AZERBAIJAN’S HARSH RHETORIC INTIMIDATES ARMENIA
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
March 30 2006
Baku, March 29, AssA-Irada
The recent strongly-worded messages by Azerbaijani officials and
warnings to launch military action to settle the long-standing Upper
(Nagorno) Garabagh conflict have apparently intimidated the Armenian
military. This has caused a crisis and signs of panic in the Armenian
troops, which have set up a self-proclaimed republic in the Azeri
territories they occupy.
The Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh separatist leader Arkadi Gukasian has
lately been compelled to sign a decree to mobilize military men.
According to statistics, numerous instances of unauthorized leaves,
disobedience and even suicide were observed in 2005 in the Armenian
military units in the occupied territories of Gazakh, Terter, Beylagan,
Aghdam and Goranboy Districts. Armenians, who realize they are faced
with a predicament, have decided to mobilize additional troops.