Talk:Agdam Rayon

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[edit] Reference

The reference to Vukovar, a very known battle, helps many (definitely Europeans) to understand the magnitude of the topic. Babaroga 23.01.06 10:42 CET

[edit] Verify

This article needs more citations. - FrancisTyers · 20:28, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disputed paragraph

I removed the following:

In June 1, 2006 it was reported that Armenian armed forces were torching down several occupied villages of Azerbaijan’s region Aghdam for ten days long. The local residents said they heard explosions at nights and carrying of building materials by armored equipment in May. APA's provincial bureau reported that Yusifjanli, Novruzlu, Baghbanli, Seybali, Sarijali and Bash Garvand villages have been reduced to ashes. Aghdam and new settlements in Shikhbabali, Marzili, Khidirli, Goytapa villages were seen by eyewitnesses blaze. It was also reported that the Armenian soldiers were taking all things from the houses, and new settlements are constructed in foothills. The newly established 150-house settlement constructed by Armenians in Gulabi village of Aghdam can be observed from the villages near the front line. [1] [2] [3] On June 13, 2006 it was confirmed by Azerbaijani authorities that the fire had spread to the forest and Azerbaijani controlled areas were refugees from Karabakh had settled, the refugees again transferred to another settlement for safety reasons [4] [5] [6].

Why? Because the only sources for these claims are "Azernews.net" and "Today.Az". I'm not saying the news reports are wrong, but they're also very biased. Can we get a better reference for this please? Thanks. —Khoikhoi 23:09, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Someone added it back again, and I will once again remove it. Why? Because I know it is false. ALL of the Azeri houses in pure Azeri villages were completely looted and then burned as soon as they were captured. There was nothing left of value except the actual bricks and the pipes in the wall, which to this day are being collected by scavengers. That there are fires is also nothing remarkable - I see them all the time in Armenia. There were two under my apartment in the park in CENTRAL Yerevan, and I saw a half a dozen in the fields yesterday on a 45 minute drive back from Garni. So fires are just set all the time here all over Armenia, no villages were targetted, I am sure of it. Which means the only thing that is possibly true in the article is a new settlement being built. I don't know first hand about Gulabi, so I can't say for sure, but except for that the whole paragraph is pretty pointless and just plain false. --RaffiKojian 03:41, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, and similar news has been re-added once more. Sorry but you will need a better source than az.news or similar media. - Fedayee 03:21, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

hey, Raffi, I don't understand what you are saying: "ALL of the Azeri houses in pure Azeri villages were completely looted and then burned as soon as they were captured." and "That there are fires is also nothing remarkable - I see them all the time in Armenia". So, do you think Armenians burned villages in Agdam or not? --12insan 05:10, 8 October 2007 (UTC)