Former Armenian president gives insight into crimes committed in Garabagh
The more mutual accusations there are between Pashinyan and the former Garabagh clan, which played a significant role in the occupation of Azerbaijan's Garabagh, and their kingmaker, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, the more new crimes are revealed regarding the atrocities committed in Garabagh during the 1990s.
As is known, the invasion of Garabagh and seven adjacent rayons, along with war crimes such as looting civilians and mass killings like Khojaly, Baganis Ayrim, generally have been put down to only the Garabagh clan which contradicts the nature of the matter. The Garabagh clan and its leaders, Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan, were nothing more than provincial figures who spent most of their lives in rural areas. The claim that these two unseasoned guys orchestrated a scheme that would affect the foreign policies of all neighboring countries and plunge the region into such chaos that it would take years to resolve is implausible. It is well known that the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan parachuted the said inexperienced provincial figures into important positions, which eventually paved the way to overthrow Petrosyan himself. On the other hand, some sources purport that even Levon Ter-Petrosyan was a pawn in this process. Armenian lobby groups and underground organizations such as ASALA and Dashnaktsutyun, operated........
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