karabaghtruths

Karabagh truths, as told by western media outlets of the 90s.

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Reuters; Dec 1, 1993
Title: “At least 1 million people from #Azerbaijan fleeing ethnic war face a hard winter, battling cold, hunger, and disease in refugee camps near border with #Iran” #Karabakh #Karabagh
RecordID: 1018316, 1024505

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The Independent, 1993 - “#Armenian offensive dashes #Azeri peace hopes – hundreds of children drown while fleeing latest [Armenian] attacks [while swimming to safety across the Aras river]”, “In Azeri towns and villages everything was on fire...” #Karabakh #Karabagh

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Reuters; Apr 5, 1993
Title: “[#Azeri] refugees trek across mountains to flee [#Armenian forces]”
RecordID: 1019221 #Karabakh #Karabagh #KarabaghTruths

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The Independent, Nov 1993 - “#Armenian offensive dashes #Azeri peace hopes – hundreds of children drown while fleeing latest [Armenian] attacks, while swimming to safety across the Aras river. In Azeri towns and villages everything was on fire...” #Karabakh #Karabagh

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The Independent, Sep 1993 - "#Azeri refugees pray for peace and head home - brave few returning to villages pray that #Armenians are ready for peace after five years of war in which 15,000 people have died. UN believes 800k-1mm Azeris have been driven from their homes" #Karabakh

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The Guardian, 1994 - "#Karabakh conflict puts thousands of #Azeri refugees on a road to nowhere - 60,000 people live in tents, railway wagons and other shelters. Their plight is the most pitiful of the 1 million Azeris who lost their homes" #Karabagh #KarabaghTruths

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The Guardian, 1993 - "Fleeing Azeris in trek ordeal - ragged, starving and frozen after a hazardous trek across snowbound mountains...they arrive at a rate of 900 a day after a 50 mile journey, fleeing an #Armenian offensive in the west of #Azerbaijan. #Karabakh #Karabagh

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NY Times, Aug 1993- "Caucasus City [Fizuli] Falls to Armenian Forces - in July, #Armenian forces forced out defenders of #Agdam, #Azerbaijan, looting and burning the city, creating 100k more refugees. Now #Fizuli, a city of 50k residents, reduced to a ghost town before its fall"

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Reuters; July 24, 1993
Title: “#Azeri soldiers and refugees flee Agdam as it falls to #Armenian forces.”
Record ID: 1022651
#Karabakh #Karabagh #KarabaghTruths

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LA Times, Jul 1993 - "#Armenian forces strike #Azerbaijan - at least 200 civilians and 200 soldiers killed in the battle for #Agdam. [60,000] have fled, and most of the city had burned to the ground or been razed by Armenian tanks and artillery."

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LA Times, 1993 - "#Armenian troops pushing deeper into #Azerbaijan burned a string of villages and captured [Zangelan], forcing tens of thousands across Aras river into #Iran. Latest offensive brings the number of Azeris chased from their homes to 300,000” #Karabakh #Karabagh

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The Guardian, May 1992 - "#Armenians open corridor to #Karabakh - Key town of #Lachin falls. 60,000 #Azeris have fled from [Nagorno-Karabakh]. Nakhichevanis fear they are next in line in an Armenian attempt to redraw the map of #Caucasus before the world takes notice

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Boston Globe, Nov 1993 - "Brutal turn is seen for #Armenian forces”.

“What we see now is a systematic destruction of every village in [Armenians’] way," said one senior US [Dept of State] official. "It's one of the most disgusting things we've seen...It's vandalism.” #Karabakh

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ABC News (USA) Mar 9 1992
An in-depth report from the front lines of First #Karabakh War - a day at an outpost with Ziyaddin Iskandarov, a 22 year old #Azerbaijani soldier from #Agdam, whose death as a result of an attack by #Armenian forces was filmed by the ABC crew. #Karabagh

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ABC News (USA); Mar 7 1992
A report from the front lines of the First #Karabakh War, days after the Khojali massacre. Footage from #Askeran, #Khojali and #Agdam.

“Khojali is a great tragedy not only for #Azerbaijan, but for all humanity.”

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ABC News (USA); Mar 2 1992
Another report on #Khojali. “Massacre of 100s in the village called Khojali. #Armenia denies it happened. Though foreign journalists report seeing many civilians among the dead.” #Karabakh #Karabagh

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NBC News (USA); Mar 3 1992
A news report on #Khojali massacre. “As many as 1,000 #Azerbaijan|i civilians have been killed by #Armenia|n militants. Men, women and children.” #Karabakh #Karabagh

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@JimSabo1920 @2Bootz9 To be clear, the implied reference is to families on both sides. “13,965 Mohammedan [families] and 1,491 #Armenian families”. First word is omitted to avoid repetition. Otherwise text would say “13,965 MohammedanS and 1,491 Armenian families” with an “S” for plural at the end.

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Penny Cyclopaedia 1838, London UK, p.175 - “Population of #Karabagh [in 1832] was 13,965 Mohammedan and 1,491 #Armenian families. Armenians [and Nestorian Christians] were induced by the Russian government, after the peace of Toorkmanchay, to emigrate from Persia to Karabagh.”

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ABC News (USA); Feb 29 1992
A report on escalation of violence in Nagorno-#Karabakh. Footage from #Shusha, showing #Azeri civilian casualties as a result of #Armenian attacks. #Karabagh

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CNN; May 12 1994
A report on #Azeri prisoners of war (#POWs), held under #Armenian captivity in the capital of Nagorno-#Karabakh during the first Karabakh war. Part 2