Author: Kalantarian Kevo

LA RECONCILIATION TURQUIE ISRAËL POUR ATTAQUER LA SYRIE

Cette réconciliation est la conséquence directe de la visite d~RObama
en ~SIsraël ~S ses entretiens avec Netanyahou pour peaufiner les
attaques aériennes israéliennes contre des soit disant sites de
stockage d~Rarmes chimiques en Syrie cela sous la protection des
batteries Patriot de l~ROTAN installées en Turquie afin d~R instaurer
une zone d~Rexclusion aérienne dans le Nord de la Syrie avant une
vaste offensive des US/OTAN.

A l~Révidence la visite d~RObama en ~SIsraël~S confirme la coopération
étroite américano sioniste pour attaquer la Syrie. Les US/OTAN dans le
cadre de leurs préparatifs de guerre contre la Syrie et son dépeçage
au Nord et au Sud considéraient comme un obstacle les tensions entre
la Turquie et le régime sioniste lié à la tuerie des militants turcs
pro palestiniens le 31 mai 2010 à la suite de l~Rassaut israélien
contre une flottille tentant de briser le blocus de la bande de Gaza.

Neuf passagers turcs – dont un avec la double nationalité turc et
américaine – du navire Mavi Marmara avaient été froidement abattus
par des commandos israéliens avant que leur bateau ne soit arraisonné
dans les eaux internationales par les pirates militaires israéliens.

La crise diplomatique entre les deux pays après ces assassinats a fait
qu~R Ankara a abaissé le niveau de sa représentation diplomatique en
Israël, dont il a expulsé l~Rambassadeur, et réduit la coopération
militaire entre les armées des deux pays.

L~Rarmée de l~Rair israélienne s~Rentraînait régulièrement avec
l~Rarmée de l~Rair turque. Surtout cela lui permettait de bénéficier
d~Rentraînements sur des distances plus grandes que dans son propre
espace aérien.

Autre avantage d~Rune reprise de la coopération militaire turco
israélienne c~Rest l~Réventuelle utilisation de l~Respace aérien turc
pour aller bombarder la Syrie. L~Rarmée de l~Rair israélienne a déjà
à plusieurs reprises utilisé l~Respace aérien turc pour attaquer des
sites syriens.

Après s~Rêtre longuement entretenu avec Obama, le premier ministre
israélien Benjamin Netanyahou a officiellement présenté ses excuses
au chef du gouvernement turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan pour la mort des
neuf Turcs passagers du Marvi Marmara.

Netanyahou a lui-même justifié sa démarche sur son compte Facebook
en invoquant la situation en Syrie.

Le premier ministre israélien Benjamin Netanyahu a ainsi motivé samedi
sa décision de normaliser les relations avec Ankara par la nécessité
d~Ravoir un allié régional militairement puissant – et ce d~Rautant
plus que la Turquie fait partie de l~ROTAN- pour contrer les pseudo
menaces pouvant venir de Syrie.

~SLe fait que la crise syrienne s~Raggrave d~Rheure en heure a été
décisif lors de l~Radoption de la décision (sur la normalisation des
relations entre Tel Aviv et Ankara). Il est important qu~RIsraël
et la Turquie, pays voisins de la Syrie, aient la possibilité de
collaborer et d~Ragir conjointement contre toute menace régionale~S
a écrit Netanyahou sur sa page Facebook.

Netanyahou a de nouveau agité la menace d~Rarmes chimiques pouvant
tomber aux mains des islamistes en Syrie.

~SLa Syrie est entrain de s~Reffondrer et ses importants stocks
d~Rarmes sophistiquées commencent à tomber dans les mains de
différents éléments. ce que nous craignons le plus c~Rest que des
groupes terroristes s~Remparent d~Rarmes chimiques~S

La menace des armes chimiques tombant entre les mains de terroristes
est l~Ralibi majeur du gouvernement Netanyahou pour lancer des attaques
aériennes contre le gouvernement syrien de Bashar Al Assad.

l~RASL et ses affiliés Al Nusra Al Qaeda et C° sont en contact direct
avec la CIA, Mossad et consorts et par conséquent peuvent – comme
ils l~Ront déjà fait tout récemment- lancer une attaque à l~Rarme
chimique pour justifier une attaque israélienne aérienne.

Une telle attaque aérienne ne peut se faire que via l~Respace aérien
turc. La dernière attaque aérienne israélienne contre un centre
de recherche militaire dans le Sud de Damas s~Rétait faite via le
Golan syrien occupé en longeant la frontière avec le Liban. Depuis
cette attaque l~Rarmée syrienne a déployé des batteries de missiles
Scud le long de la ligne de cessez le feu de 1974 rendant désormais
impossible l~Rutilisation de cette voie aérienne par les avions de
combat israéliens.

(Lire la suite, voir lien plus bas]

jeudi 28 mars 2013, Jean Eckian ©armenews.com

INFIGHTING OR FOILED ATTACKS BEHIND AZERI SOLDIERS’ DEATHS?

March 27, 2013 – 21:54 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – It’s already the second day Azerbaijani media
publish reports about soldiers wounded and killed in the alleged
“ceasefire violations by Armenia.” Two Azeri soldiers were reported
wounded today, on March 27, another killed yesterday, March 26.

Moreover, head of the Azeri defense ministry press service, Colonel
Eldar Sabiroglu said, “tense ceasefire violations were reported on
March 25-26. Azerbaijani troops foiled Armenian army’s attacks. Both
sides suffered losses. The enemy surrendered in the face of the
losses.” In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Armenian
defense ministry noted Azeri reports on the skirmish at the line of
contact as false.

“That’s mere disinformation. Armenia hasn’t violated the ceasefire
regime. Our troops have suffered no losses,” ministry spokesman
Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.

March 27 reports are nothing but continuation of yesterday’s
falsification, with Armenian side having reported about no soldiers
killed or wounded in the recent days.

But what a plague attacked Azerbaijani soldiers? No secret, Azeris
attempt to lump the blame for victims in internal army shoot-out onto
the Armenian side, suddenly publishing reports about soldiers wounded
or killed in “intensive ceasefire violations by Armenia”. However,
the killings later turn out nothing, but suicides, or even worse,
deaths caused by scandals with respect to the sale of Azeri soldier’s
body parts.

According to another option, Azeri army forces resolved to perpetrate
yet another attack; however, they failed and are now trying to cover
their tracks. No surprise! Baku periodically resorts to such measures,
shifting the blame on the Armenian side to maintain the “morale.”

The situation at the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani
troops was reported as tense some 15 days ago, with the dead bodies
possibly pulled out of the Azerbaijani refrigerators only now,
according to another option.

Sooner or later, the true reasons behind Azeri soldiers’ deaths will
be unveiled, with attacks by Armenian army ruled out.

SOUTH CAUCASUS RAILWAYS CALLS ON RESIDENTS OF VILLAGES IN GEGHARKUNIK REGION TO MINIMIZE PRESENCE OF CATTLE ON TRACKS

YEREVAN, March 27. / ARKA /. The South Caucasus Railways (SCR), a
Russian company operating Armenia’s railways, called today on residents
of villages in Gegharkunik region, which are located close to the
railway, to not let their cattle on tracks to avoid their hitting
by cars. Many cattle owners in these villages take their animals to
green areas near rail tracks for grazing

Several senior officials of the company met today with heads of
these rural communities, and called on them to convey this message
to villagers.

According to deputy director general of SCR, Levon Hakobyan, large
and small cattle have long been a serious problem for the railroad.

“In 2012 we had 28 cases of collision with animals. The latest incident
cost the company 1.75 million drams (about $2600). We do not take
such cases to court to demand compensations, because we know that the
villagers also sustain damage, but the fact is that from April we are
going to raise the speed of trains to 60 km / h instead of 20 km /
h, and this in view we see that the problem becomes more serious.

Engine drivers will not be able to slow down or stop the train to
avoid hitting the cows on the tracks, “he said.

He said also the risk of collision with cattle is growing because
the number of trains will increase to 6-7 a day instead of two.

The journalists together with SCR officials traveled today by train
from Vardenis to Tsovagyuh witnessing cases when the train driver
had to repeatedly stop the train to allow cattle to go over the tracks.

South Caucasus Railways is a 100% subsidiary of state-run Russian
Railways that was awarded a concesional management of SCR. The 30
year contract was signed in 2008. It can be prolonged for another
10 years.-0-

ARMENIA TO HOST BUSINESSGAME, WINNER TO GET AMD 100 000

March 27, 2013 – 20:44 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – For the first time Armenia will host Businessgame
innovative-intellectual game. Students enrolled in marketing,
advertisement, business, PR and similar departments are eligible for
the game.

The game will kick off on April 6, with the main round due on April
13. Those remarkable for their active participation will receive
certificates and diplomas. The winner will receive AMD 100.000, the
second and third place holders to receive AMD 50.000 and AMD 25.000
respectively. The final round has been scheduled for April 14. The
game has been organised by Armenian Youth Foundation and “Armenian
Marketing Club” NGO.

FOOTBALL FEDERATION CHIEF DECLINES ARMENIA COACH’S RESIGNATION

March 28, 2013 – 18:20 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The coach of Armenian national team Vardan Minasyan
sent in his resignation following a 0:3 loss of the squad in a 2014
World Cup qualifier against Czechs.

The head of the Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan,
however, refused to accept his resignation, FFA website reported.

FFA Executive Committee will discuss Minasyan’s application on Friday,
March 29.

Armenia suffered 3 losses in the World Cup qualifiers to land in the
bottom of group B.

HUNGER-STRIKING OPPOSITIONIST REGRETS ‘DISTORTION’ IN PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN’S STATEMENT

VOTE 2013 | 28.03.13 | 10:46

Former presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian, who has been on a
hunger strike in Yerevan’s Liberty Square since March 10 protesting
the outcome of last month’s elections, has declined to comment on a
presidential spokesman’s statement regarding the ongoing efforts to
set up a political dialogue.

In his comments made available to the media on Wednesday Armen
Arzumanyan, in particular, said that President Serzh Sargsyan could not
meet Hovannisian’s request for a meeting in the square since it would
be against protocol under which such meetings are planned in advance
and are to be held at the presidential compound. He stressed, however,
that the current head of state still considered his proposals made to
Hovannisian about ending his hunger strike and engaging in talks valid.

At the same time, the spokesman warned that the “language of ungrounded
ultimatums being made from the square is reducing the relevance of
these proposals by the hour.”

Asked about his reaction to this message from the presidential
administration later that day, Hovannisian again stressed that he
did not comment statements made by spokespersons.

At the same time he described Arzumanyan’s statement as “another
distortion that we feel sorry about.”

“Our proposal remains in force as well,” Hovannisian told reporters.

The opposition leader sent a letter to President Sargsyan listing a
number of conditions on which he was ready to recognize his ‘de-facto
presidency’. In particular, he demanded early parliamentary elections,
a drastic electoral reform and a number of key positions in the
future government.

In his letter addressed to Hovannisian on Monday Sargsyan agreed, in
principle, to start a dialogue around these demands, which, though, he
said contradicted the ideas of state governance and the Constitution.

But he first urged his challenger to end his hunger strike.

In reply, Hovannisian insisted that his hunger strike was no obstacle
to talks and said he would end his protest at the time of his own
choosing.

BANAL SUBSTITUTION OF INTERESTS

Igor Muradyan
11:23 28/03/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:

It is well-known that the Armenian “intellectuals” traditionally have
a doctrine-based attitude to such a category as “national interests”.

In other words, interests of some pseudo-elite groups or individuals
are perceived as “national interests”.

Without going deep into the remote past, one can see that the Karabakh
movement was an evident demonstration of this substitution which
led to misery of the greater part of the population. In addition,
the representatives of “national interests” were not only political
leaders but a number of “titans of intellect” and all kinds of
authorities with different levels of influence.

As the Russian-Armenian relations are getting worse, and a
Europe-Eurasia dispute is imposed artificially, it becomes known that
the political problem that has emerged is in line with the interests
of an entire cohort of authors and henchmen of different political
groups. In Armenia the ethnic, cultural and social conditions have
resulted in a group of authors who have understood that they will have
no place in the Western community where they will never be paid for
their services. They cannot imagine how they can crawl up the narrow
“corridors” of Western political initiatives. Russia is different. It
is used to the services of simple, and even plain and simple people
with a mentality of total obedience.

Some natives of Yerevan who do not pretend to any arena but have
materials on the history of the urban community could state in detail
the genetic causes of this motivation, considering that the source
of this ugly conformism is in the recent past of these families with
a KGP background and present.

The classic representative of this mentality is Noravank Fund of Public
Education the curator of which is Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan,
as well as the ruling Republican Party. Apart from this indecent
game the actors are popular clowns who seat at the National Assembly
with a clever expression of the face. At the same time, one needs to
understand that this game will not last long. The Western community
has sacrificed a lot and will demand a “fair” play which supposes a
large-scale cleansing of human resources.

It is clear that President Serzh Sargsyan understands it is impossible
to continue to carry on this foreign policy with the present team. It
has not been understood what Vigen Sargsyan is doing at the president’s
administration and what Arthur Baghdasaryan is doing at the National
Security Council. It would be good not to lose precious time to replace
the head of the National Security Service. The military command is
more or less adequate but the army still has problems.

The hangout political class is facing fiasco due to Russia’s provincial
style, which favors us.

Russia is ready to change its style of interaction with Armenia but it
has been unable to find new partners in Armenia. There is none. These
hangout officials prefer pseudo-buddy-buddy relations which lead our
country to subjection and mortal state.

The political leadership of Armenia must understand the decision on
mass redundancy of this company which is called a political class for
whatever reason. In addition, the first thing to be done is to propose
to the actual opposition of the square posts in the cabinet which soon
will end up in disgrace and failure of the idea of alternative. There
is no alternative and there will not be. However, we will have to go
through this period.

Raffi Hovannisian’s obviously immature group could be a sponge for
cleaning of the current team, not more. Now the preamble of the new
foreign policy is in place, the move to the next stage will require a
new dialogue. The places and roles have been arranged, one can take
a breath and start human resource cleansing within the team and an
early parliamentary election could be a radical method. Nobody will
allow us into a “proper society” with such a team.

HENRIKH MKHITARYAN IS LIVERPOOL’S PRIMARY TRANSFER TARGET

March 28

England’s Liverpool has joined the list of the football clubs that
want to acquire Armenian national team and Ukraine’s FC Shakhtar
Donetsk midfielder, Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

In summer, Mkhitaryan will become the primary transfer target of the
18-time English Premier League champs, Sportbox.ru reports. Shakhtar
and Liverpool will commence the 24-year-old midfielder’s transfer
talks either in April or in May.

At present, Mkhitaryan’s transfer value is estimated to be 25-30
million euros. To note, however, English Premier League clubs,
London’s Chelsea F.C. and Manchester City, likewise are interested
in the services of the Armenian international.

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ARMENIA 0 CZECH REPUBLIC 3

PA Newswire: Sport News
March 26, 2013 Tuesday 6:15 PM BST

Matej Vydra kept the Czech Republic in the hunt for qualification
from Group B with a well-taken brace to down Armenia in Yerevan.

The Udinese striker, on loan at Watford, won the Championship player
of the season award this week and celebrated by heading his country
ahead two minutes after half-time.

Vydra has impressed English football fans with his performances in
the second tier, where he has scored 20 goals, and his impressive
81st-minute strike was further evidence of the young Czech’s burgeoning
talent.

Substitute Daniel Kolar then scored to rubberstamp a win that moves
Michal Bilek’s men on to eight points in their bid to reach next year’s
World Cup, while Armenia remain in fifth place with three points.

Armenia’s Edgar Manucharyan tested Petr Cech with a swerving shot
before Czech defender Tomas Sivok scooped over the crossbar in the
early exchanges.

Home keeper Roman Berezovsky fumbled a Jaroslav Plasil corner to
safety before the break, but two minutes after the restart, the Czech
Republic took the lead.

When Plasil lofted the ball across the box to Vydra at the end of a
flowing move, the 20-year-old headed across a stranded Berezovsky.

And with nine minutes left to play it was Vydra who put the result
beyond doubt with a splendid solo effort as he span his marker to
smash the ball home from the edge of the area.

Armenia were beaten but there was still time for Kolar to convert
Tomas Hubschman’s left-wing cross five minutes into stoppage time.

SOCCER: ARMENIA SUFFER DEFEAT IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER AGAINST CZECH REP.

SOCCER | 26.03.13 | 22:01

Armenia missed a few chances to score in the first half of Tuesday’s
2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic only to
concede three goals and lose the match in the second.

The final score of 0-3 only partially reflected the balance of forces
on the pitch at Yerevan’s Republican Stadium where the Armenian
defense committed three blunders in the last 45 minutes of play to
let the visitors take all three points.

The defeat leaves Armenia in fifth place in qualifying Group B that
also involves Italy, Denmark, Bulgaria and Malta.

Armenia’s next competitor is Malta in Yerevan on June 7.