BAKU: US Col. Gardiner drafted plan on US Mil. Role in NK Resolution

Today, Azerbaijan
May 24 2005

USA Colonel Sam Gardiner prepared plan on USA military bases’ role in
resolving Nagorno Karabakh conflict

23 May 2005 [13:13] – Today.Az

Information about the agreement signed between Baku and Washington
about the USA military bases’ dislocation in Azerbaijan had serious
repercussions in Armenia.

The Armenians analysts express their assurance that the “temporary
mobile forces” to be placed in Azerbaijan will play role in solving
the upper Garabagh conflict. “Some time ago the USA military experts
discussed the possibilities of drawing into regulating the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict of the mobile forces to be dislocated in
Azerbaijan. One of the numerous scenarios about using the mobile
forces only intends to draw the USA military forces into solving the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict. This plan was prepared by the retired
colonel of the USA military air forces Sam Gardiner”.

This explanation was given by the military expert of the
“Pan-Armenian” agency Artyom Erkanyan. According to his words, the
colonel Sam Gardiner considers that Pentagon “can offer limited aid
to resolve the conflicts” in Nagorno Karabakh. It is not clear what
the American militant means when he says “limited aid”.

However, the “Atlantic Monthly” military journal valued the offer of
the Colonel Gardiner as the steps taken against the USA interests in
its December issue”. The Armenian analytic is guided by the viewpoint
of this journal that dislocation of the USA military mobile forces in
Azerbaijan will not affect solving the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
directly.

/APA/
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