 

 

 

 

URL: http://www.today.az/news/politics/53992.html

 

and of course this one:

 

http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=105357

 

 

dude i swear...i stopped watching comedy on tv, i just read this..its hillarious

[Arpa]

CCB

Like Harut said above, “kindergarten style”. Will someone please “translate” the below article. I don’t understand a word of it.

We have BBC, CBC, ABC, CBS … not to forget SNL (Saturday Night Live) , now we have a new and improved news agency- CCB= Comedy Club of boku…

22 July 2009 [16:42] - Today.Az

Serzh Sargsyan has resigned, Karabakh is given back, there is war… , Azh reported.

Similar rumors have spread since early morning on July 21. The editorial has received numerous calls asking whether the city is full of troops who have seized the television tower and Dashnaks have rebelled.

The panic stroke the city followings the reports from Kalbajar which said that military men were moving to the posts. The sources of the newspaper said a special unit of the National Security Ministry has also left for Kalbajar.

The newspaper inquired the Defense Ministry what was happening in Kalbajar. Spokesperson Seyran Shahsuvaryan said: “Noting is happening. Defense inspection has left for checks.”

The newspaper also called Kalbajar. Member of Miasin initiative Alex Kananyan said there was actual activeness.

Obviously, the sensation was not accidental. It was already reported in evening that Serzh Sargsyan has held a meeting of the National Security Council.

/Tert.am/

 

 

 

 

[hosank]

hopefully i can top that:

 

azerbaijan claims that Armenia is developing nuclear weapons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

http://www.today.az/news/politics/54153.html

Iran’s readiness to supply nuclear fuel to Armenia is dangerous sign for Azerbaijan: expert

27 July 2009 [15:59] - Today.Az

Political expert Rasim Agayev spoke in an exclusive interview Day.Az.

 

Day.Az: To what degree Iran’s supply of nuclear fuel dangerous for Azerbaijan?

 

Rasim Agayev: This is a very dangerous sign for Azerbaijan and the region as a whole, although it was expected. There are clear signs of militarization in the Greater Caucasus. Iran adjoins this geopolitical region with arms race with its program of military development. Armenia’s nuclear pretensions should have been predicted.

 

It is typical for Armenia and it does not conceal its military ambitions. Hence, such a trend, given the aggressive course of Armenia. Its ambitions and claims include acquiring military capabilities that would put it in a unique position not only with Azerbaijan but also with Turkey, where it could speak the language of force.

 

Q: How can Iran’s supply of nuclear fuel to Armenia impact situation in the region?

 

A: If such pretension is realized and Armenia which is linked to Russia with military and strategic commitments, I am afraid that the Caucasus will resemble the south-east Asia, which will be very difficult to calm down and control.

 

The West turns a blind eye to such pretension by Armenia and it will seriously change the situation. Quite different tasks will be set before Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani diplomacy should exercise serious control over this process, investigate and ring the bell.

 

I think it is high time to make proposals and policy initiatives related to the demilitarization of the South Caucasus. The issue is not that Armenia will have nuclear weapons, but the fact that saturation of arms in this small region of the globe. The South Caucasus is becoming a powder keg which is easy to blow up.

 

On the other hand the message could be viewed as a definite signal from Iran to Azerbaijan in connection with the problems emerging in relations between Baku and Tehran.

 

Q: Does IAEA exercise control over this issue?

 

A: IAEA should directly control the various nuclear programs of Iran. I believe that we should involve the IAEA in this regard due to the fact that Azerbaijan will build the nuclear power plant, but in Armenia it is already there.

 

/Day.Az/

 

of course it never occurred to them that armenia has the only nuclear power plant in the region, and maybe that's why...not to mention the relative proximity of both ankara and baku to yerevan, making the use of nuclear weapons quite pointless lol

[Zartonk]

To quote a quote, I don't see one 'routine' here that doesn't employ this ridiculous kindergaten sort of language. An interview is 3 questions, and 'conclusive' reports are as long as a headline, free of any reference.

 

BTW, when he warns of the military concentration of Transcaucasdia, does it not occur to Mr. 'Mr. Mister' Aghaev that Azerbaijan's arms receipt exceeds the sum total allowances of many smaller nations? But I'm sure there is a different reasoning behind that, aggro Armenians...

[hosank]

yes, because azerbaijans weaponry is for defence...

defense against its own population...