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    ASALA warns Turkey

    arminfo
    Monday, August 20, 13:42

    The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) has
    released a statement warning the Turkish authorities against attacking
    the Syrian Armenians and other peoples of the country and the region.

    The statement says that any direct or indirect violation of the
    security of the Armenian community of Syria on the part of Turkey will
    see counter-measures. The hostile policy of the Turkish state against
    the neighboring countries has reached its peak and has led Turkey to
    total isolation in the whole region. The aggressive policy against
    Iraq's integrity, direct military intervention in the bloody crisis of
    Syria, continued blockade imposed on Armenia for more than 20 years,
    ceaseless threats against the territorial integrity of Greece and
    Cyprus and the coercive measures against the Kurdish people have
    turned Turkey into a center of danger impending over the stability of
    the region.

    ASALA says that the policy of hatred, conspiracy and genocide against
    the neighboring peoples will increase the enmity and hatred between
    Turkey and the neighboring states. ASALA also expresses its solidarity
    with all the peoples of the region and declares that the Arab people
    will decide their destiny and shape their future themselves. These
    people do not need the "crocodilian tears" and hypocritical care of
    Ankara, the statement says.

    To note, ASALA was formed in 1975 in Beirut, Lebanon, by Hagop
    Hagopian. The stated intention of ASALA was to compel the Turkish
    Government to recognize the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire.
    Initially, the organization attacked Turkish diplomats to draw their
    attention to the Armenian problem. Later on, ASALA organized a number
    of operations against the representatives of western countries:
    attacks on air companies' offices and attacks on the official
    representatives of the countries keeping ASALA members in prison. On
    August 7 Armenia pays its tribute to the members of ASALA.
    On that day in 1982 Zohrab Sargisian and Levon Ekmekjian attacked the
    Esenboga International Airport in Ankara. Sargisian was killed and
    Ekmekjian was wounded and arrested.

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