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Women have been stolen, their breasts cut off, their stomachs ripped, children impaled, old men dismembered. Young girls withdrew in uncountable set ... since May 5th, Turkish armies have wiped out one village after another in
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fighting began; from the eastern side of the village, Andranik and his troops struck in the
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against local Kurds (Kor Slo) to prevent an attack on five
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