Author: Badalian Vardan

Examiner.com
Oct 4 2014

New ISIS video released, Armenian genocide memorial church destroyed

On Friday, John Rossomando of The Investigative Project on Terrorism
(ITP) reported through email communications that the Islamic State
(ISIS/IS) has released a new video calling for western jihadists to
attack at home and with a message that blasts British Prime Minister
David Cameron and the U.S.-led bombing campaign against them.

The video titled, “Message of the Mujahid” is an attempt by the
radical Muslim terrorists that if they cannot travel to any territory
that is controlled by the terrorist group, ISIS, they are to conduct
attacks at home, where ever they are in the West.

In the video, the ISIS terrorist spokesman said, “A message to all of
the brothers who cannot do Hijrah, I advise you to respond to the call
of the sheik, the mujahid (Holy Warrior) Mohammed al-Adnani, to cause
terror in the hearts of the kuffar (unbelievers),” the unidentified
Islamic State spokesman said. “You are living in the West, you can
cause terror in the hearts of the kuffar, right in the center of the
kuffar in the center of all that shirk (polytheism), you can cause
terror right from within. So unlike us, you can cause real damage
right within the heart of Dar al-Kuffar (Land of Unbelief), so rise up
my brothers. Rise up!”

Rossomando stated that the ISIS terrorist starts with a taunting
message to Cameron and the western leaders for thinking they can
defeat the Islamic State with bombs dropped from the air, chiding them
that if they were “real men” they would send ground troops to fight
them.

The ISIS spokesperson said, “You know that in the hearts of your men,
they’re cowards. So America, you think you are a superpower, when in
fact if you were a superpower, you wouldn’t need these 40 nations to
come and fight us. Know that all power belongs to Allah, and Allah is
with the pious Muslims, so you could send your planes above us, but
know that Allah is above your planes,” he continued. “You are fighting
people who love death more than you love life.”

Rossomando further translated the message in which the message warns
that the West and their Muslim allies can send all of their men,
reserves an backups, and the Islamic State will send them back
one-by-one in coffins. The spokesperson also had a special message to
British Muslims saying that the caliphate has been re-established and
calls on them to leave the land of the unbelievers and come to the
Islamic State.

“If now is not the time to do Hijrah then when is the time,” the
spokesman asks in telling the other radical Muslims that the
despicable West has nothing to offer them. “Why are you still in Dar
al-Kuffar? What does Dar al-Kuffar have to offer you? We have the
Islamic State here, and we are fighting jihad.”

In the analysis of the new video, Rossomando said, “This reaffirms the
Islamic State’s desperate desire to inspire attacks against Western
targets and hopes to turn Muslims against their home countries.”

Meanwhile, Barnabas Aid has reported that ISIS has destroyed a church,
that was built between 1989-1990 in the Syrian city of Deir al-Zour
that memorialized the Armenian Genocide in which around 1.5 million
Armenian and Assyrian Christians died. After seizing Deir al-Zour,
ISIS, which now wishes to be known as Islamic State (IS), laid mines
around Holy Martyrs Church and destroyed it with a blast that
resonated through the city.

Residents of Syunik collect signatures against re-appointment of Surik
Khachatryan

by David Stepanyan

Sunday, October 5, 11:28

The residents of Syunik Province are collecting signatures against the
re-appointment of Surik Khachatryan (a.k.a Liska) as Governor of
Syunik. On the initiative of “Kapan’s Civil Movement” organization, a
total of 1422 signatures have been collected over the past 2 days.

“To appoint such a man with such a biography and such moral principles
is to display a sneering attitude towards the residents of Syunik and
all Armenian people. This policy aims to strengthen the criminal
methods in Syunik and to contribute to the population’s outflow from
the province. We urge all citizens concerned over the destiny of
Syunik and Armenia to join the statement”, says “Kapan’s Civil
Movement” organization in a statement.

To recall, when commenting on Surik Khachatryan’s re-appointment as
Syunik Governor, Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan said that he
adopted the relevant decision after numerous requests and letters of
the Syunik residents, NGOs and regional administration staffs. “I
received numerous calls, letters, requests and proposals to reappoint
Khachatryan. So, I could not but meet their requests,” Abrahamyan
said.

Khachatryan’s reappointment sparked public protests in Syunik and then
throughout the country. Regional businessmen and intellectuals are
among the protesters.

To recall, Khachatryan resigned from the post of the Syunik Governor
following shootouts in front of his house on June 2 2013 when the
former candidate for Goris mayor Avo Budaghyan was killed and his
brother Artak Budaghyan, a commander at a military unit in the NKR was
wounded. There was another wounded, Nikolay Arustamyan, a relative
and bodyguard of Governor Suren Khachartyan. Syunik Governor Suren
Khachatryan’s son, Tigran Khachatryan, was arrested over the
shootouts. Earlier, the governor’s bodyguard Zarzand Nikoghosyan was
arrested over the case. However, the Court terminated the case and
set free the Governor’s son and his friend.

The name of Khachatryan and his relatives are mentioned in many
criminal scandals, including, rape, kidnapping and beating.
Nevertheless, Khachatryan was re-appointed to his previous position a
few days ago.

Cin̩ma РDocument
Les Orphelins du Génocide

Aujourd’hui dimanche 5 octobre à Montréal, dans le cadre de la
centième commémoration du génocide des Arméniens, le Cinéma du Parc
présente un documentaire de Bared Maronian >, un document qui retrace la vie de nombreux orphelins du génocide
arménien à travers des images encore jamais vues. Les recherches ont
conduit Maurice Missak Kelechian à découvrir plusieurs orphelinats
créés spécialement pour abriter les enfants rescapés du génocide
arménien qui a été perpétré en 1915, qui est reconnu maintenant
presque mondialement et dont les archives et documentations se
trouvent dans différents bibliothèques à travers le monde.

Le documentaire raconte premièrement l’histoire d’un orphelinat
arménien situé aujourd’hui à Antoura College, près de Beyrouth, au
Liban, où mille orphelins ont vécu et ont été convertis de force et
“turquifiés” pendant la première Guerre Mondiale. Il dévoile aussi de
nombreux autres orphelinats où les orphelins arméniens étaient logés.
Le film parle d’une orpheline qui a été adoptée et est devenue plus
tard l’une des icônes nationales de la Turquie en tant que fille
d’Atatürk, le fondateur de la Turquie moderne.

Le documentaire explore également la tche herculéenne que la
Fondation > a accompli en
sauvant, nourrissant et logeant plus de 150.000 documentés orphelins
du génocide arménien entre 1919 et 1926 par la mise en place de plus
de 200 orphelinats temporaires et permanents en Arménie historique, en
Turquie et au Moyen-Orient.

Une section du documentaire est consacrée spécialement aux garçons et
aux filles de Georgetown Canada. En 1923, l’Association > a conduit un groupe d’orphelins du
génocide arménien en Ontario, au Canada, où ils ont vécu. Nous
trouvons aussi dans > des entrevues avec
différentes personnalités tel que le journaliste britannique Robert
Fisk.

Photo : Les enfants ont tricoté eux-mêmes leurs chaussettes

dimanche 5 octobre 2014,
Jean Eckian (c)armenews.com

SCHEME OF HANDING KARABAKH TO AZERBAIJAN IS REVEALED

Haikazn Ghahriyan, Editor-in-Chief
Comments – 04 October 2014, 11:08

Lragir.am has published a number of articles on what may await
Karabakh in case of membership of Armenia to the Eurasian Union. The
publications suggest that after the membership of Armenia to the
Eurasian Union Russia may reach an agreement with Azerbaijan on
returning Karabakh to Azerbaijan. Now they are speaking about this
plan openly.

Pro-Kremlin experts say immediately after the membership of Armenia the
Eurasian integration of Azerbaijan will start which will organically
appear in the Eurasian community.

Sergey Markov said, for example, that Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani
diplomats are negotiating the settlement of the Karabakh issue. He
says soon Turkish diplomats will join the talks.

“The process has begun, diplomats have launched the movement, and it
may result in a Big Peace Agreement. In the first phase the liberation
of 7 occupied territories of Azerbaijan in return for lifting blockade
on the Armenian-Azerbaijani and Armenian-Turkish borders is possible.

The diplomats are currently working on this option,” he said.

One does not need big imagination to guess what the “second phase”
will be. Since Azerbaijan will also join the Eurasian Union, in the
second phase it will receive entire Karabakh with some status. In
other words, the scheme of 1920 will repeat.

This is how it is going to be because this is the concept of the
Russia-South Caucasus historical and political situation. When Russia
“departs” from the Caucasus, Armenia gets a chance to enlarge its
territory and build an independent state. When Russia returns, it is
in prejudice of the sovereignty, territories and interests of Armenia.

Russia cannot return and build an empire otherwise. The Russian empire
is possible with the help of Turkey and Azerbaijan and it is clear
how it will pay for it.

Russia has already deprived Armenia of an independent policy through
bilateral agreements, and after membership to the Eurasian Union it
will also deprive itself of sovereignty. At that time the Karabakh
issue will be “resolved” with the Russia-Eurasian Union-Azerbaijan
format. The members of the Eurasian Union are Azerbaijan’s strategic
allies who supply arms to Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan is an organic part of the Eurasian Union and it cannot
be anywhere but there. The Eurasian Union is the only guarantee of
survival of the Azerbaijani state and Aliyev’s regime. It is not
accidental that Turkey is pushing Azerbaijan into the Eurasian Union
and is ready for close relations with this union.

BAKU SLAMS FRENCH MP FOR ILLEGAL VISIT TO OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Oct 3 2014

By Sara Rajabova

Baku has condemned the French National Assembly member over his
illegal visit to the occupied Azerbaijani territories.

In this regard, Azerbaijan’s embassy in France has sent a note of
protest to the French Foreign Ministry, Acting Head of the Press
Service of the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry Hikmet Hajiyev told Trend
news agency on October 2.

The protest note was also sent to the French National Assembly and
the organizer company of the tourism exhibition in connection with
the visit of the French National Assembly member Francois Rochebloine
to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.

Unauthorized visits to Nagorno-Karabakh and other regions of Azerbaijan
occupied by Armenia are considered illegal, and the individuals
who pay such visits are included in Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s
“black list”.

Azerbaijan also criticized the representation of the “Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic” in the pavilion dedicated to Armenia on the international
tourism exhibition held on September 23-26 in Paris.

Hajiyev noted that on the eve of the meeting of the Azerbaijani and
Armenian presidents, organized by French President Francois Hollande
late October, commitment of intentional illegal acts by individuals
like Rochebloine, who are under the influence of the Armenian diaspora
in France, was primarily a provocation against Azerbaijan.

He said Rochebloine has chauvinistic and racist views and is influenced
by Armenia and the Armenian diaspora in France.

Hajiyev also added that communication with the separatist regime
established by Armenia on Azerbaijan’s occupied territories, allows
Rochebloine to play a direct role in the approval of propaganda of
separatism, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity, occupation
and aggression.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry in 2013 released a list of 335
people declared ‘persona non grata’ over their illegal visits to the
Armenian-occupied territories. Some of these people were removed from
the list after appealing to the Azerbaijani government.

Azerbaijan has repeatedly warned foreign officials and diplomats of
unauthorized visits to its territories that are occupied by Armenia,
calling them contradictory to international laws.

Baku has stated that such visits, paid without prior notification to
the relevant authorities of Azerbaijan, are illegal and damage the
settlement process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing
of a fragile ceasefire in 1994. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were
killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale
hostilities. Since the war, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20
percent of Azerbaijan’s territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and
seven surrounding regions.

THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME

Today’s Zaman, Turkey
Oct 3 2014

CHARLOTTE MCPHERSON
October 03, 2014, Friday

I wonder how many of you watched the historic inauguration on
television of Barack Obama. Crowds packed the Lincoln Memorial to
celebrate the new presidency. Interestingly enough, I couldn’t watch
the whole show on a US channel, CNN, but instead viewed it on NTV
with simultaneous Turkish translation.

Many Americans are beginning to wonder who will step up to the
plate to run as the next presidential candidates in the upcoming
US presidential election. As we all know, in America the process of
electing a president and vice-president begins long before election
day. Candidates from both major and minor political parties and
independent candidates begin to raise money and campaign at least
one year in advance of the general presidential election.

The United States and most other nations do not necessarily practice
being “one in unity” these days… If you remember the inauguration of
Obama, you will recall the theme of the concert was “we are all one,”
and so the translators from English to Turkish often repeated the
phrase “hepimiz biriz” on the Turkish news program. This resonated with
the phrase so popular in Turkey just two years before as pro-democracy
supporters protested the murder of journalist Hrant Dink — “Hepimiz
Hrant’ız” or “Hepimiz Ermeniyiz” — we are all Hrant, or we are
all Armenian.

This set me thinking about the state of democracy in Turkey. The Obama
inauguration concert portrayed the ideal: where not only does every
citizen have a vote, but every citizen has equal rights and an equal
share in the country. One of the songs it featured was a famous folk
song, written in 1940: “This land is your land, this land is my land,
from California to the New York island, from the redwood forest to
the Gulf Stream waters, this land was made for you and me.”

Of course, even in a country about to swear in its first black
president, everyday life can fall far short of this ideal, as economic
and other issues erode equality. I often receive letters from Turkish
readers who live in Europe or the US who are struggling to come to
terms with the new culture and the way they are perceived when they
say they come from Turkey or some other Muslim nation.

As the line “This land is your land, this land is my land” was being
sung, I wondered if those accused of being members of Ergenekon
believed that the land of Turkey was made for all of its nearly 70
million population, or just for them.

There are many potential divides in US society: rich/poor, black/white,
Christian/Jew/Muslim, Republican/Democrat. The US president is seeking
to unite a potentially divided country; but his “we are all one”
theme has not been practiced as he had hoped — particularly among
the Congress representatives on the hill.

A similar situation has been experienced in Turkey, as the population
has become more polarized and protest have been happened. Turkey
similarly has the potential for deep divides along ethnic, religious
and political lines. We, too, have progress from leaders on these
issues recently, most notably with TRT launching a channel broadcasting
in Kurdish. And the channel’s motto: “we live under the same sky” —
is reminiscent of “we are all one”.

Foreigners living in Turkey rarely experience prejudice or restrictions
on their civil rights. But they are often surprised at some of
the attitudes prevalent in society. When watching a news report
interviewing a member of the public about their views on a political
subject, I am often surprised to hear a university educated friend
express in disgust “and that person’s vote counts the same as mine!” —
are we really all one?

A good example of the inequality in Turkey is military service:
One young male Turk complained to me, “Rich people’s kids do their
military service in nice offices in Ankara.” He added, “My dad
was just ordinary, so I was in the snow-covered mountains of the
southeast seeing real conflict.” This raises the question — are we
really all one?

In Turkish society, it is common knowledge that if you have friends
in high places they can help you out and give you privileges. As one
used to a different system, you may find it awkward when friends
ask you to help them, or their children, to get jobs where you
work. One foreigner I know found a great solution to helping their
friends without compromising their belief in getting a job because you
deserve it, not because you know someone. They would make sure their
friend got called for interview and then say, “You are on your own
to pass the interview, or not.” A great compromise between nepotism
and meritocracy!

ARMENIAN MPS APPEAL LAW ON PENSIONS AT CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Oct 3 2014

3 October 2014 – 3:05pm

Armenian MP Artsvik Minasyan of the Dashnaktsutyun Party said that
a lawsuit on recognition of the law on accumulative pensions as
unconstitutional was received by the Constitutional Court, Armenia
Today reports.

According to the new version of the law adopted on July 1, 2014,
the 5% of accumulative payments became compulsory, categorized as
social payments.

VAZGEN MANUKYAN: I WAS MORE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT SURIK KHACHATRYAN WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE

12:25 | October 3,2014 | Politics

What consequences can Surik Khachatryan’s reappointment as Governor
of Syunik province have? The question was asked today to Chairman of
Armenia’s Public Council Vazgen Manukyan.

“In any country, if an official’s name is circulated in a scandal
or in a high-profile case, regardless of whether he is innocent or
guilty at that point, he either resigns office or his team fires
him so that he will not prevent them from implementing the political
programs for which they have come to power. In similar situations,
a person’s destiny becomes secondary,” said Mr Manukyan.

In democratic countries, the reason for the mess is also elections,
since public will never vote for political forces whose representatives
are involved in scandals. But even in non-democratic countries,
if a person earns people’s disrespect, let us not discuss whether
it is justified or not, his team sacks him. The Soviet Union was
not a democratic country, but if a feuilleton was written about
some official, he was immediately asked to leave the ranks. For any
government, whether democratic or non-democratic, understands that
it can govern the country only in case public trust in moral values
and standards is not violated, and also there is not an atmosphere
of impunity

In this respect, I think the reappointment was not a right decision.

But, seeing what is happening in Armenia in the last decades, I was
more surprised when he [Surik Khachatryan] was removed from office
than when he was reappointed to the position,” said Vazgen Manukyan.

SERGE SARKISSIAN DANS L’INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK TIMES : LA RECONNAISSANCE DES GENOCIDES PASSES EST ESSENTIELLE POUR PREVENIR DE FUTURS GENOCIDES

USA

“Le genocide armenien nous rappelle les risques de ne pas tirer les
lecons de l’histoire, les dangers de la negation du genocide, et les
consequences negatives a long terme de permettre que des crimes passent
inapercus et impunis” a ecrit le president armenien Serge Sarkissian
dans un article dans le journal International New York Times.

>,
poursuit-il dans un article intitule >,
souligne Serge Sarkissian.

Dans l’article le leader armenien aborde egalement les derniers
efforts pour arriver a la normalisation avec la Turquie.

“L’independance de l’Armenie renouvele a ete l’occasion de commencer
une nouvelle ère dans les relations avec la Turquie. La position de
l’Armenie se reflète dans le principe de l’etablissement de relations
depuis des decennies “sans conditions prealables”. C’est le principe
de fond pour demarrer les negociations avec la Turquie en 2008,
et pour les protocoles signes en 2009. L’idee etait d’eviter tout
obstacle et de creer un environnement positif pour le developpement
des relations bilaterales, la comprehension et la reconciliation entre
les deux societes après l’etablissement de relations diplomatiques
et l’ouverture des frontières.

“Malheureusement, la Turquie a recule face a cet accord et a
refuse d’etablir des relations diplomatiques, garde sa frontière
avec l’Armenie fermee, maintient un blocus economique illegal, et
nie la verite historique des crimes du passe et les injustices. La
verite historique a part, aussi longtemps que la dernière section du
rideau de fer Рla fronti̬re turco-armenienne Рrestera fermee, cela
va entraver tout developpement sain et l’integration regionale dans
la region du Caucase, et injecter un element constant d’instabilite
dans une strategique et sensible partie du monde.

ZHAMANAK: ARMENIAN BANKS NOT READY TO OFFER CHEAPER LOANS

09:08 * 02.10.14

A Central Bank official has ruled out the possibility of reducing the
interest rates for loans, noting that they cannot decide on such a
measure unless the population is ready to invest saving at lower rates.

“Are we ready to invest our savings at low interest rates? Once we
resolve this problem, we will be able to offer loans at a lower rate,”
Nerses Yeritsyan, the Bank’s deputy president, has told the paper.

Asked what then becomes of the cheaper loans which Armenia receives
from foreign states, Yeritsyan, a former minister of economy, replied,
“When the risk in our country adds to that, it results in the interest
rates we actually have.”

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