Although she was unharmed. she did not utter a single sound or even look at another human being for 5 months. It is doubtful that children like Meline will ever fully recover. As if the earthquake was not enough. a second tragedy was visited upon the Armenians earlier this year by militant nationalists from AzerbalJan. Attacks against defenseless Armenians last January left more than 100 dead and 250 injured. As many as 300.000 Armenians fled the ensuing violence or were deported by Azeris. This. of course. added to the crisis in housing in Armenia caused by the earthquake. If the Armenians of Azerbaijan have suffered from pogroms. the 170.000 Armenians of NagornoKarabagh are undergoing a war of attrition.
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