LEVON MELIK-SHAHNAZARYAN: AZERI SPECIAL FORCES ATTEMPTED ON MY LIFE

PanARMENIAN.Net
12.05.2008 17:04 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "I want to tell Azerbaijan’s President Ilham
Aliyev that I am alive and I will continue my activity. Aliyev
sponsors international terrorism and if I die he will be the only
man to blame for it," Armenian expert and political scientist Levon
Melik-Shahnazaryan told a news conference in Yerevan.

"The Azeri special forces, who attempted on my life, had been
instructed or at least encouraged by Ilham Aliyev," he said.

On April 22, a bullet hit the iron-barred window of the expert’s
house in Ptghni settlement not far from Yerevan. "The man detained
by Armenian law enforces is not a citizen of Armenia. His testimony
proved my suspicions that the order was received from Azerbaijan,"
Melik-Shahnazaryan said.

The Armenian expert doesn’t rule out that Azeri special forces will
hunt after Armenian political scientists and prominent journalists.

"Azerbaijan launched a new stage of "struggle" against Armenia. It
took up the Israeli scheme, according to which any enemy of Israel
should be killed, no matter where he lives. They threatened me and
my family if I don’t stop my activities," he said, adding that upon
completion of the investigation he will bring a suit against Aliyev
to the European Court of Human Rights.

Earlier, Baku just sponsored international terrorism, now it acts
independently. Bin Laden’s fellow fighter, who detained in Germany,
testified that al-Qaeda leader visited Baku 86 times during past 10
years. We should not forget about hundreds of Afghan mujahids who
fought against Armenians in Karabakh. Furthermore, all drivers of
Iranian trucks entering Armenia are Azeris by origin and have Azeri
passports. It’s quite possible that besides their direct job, they
act as scouts," Melik-Shahnazaryan emphasized.