Azerbaijan rewriting history by erasing Armenian traces

[EagleEye]

http://thehistoryforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28685&highlight=

Cultural Vandalism or Raping History?

Where is the civilized Europe? Where is UNESCO? Why does no one intervene?

This movie clip, dated December 14-16, 2005, shows how Azerbaijani soldiers, with heavy machinery, destroy the last evidence of Armenian presence in Nakhichevan, the historical Armenian province which together with Nagorno Karabakh was given away to the neighbouring Azerbaijani Republic. As a result of the implemented Soviet policy, Nakhichevan was at last depleted of its entire Armenian population. The clip confirms firmly the fact that the organiser of this cultural genocide is none other than the Azerbaijani government. Obviously, Azerbaijan is firmly determined to prevent “another Karabakh” by erasing the slightest indication of Armenian existence in Nakhichevan. The living Armenians have since long time ago forced to leave the region, but apparently there is also a fear of the dead and buried Armenians and their cries beyond the grave.

Nakhichevan is an exclave which belongs to Azerbaijan but Armenia’s territory separates them apart. Nakhichevan borders, however, on Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. It was from this area that the Persian King Shah Abbas, during the Persian-Ottoman war, forcibly relocated about 150,000 Armenians year 1620 and resettled them in the outskirts of his capital, Isfahan.

The place for this barbarian action caught on tape is a cemetery with thousands of Khatchkars, “Cross stones”, invaluable historical and cultural monuments from the period between 15th and 16th centuries.

Several Armenian organisations and authorities, among other the Foreign Ministry, have handed in official protests to UNESCO and other international organisation, but also to the US embassy in Azerbaijan.

This action makes one to recall the recent desecrations of Jewish cemeteries in different European cities. But unlike the immediate media coverage and attention given to these criminal acts it seems that no one bothers to care about this last act of cleansing the last evidence of Armenians in Nakhichevan.

Will the world and Europe just stand by and watch while this rape of history takes place?

The poster here did not link to the original article, so I simply linked to the post.

[ftf]

What has happened to the Armenians is utterly disgusting and evil.

[newman]

The silence about the Armenian genocide in the mainstream media is deaffening. Funny how islamic crimes are so overlooked.

[EagleEye]

Yes, I'm sick of political correctness.  The only reason there is silence is because an Islamic country did it.

[ftf]

Yes, I'm sick of political correctness.  The only reason there is silence is because an Islamic country did it.

Or perhspas because the Armenian's were predominantly christian, the media only seams to care about muslims or blacks being killed.

[EagleEye]

Armenians are Christian, however, they are not the WASP type that the media hates.  They are Orthodox Christians and of a different ethnic background.

[ftf]

Armenians are Christian, however, they are not the WASP type that the media hates.  They are Orthodox Christians and of a different ethnic background.

The media hates all christians.

[newman]

Armenians are Christian, however, they are not the WASP type that the media hates.  They are Orthodox Christians and of a different ethnic background.

The media hates all christians.

You're half-right, ftf.

The media tollerates christians if they're wishy-washy, peacenik, amoral ones who approve of homosexual clergymen and support surrender to the muslims.

The media HATE real christians like christian zionists, hardshell baptists and evengelicals etc.

[ftf]

The media tollerates christians if they're wishy-washy, peacenik, amoral ones who approve of homosexual clergymen and support surrender to the muslims.

They aren't christians.

[newman]

The media tollerates christians if they're wishy-washy, peacenik, amoral ones who approve of homosexual clergymen and support surrender to the muslims.

They aren't christians.

I agree with you.

But they think they are and they've hijacked your faith AND our Judaic-christian, western heritage. I'm always amazed at their definition of the G_d of Israel. They've reinvented him as some old hippy who approves of every sin except racism or murder. I don't know what Bible those people are reading.

I'm not picking on them, alone. There are crazy Rabbis doing the same to Judaism, too.

[EagleEye]

The media hates zionists too, or anybody who rejects their left-wing "diverse" society.