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Azerbaijan's War Crimes—Why the World Can No Longer Stay Silent
Newsweek ^ | 10/7/22 | STEPHAN PECHDIMALDJI

Posted on 10/10/2022 5:56:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway

For a president who entered office claiming human rights would be the central tenet of his foreign policy, President Joe Biden has had a mixed record halfway through his presidency. There's no question that his leadership on the world stage in defending and supporting countries like Ukraine has sent a strong message to autocrats like Russian President Vladimir Putin that their nefarious actions will not be tolerated.

President Biden's willingness to stand up to bullies both here and abroad has the potential to be a key hallmark of his presidency. But his administration's handling of Azerbaijan's illegal war and unprovoked attacks on Armenia promises to derail any of those accomplishments.

Put simply, Azerbaijan is committing war crimes and atrocities. Despite overwhelming evidence, the Biden administration has done next to nothing in holding Azerbaijan accountable and keeping them in check.

Taking a page out of Vladmir Putin's playbook, Azerbaijan's petro-dictator Ilham Aliyev used the pretext of historical revisionism to start an unlawful war in 2020 against Armenians living in their ancestral homeland of Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Artsakh to Armenians.

And while a tenuous ceasefire remains in place, Azerbaijan continues to violate the terms of the peace agreement by attacking the territorial integrity of Armenia. Last month, Azerbaijan fired artillery and drone strikes against Armenian border towns including Vardenis, Goris, Sotk, and Jermuk while killing hundreds of Armenian soldiers and forcing Armenian civilians to evacuate.

It was during those recent clashes where Azerbaijan troops mutilated a female Armenian soldier who was subsequently stripped naked with text written across her breasts and stomach. A stone was placed in her eye socket and a severed finger in her mouth. And video evidence recently emerged showing Azerbaijani troops executing a small group of captured Armenian soldiers.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: armenia; artsakh; azerbaijan; erdogan; iran; iraq; jordan; kurdistan; lebanon; nagornokarabakh; receptayyiperdogan; republicofgeorgia; russia; stephanpechdimaldji; syria; turkey; war; waronterror
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1 posted on 10/10/2022 5:56:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I guess their check didn’t clear.


2 posted on 10/10/2022 5:57:49 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim ( )
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To: nickcarraway

Who cares?


3 posted on 10/10/2022 6:06:20 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: Tijeras_Slim
The Russians are kinda supporting the Armenians in this battle, so I guess that makes them the "good guys"?

The Turks are supporting those "nefarious" Azerbaijanis. Yet another reason for Armenians to hate Turks, and another reason we shouldn't let Turkey fully integrate into the European Union.

4 posted on 10/10/2022 6:06:35 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Russia have helped Armenians to defend their country. However now, they are entangled in Ukraine and unable to help fellow Christian Armenians.
Another bad side effect of stupid Putin’s war on Ukraine.


5 posted on 10/10/2022 6:07:12 PM PDT by AZJeep
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

I think 1915 is good enough reason for the Armenians to hate the Turks.


6 posted on 10/10/2022 6:07:45 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: robowombat
Why we should care:

1. Schiff's district includes a lot of Armenians
2. Schiff virtue signals to the Aremenians to get their votes.
3. This is another opportunity for Schiff to virtue signal
4. Schiff gets another two years in Congress to continue his malevolent attack on America.

Schiff's district used to be a solid Republican district, but was redistricted to become lean Democrat. His only opposition this year is some nut job calling itself Maebe A. Girl.

7 posted on 10/10/2022 6:10:00 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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Concern about what is going on a third world shithole will have no impact on Adam shit’s electoral fortunes.


8 posted on 10/10/2022 6:16:05 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: nickcarraway

Bkmk


9 posted on 10/10/2022 6:18:17 PM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear; AZJeep

Thank you both for the info.


10 posted on 10/10/2022 6:22:06 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim ( )
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Armenia leaned on Russia because they had to. But in the past 10 years, Russia has started to help Azerbaijan more, and it may get worse for Armenia.


11 posted on 10/10/2022 6:22:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: who_would_fardels_bear; Tijeras_Slim

Yes, but Russia is a close ally with Turkey, so how do you figre that>


12 posted on 10/10/2022 6:23:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

https://mises.org/library/living-reality-military-economic-fascism


13 posted on 10/10/2022 6:24:47 PM PDT by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite prayer warriors. 10.5.6.5)
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Funny, ain’t it, that when a Republican is in the White House, the demoncrats are dead-set against the US being the world’s policeman. But now they want President Braindead to intervene in a European war because of “war crimes and atrocities.”


14 posted on 10/10/2022 6:25:37 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: AZJeep
There's no money in it for Biden and the corrupt assholes in Washington DC. They only help those people who can launder money and kick it back to the the greasy politicians.
15 posted on 10/10/2022 7:03:23 PM PDT by Rdct29 (Democrats are the new Nazi's. They think they deserve total control over the people)
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“...Russia has sent a strong message to the neo-Nazis’ like Ukrainian President ZelenskyyIdiot that their nefarious actions will not be tolerated.”

Fixed/Corrected.


16 posted on 10/10/2022 7:30:36 PM PDT by cranked
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I think that’s why Russia’s support of Armenia is much less whole-hearted than Turkey’s support of Azerbaijan.


17 posted on 10/10/2022 7:31:46 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Azerbaijan is an ally of Russia, and Russia supports them.


18 posted on 10/10/2022 8:17:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: AZJeep

Armenia have since built a huge US Embassy and Soros crowds are screaming ‘Russian troops out”, whereas the government is talking the EU and NATO (even though Armenia is in the Middle East).
Why should Russia defend them? Let NATO fight Turkey for them...or wait, nevermind.


19 posted on 10/10/2022 8:22:43 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: nickcarraway

Reuters claims that Russia is Armenia’s major ally.


20 posted on 10/10/2022 8:59:05 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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