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Srebrenitsa Massacre

Published by ozgur on March 28, 2011 in massacres. 0 Comments

I continue to my “Massacre Series” I started with Khojaly Massacre on 5th of March. That’s the second one. “A Srebrenitsa Massacre”

Srebrenitsa Massacre or Srebrenitsa genocide is an incident that during the Yugoslavia War between 1991-1995, Srpska Republic Army enters the town Srebrenica and on 15th June 1995 under the name of Krivaya 95 Operation, under the command of general Radko Mladic, they killed approx. 8300 people. It’s proven by the documents so many of them are children and women. Beside Bosnian-Serbian Army; also the special force “The Scorpions” are joined the operation. They were Serbian special force. Even the fact that United Nations announced that It’s a secure are The Srebrenica, It doesn’t prevent the situation which happened. Also there were 400 Netherland Army soldiers.

Srebrenitsa Massacre is a genocide proven by documents after the II. World War occured.

Development of a Genocide:

After the collapsing of Yugoslavia, Serbs begin genocides in Bosnian Region. For that reason, United Nations made an intervation on 1992. Srebrenica was the one of 6 secured places. Before the war the population in the town was 24.000 During the war, approx. 60.000 refugees came there. The place is a center of diseases and starvation. The guns which held by Muslim community there taken by United Nations by the rules of being secured.

When Muslims wanted to take their guns back because of the attack Radko Miladic commaned Serbian forces, It’s rejected by Netherlands Army general Thomas Karremans.

on 11th of June, Radko Mladic entered the town which adjusted from guns without any resistance. Serbian Soldiers killed Muslims on the roads on the mountains. They seperated them to the pieces to prevent id definition.

After the war, there was a video teyp appared showing that Radko Mladic giving presents to the Dutch General because of the reason that Netherland Army is discharged the town.

Lahey Courte of Justice decided that It was a genocide after the war. And they announced that Serbia can’t be blamed because of it. (Whole Turkey can be blamed “Armenian Issue” for sure :) )

The people who are responsible about genocide

Radovan Karacic: He got caught on 21st June 2008. He will be on court soon.

His Arguments:

  • West is responsible of Yugoslavia’s Seperation. (I agree)
  • Western Countries plans seperation of Yugoslavia and Bosna War.
  • USA and Iran support Bosnian Muslims guns even an embargo is exist.
  • To prevent exaggeration of the number of deads in Srebrenitsa, DNA Tests must be used.

Momcilo Krasnik: on 27 September 2006, he punished 27 years in prison. After It reduced to 20 years on 17th March 2009.

Bilyana Plavsic: By The UN War Guilts Court; he is a war convict. She punished 11 years after she released. Because of her ilness and she finished her 2/3 of punishment.

Radko Mladic: He is still not found. He is being searched from 22th December 1996. Serbian Government against that he is still in Serbia and It’s proven by strong documents. After the photos which taken in the wedding on 2009 released on the media, Serbian Government accused by UN, USA, EU and Bosnian Herzegovina. If he catched, It will also affect the Serbian Geovernment because of his possible confessions so Serbian Government is hiding him. (My thought)

Zdravko Tolimir: He is under arrest since 31st May 2007.


 

 

Khojaly Massacre

Published by ozgur on March 5, 2011 in massacres. 1 Comment

I begin a new article series under the head title of “Massacres” I would like to write as more as until the end of March. I would like to start with Khojaly Massacre because of It’s 19th anniversary just some days ago.

Khojaly Massacre is a case that during the Karabakh War, Armenians killed Azerbaijani civilians in a little town named Khojaly. According to Human Rights Monitoring Organization, New York Times and Times Magazine; the massacre executed by the 366th Russian Motor Rifle Regiment supported Armenian Forces(1) Beside Serj Sarkisyan who is the present president of Armenia clarfiy that; “It’s a revenge of Armenian Forces”

Human Rights Monitoring Organization expressed; The Khojaly Massacre is the most comprehensive massacre since the invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh. Relating to Azerbaijan Government; In a massacre; 613 civilian killed (106 women, 83 children)

Background:

A Khojaly Town was the strategic hill point of Nagorno-Karabakh. It was the only base in that region. It was bombing during the war repetaedly by Armenian Forces the reason of that is the base of Azerbaijan Air Forces. On December 1991; After the invasion of Kerkicahan Town near Khojaly; It became non-secure to Armenian Forces. The only transportation was by the helicopter. Before attack; It was obvious that there were no gas and electricity in the town Khojaly. (2)

Armenian Forces attecked to the town; the night of 25th of February 1992; by the 366th Russian Rifle Regiment support. They killed savagely; 613 bare civilian. 487 people wounded harshly and 150 people got lost. Investigation on the bodies show that; the corpses; are burned, eyes are gouging and their heads are cutted. Even the pregnant women and the children. (3)

The former ASALA activist; Monte Melkonyan was the person who lead the forces. And write about the massacre openly in his diary. As he described:

The 2000 Armenian warrior; came down to the town by the hills and compressed the civilization to the east of it. And they began to fire on people and start to stab people.

Present Armenia president; Serj Sankisyan describe it:

Before Khojaly; Azerbaijanis thought that we are having fun. They thought that we can’t do something to the civilian population. And we broke this stereotype.

Armenain charge d’affair Movses Abelyan; introduce a letter that written by Armenia Foreign Ministry in United Nations General Assembly. In the letter written that; Azerbaijan is using the situation shameless. Based on the interviw with former Azerbaijan president; Ayaz Mutallibov by the Czech journalist Dana Mazalova which is published on the Russian newspaper “Nezavisimaya Gazeta”; Abelyan tried to prove that, Azerbaijan Forces tried to stop civilians who are trying to run away from the town by the tunnels which digging by the Armenian Forces.(4)

In the other interviews; Muttalibov claimed that; Armenians interpret his words wrongly.

In addition to Human Rights Monitoring Organization sources; there is no prove that any Azerbaijan Forces tried to stop people who tried run away. (5)

Internationional Reactions:

In 1994 Azerbaijan parliament announce that It was a genocide what happened in Khojaly.

A number within 324 notification released by the European Council of Parliaments that Armenia has to accept that It’s a genocide.

On February 2009; California State Sub-Senate’s member; Felipe Fuentes; present a letter to former Azerbaijan president İlham Aliyev that It’s a genocide and send his good wishes to people who died in Khojaly.

Index:

(1) http://www.trt.net.tr/Haber/HaberDetay.aspx?HaberKodu=c54014df-a79b-4247-9142-f8a509121b07

(2) Croissant, Michael (1998). The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict (İngiliz dilinde), 45, Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 0-275-96241-5, ISBN 978-0-275-96241-8.

(3) “Hocalı Katliamının 13. Yıldönümü” (Turkish). Avrasya Stratejik Araştırmalar Merkezi (25 Şubat 2005).

(4) “Letter from the Charge’ d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations to the Secretary-General” (English). United Nations General Assembly (3 Mart 1997).

(5)  “Letter from the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia”(English). Human Rights Watch (23 Mart 1997).

On Social Networks: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-for-Khojaly-Campaign/101823787520


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