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Aug 21 2012
ASALA says it will attack Turkey if Turkey intervenes in Syria
By Paul Iddon
The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, a terrorist
organization that has been inactive for quite some time has today told
Turkey that it would launch attacks if Turkey were to take military
action against Syria.
A short report from the Turkish Hurriyet Daily News quoted the
Armenian terrorist organization as saying it would attack Turkey if it
was to violate the "security" of Syria's Armenia community.
The organization -- which has been relatively inactive and largely
disbanded since the 1980's -- said in its statement that it would
launch "counter measures," against Turkey if Turkey continued with
what it dubbed a "conspiratorial and hostile policy," with regard to
its southern neighbour.
Similarly, the news site Trend also quoted the ASALA statement as
outlining that, "Any military adventurism or any direct or indirect
violation of the security and the social cohesion of the Armenian
community of Syria on the part of Turkey will be met by similar
counter measures."
The ASALA also claimed that Turkey has become a "threat" to the
regions stability. It elaborated on this statement by stating that,
"The aggressive policy against Iraq's integrity, the direct military
intervention in the bloody crisis in Syria, the continuation for more
than 20 years of blockade imposed on Armenia, the conspiratorial and
double-faced policy towards Iran, the non-stopping threats against the
territorial integrity of Greece and Cyprus and the augmenting coercive
measures against the Kurdish people have transformed Turkey into a
center of danger for the stability of the region. The conspiratorial
and hostile policy of the Turkish state against the neighbouring
countries reached its peak and has led Turkey in a total isolation in
the whole region."
Some 60,000 Armenians live in Syria. About 2,000 of them have left
Syria and went to Armenia to escape the war-ravaged Syrian state.
The ASALA also expressed in its statement "our solidarity to all the
peoples of the area and we declare that the Arab people will decide
its destiny and shape its future all alone without the crocodilian
tears and hypocritical care of the Turkish ruling circles."
Turkey had in the past been an ally of the Bashar al-Assad regime in
Damascus, however now it is one of the most focal critics of the
Syrian regimes crackdown and has supported and hosted the opposition
Free Syrian Army which is striving to topple the Assad regime.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/331255#ixzz24Ea6RXmL
Aug 21 2012
ASALA says it will attack Turkey if Turkey intervenes in Syria
By Paul Iddon
The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, a terrorist
organization that has been inactive for quite some time has today told
Turkey that it would launch attacks if Turkey were to take military
action against Syria.
A short report from the Turkish Hurriyet Daily News quoted the
Armenian terrorist organization as saying it would attack Turkey if it
was to violate the "security" of Syria's Armenia community.
The organization -- which has been relatively inactive and largely
disbanded since the 1980's -- said in its statement that it would
launch "counter measures," against Turkey if Turkey continued with
what it dubbed a "conspiratorial and hostile policy," with regard to
its southern neighbour.
Similarly, the news site Trend also quoted the ASALA statement as
outlining that, "Any military adventurism or any direct or indirect
violation of the security and the social cohesion of the Armenian
community of Syria on the part of Turkey will be met by similar
counter measures."
The ASALA also claimed that Turkey has become a "threat" to the
regions stability. It elaborated on this statement by stating that,
"The aggressive policy against Iraq's integrity, the direct military
intervention in the bloody crisis in Syria, the continuation for more
than 20 years of blockade imposed on Armenia, the conspiratorial and
double-faced policy towards Iran, the non-stopping threats against the
territorial integrity of Greece and Cyprus and the augmenting coercive
measures against the Kurdish people have transformed Turkey into a
center of danger for the stability of the region. The conspiratorial
and hostile policy of the Turkish state against the neighbouring
countries reached its peak and has led Turkey in a total isolation in
the whole region."
Some 60,000 Armenians live in Syria. About 2,000 of them have left
Syria and went to Armenia to escape the war-ravaged Syrian state.
The ASALA also expressed in its statement "our solidarity to all the
peoples of the area and we declare that the Arab people will decide
its destiny and shape its future all alone without the crocodilian
tears and hypocritical care of the Turkish ruling circles."
Turkey had in the past been an ally of the Bashar al-Assad regime in
Damascus, however now it is one of the most focal critics of the
Syrian regimes crackdown and has supported and hosted the opposition
Free Syrian Army which is striving to topple the Assad regime.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/331255#ixzz24Ea6RXmL