Author: Toneyan Mark

Kayhan website, Tehran,
Oct 15 2007

US resolutions on Iraq and Armenian ‘genocide’ are Zionist plots

commentary by Alireza Soltanshahi

The Israeli resolutions of the American representatives published by
Iranian newspaper Kayhan website on 15 October

Over the last month, the American House of Representatives has had
two important plans on the Middle East to consider. The first, from
the American Senate, concerned the division of Iraq into three Shi’i,
Sunni and Kurdish regions.

This plan was proposed by Joseph Biden, the chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, and was approved by 75 votes in favour
and 23 against as a resolution or non-binding legislation. The
second, from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was a resolution
for recognizing the killings of Armenians in Turkey in April 1915 as
?genocide’. The resolution was approved with 27 votes in favour and
21 votes against, and has now been submitted to Congress for
approval.

Although George Bush and the government bodies ruling America appear
to be opposed to this resolution, the evidence suggests that in order
to put pressure on the Islamist Turkish government, the adoption of
such a policy suits the Bush administration. It is a policy that
previously, in October 2006, was proposed by the Socialists [in
France] and was adopted by the French National Assembly, subsequently
becoming law. Those in France who denied that genocide had been
carried out against the Armenians between the years 1915 to 1919 were
sentenced to one year in prison and a fine equivalent to 45,000
Euros.

In effect, the American House of Representatives, through its Foreign
Relations [as published] Committee, is now approving a bill, like the
one which the French National Assembly approved in January 2001 when
it officially recognized the killing of Armenians as genocide. A
number of people believe that a burgeoning Armenian lobby in France
and America has led to such events, even though the Jewish lobby had
shown itself to be stronger in its support for Turkey and Azerbaijan.
These questions are now quite pertinent: Why is another holocaust
being used as an excuse to lay plots in the Middle East? Who is
really carrying them out and to what aim?

It may appear that the Zionists have no interest in these two
resolutions. Looked at from a different angle, however, another
reality is revealed. We are looking at nationalism in the Middle East
with the pivotal point being Zionist plans. America’s excuse for
dividing Iraq is to create separate areas for the Kurds, Sunnis and
Shi’is, this is not possible, however, if the tribes of the region,
amongst them the Kurds, Turks and Arabs, do not have a sense of a
realization of nationalism. The consequences of such a plan will
create a threat to the territorial integrity of the important
countries of the region, including Iran, Turkey, Iraq and Syria. This
is obviously in line with the policies of Israel in the region in the
framework of a peripheral strategy.

Much earlier than this, extensive historical research into the actual
event suggests that Jewish and Zionist leaders of the Union and
Progress Party in 1908 and 1909, following the deposition of Sultan
?Abdulhamid, executed plans which Herzl had previously not been able
to realize in ?Abdulhamid’s presence. The killing of the Armenians
was a bitter reality which was orchestrated and executed by infamous
Jewish agents such as Tala’t, Anwar, Zia Gugalb, Shokri, Behaeddin
Shakir, Dr Nazem, Hosayn Jahid, Qara Kamal, Khalil Hasan Fahmi, Javid
and . . . [ellipses as published].

At that time, the spirit of nationalism totally prevailed over the
behaviour and actions of this group, so it was only natural that with
this chauvinistic attitude, not only the Armenians, but the Kurds
also would not be safe from the damaging repercussions of their blind
animosity.

By ratifying these two plans, the representatives in Congress and the
Senate in America have achieved nothing for the American nation or
their national interests; they have merely helped to realize a
Zionist plan. This is assistance, the subsequent damaging results of
which will affect all sides who hope to profit by it.

Dismembering the large countries of the important Middle East region
and aggravating sectarian, tribal and religious differences is a
policy which was previously openly mooted by Zionists such as Martin
Indick, the former US ambassador to Israel. It is surprising then
why, with this Zionist plot being so clear, some people in Turkey and
Armenia go down the wrong road. A new and big American Middle East
will in fact be created after the countries of the region are
dismembered and their power and unity dissolved. There is no doubt
that in order to confront this Zionist policy seriously, the unity
and integrity of the nations of the region are, at this critical
period, more pressing than any other requirement. The Armenians and
the Kurds, who have now been deceived and have fallen into the trap
of the Zionist sedition-mongers through their desire for dominion and
independence, should pay attention to these dangers more than ever
before.

Fresno Bee (California)
October 18, 2007 Thursday
FINAL EDITION

Momentum turns away from genocide measure;

More backers defect from resolution on Armenians, wary of Turkish
fallout.

Michael Doyle Bee Washington Bureau

There are enough votes to kill a U.S. House resolution that calls the
slaughter of Armenians nearly a century ago a genocide, key
congressional opponents said Wednesday, as one-time supporters
continued to back out.

With White House and Turkish pressure escalating, lawmakers on both
sides acknowledged momentum had turned against the resolution, which
describes the Ottoman Empire massacres of 1915-23 as a genocide. The
Capitol Hill endgame could now conclude by week’s end, some House of
Representatives members predict.

"If it were to run today, it would not pass," Rep. John Murtha,
D-Pa., said at a late-morning news conference Wednesday. "I think the
decision has been made by the members; [the resolution supporters]
don’t have the votes."

Murtha leads the House defense appropriations subcommittee and is one
of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s chief advisers. An adroit vote
counter, he’s been fighting against Armenian genocide resolutions
since he helped turn back a 1987 proposal by a 201-189 vote. He
joined with Florida Democratic Reps. Robert Wexler and Alcee Hastings
in publicly opposing the measure Wednesday.

While not yet conceding defeat, the genocide resolution’s authors
admitted that they were losing altitude. Seven House members withdrew
their co-sponsorship of the resolution Monday, four others did the
same Tuesday and additional defections were considered likely.

The genocide resolution had 214 co-sponsors recorded as of late
Wednesday afternoon. With 432 members of the House at present, the
resolution would need at least 217 "yes" votes to pass if everyone
showed up to vote.

"Right now, we’re below the number of co-sponsors needed to assure
passage," Rep. George Radanovich, R-Mariposa, said Wednesday. "I
think the consensus of the Congress is that it would not pass right
now."

Radanovich’s co-author, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., added that "we’re
working hard to gauge where the members are," and he indicated that a
final answer was likely to become apparent by Friday.

The number of undecided House members, Schiff noted, is "still
significant, but that number is declining."

Of the 214 listed co-sponsors, one died in April, one is a Puerto
Rico delegate whose vote won’t count if it affects the outcome, and
one is a lawmaker who has declared it is the "wrong time" for a vote
now.

Others are considered likely to bolt.

"Some of those co-sponsors may not be as solid as we like,"
Radanovich said. "It’s a little iffy."

The Armenian genocide resolution has taken different forms in
different years. But it primarily exists to put the congressional
imprimatur on the term "genocide." Turkish officials dispute the
characterization, saying that many died on all sides.

This year’s version of the resolution states that "the Armenian
genocide was conceived and carried out by the Ottoman Empire from
1915 to 1923." An estimated 1.5 million Armenians died, the
resolution states, while 500,000 were expelled, resulting in "the
elimination of the over 2,500-year presence of Armenians in their
historic homeland."

The Bush administration, like administrations before it, opposes the
measure as an insult to a key NATO ally. The U.S. occupation of Iraq
has further intensified White House concerns, as upward of 70% of
U.S. military cargo flowing into Iraq goes through Incirlik Air Base
in Turkey.

"Congress has more important work to do than antagonizing a
democratic ally in the Muslim world, especially one that is providing
vital support for our military every day," Bush said at a news
conference Wednesday.

Resolution supporters say they won’t seek to have the resolution
brought up for a House vote if they know they’ll lose. Although
Pelosi supports the resolution and has previously promised to bring
it up for a vote, on Wednesday she left the door open for retreat.

"Whether it will come up or not, what the action will be, remains to
be seen," Pelosi said.

TURKEY VULTURES

CNNMoney.com
(Investor’s Business Daily delivered by Newstex)
Oct 16 2007

Politics: We earlier ascribed Congress’ move to declare the Ottoman
Turks’ slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians a genocide to simple
Democratic incompetence. It may, however, be something much darker.

Based on the actions of Democrats in Congress recently, it’s hard not
to think that they actually want the U.S. to lose the war in Iraq —
and will do almost anything to see it happens.

Unfortunately, they’ve run up against these headlines from Iraq in
just the last couple of days: "Al-Qaeda In Iraq Reported Crippled"
(Washington Post), "Shiite Leader Makes Reconciliatory Gesture, Visits
Sunni Anbar Province" (Associated Press), and "Iraq Sees Dramatically
Low Death Toll" (Associated Press).

The U.S. sure seems to be winning. Everywhere you go these days you
see — dare we say it? — good news coming from Iraq.

But as Democratic Majority Whip James Clyburn said two months ago
about positive developments in Iraq, any good news is a "real big
problem for us" — the Democrats that is, not America.

This might explain why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided to let
HR 106, a nonbinding resolution that declares the Turkish Ottomans’
murder of Armenians as genocide, to go forward.

The Turks are angered at the intentional insult leveled at them by
Congress for a crime that’s now 92 years old. They’ve threatened to
stop cooperating with the U.S. in Iraq.

That has sent oil prices soaring (yes, you’re paying a "tax" for this
bad policy, whether you think so or not), and created uncertainty
and danger for Iraq’s most peaceful area, the Kurdish north.

Pelosi and her party like to talk about bipartisanship. Well, in
the 1990s, President Clinton faced similar pressure from Congress on
the Armenian genocide. He asked then-Speaker Dennis Hastert, in the
interest of national security, to kill it. Hastert did so, quietly.

Compare that to Pelosi when asked Sunday about the horrible timing
of the resolution: "There’s never been a good time."

Ah, yes. "Never a good time." Pelosi and her pals have trivialized and
impeded America’s defense for almost a year now. Their latest stunt
will hurt our Iraq war effort and cause needless U.S. troop deaths —
while alienating a strong ally in the war on terror.

As former Defense Department official Jed Babbin asked, if the
Democrats are so keen on genocide, why don’t they do something about
Darfur or Burma? Why indeed.

As we’ve noted, 70% of our Iraq supplies are shipped through our base
in Incirlik, Turkey. So is more than a third of our fuel. To say we
badly need Turkish cooperation is an understatement.

Now, not only might they close Incirlik, they might be emboldened
to invade the Iraq’s independent Kurdish region, where separatist
Turkish-Kurdish guerrillas are active.

Democrats have tried desperately to derail the Iraq war — by
voting for "immediate" troop withdrawals, and playing games with
the Pentagon’s budget during a time of war. They called Gen. David
Petraeus a liar. They’ve attacked private sector contractors in Iraq,
like Blackwater and Halliburton. (NYSE:HAL) It didn’t work.

Now, we’re winning the war, and they’re desperate.

Whatever charms their domestic policies might have for you, the
Democrats can’t be trusted with national security. What they’ve done
recently verges on disloyalty at a time of war. We hope voters are
watching, and remember.

‘GENOCIDE’ VOTE HITS CLOSE TO HOME
By Chris Coates

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO
Oct 16 2007

Armenians react to House action

A vote by a House committee Wednesday to condemn the massacre of
Armenians during World War I in Turkey hit especially close for
an Armenian-American whose family tree was nearly wiped out by the
killings of a century ago.

"My parents were the sole survivors in both families," said Amerik
A. Kachigian, 74, a retired Granite City lawyer whose father and
mother fled to the United States after World War I.

He said 73 of his father’s relatives were killed in Armenia and
countless others on his mother’s side, part of an effort by the Ottoman
Empire to force Christian Armenians out of eastern Turkey in the 1910s.

As many as 1.5 million were killed, although Turkish officials since
the country’s founding in 1923 have argued the deaths were a result
of World War I, not an effort to eliminate Armenians.

American officials for decades have also roundly avoided the "genocide"
term, in part to avoid harming diplomatic relations in the region.

More recently, the Bush administration has opposed the genocide
label out of concern it would hurt foreign relations with Turkey,
a major Middle East ally.

That resistance held strong until this week, when the House Foreign
Relations Committee, rejecting concerns from the White House, approved
a non-binding and largely ceremonial move to officially re-name the
killings as "genocide."

Kachigian said the recognition is overdue.

It’s the only truthful thing to do, he said Friday, adding later that
what the Turks did is the very definition of genocide.

"This was a full directive from the top to eliminate all the people
of a certain type," he said. "That’s exactly what they did."

It’s unlikely, however, that the motion will pass the House, and
almost certainly faces a veto.

Andy Hagopian, 84, an Armenian American who has been a vocal proponent
for the genocide label, said he was disappointed that a veto is likely.

"I’m really heart broken," he said. "None of them come through."

Kachigian, who spent decades navigating complex legal documents and
courtrooms, said he understands the resistance to the label — and
expects the bill to get vetoed later.

"I’m American. I can see their point. They don’t want to ruffle up
the Turks. That’s why it’s not going to pass," he said.

He said the pressure puts the United States in a tough spot.

"All of the Armenians want some acknowledgment that this occurred. I
think the just thing to do is pass this thing," Kachigian said. "As
far as the diplomatic things to do, America can’t."

Hagopian said there are already efforts to lobby for the genocide
label.

"If it doesn’t go through, we’ll start on it again," he said. "We’ve
been fighting this battle. We’ve been doing it in the past. We’ll do
it again."

Armenians first came to Granite City in the 1890s for work in steel
mills, settling in the Lincoln Place neighborhood.

They also established St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic
Orthodox Church, where families of survivors still hold memorials
each year for those killed by the Turks.

SERGE SARGSIAN: ALL-ARMENIAN BANK WITH INVOLVEMENT OF STATE TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ARMENIA

ARKA News Agency
Oct 16 2007
Armenia

YEREVAN, October 16. /ARKA/. An All-Armenian bank with the
involvement of the state is to be established in Armenia. This will
be a governmental structure dealing with issues of the Armenian
communities abroad, Armenia’s Prime Minister Serge Sargsian said at
his meeting with the delegation of the World Armenian Congress (WAC)
and the Union of Armenians of Russia (UAR) headed by the President
of WAC and the President of UAR Ara Abrahamian.

The Prime-Minister expressed confidence that strong Diaspora and its
consolidation with the homeland will give an opportunity to solve
the most complicated national problems.

In his turn, Ara Abrahamian said that it is time to start doing
things. In this respect, he addressed a number of planned programs,
including the initiative on organizing a major economic forum.

Abrahamian suggested setting up a joint working group for discussing
issues on supporting various programs and doing practical work.

He also expressed his gratitude to the Prime-Minister for the
suggestion to establish closer contacts with the organizations of the
Armenian communities abroad. Abrahamian assured that the business
diaspora will make every effort to meet the expectations of the
homeland as stable and strong Armenian state is the guarantee of the
preservation of Armenian communities abroad.

SPEAKER OF U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INTENDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO RECOGNITION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BY FULL CHAMBER

ArmInfo, Armenia
Oct 15 2007

ArmInfo. The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives insisted
Sunday that she would bring to the full chamber a resolution condemning
the killings of Armenians nearly a century ago as genocide, even as
a Turkish general warned that this could lastingly damage a military
relationship crucial to American forces in Iraq. A House committee
Wednesday passed a nonbinding resolution declaring the killings, which
began in 1915 in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, to be genocide,
and the speaker, Representative Nancy Pelosi, said Sunday that "I’ve
said if it passed the committee that we would bring it to the floor."

Pointing to a 20-year history of votes on the Armenian matter being
deferred by war or geopolitical considerations, she said, "There’s
never been a good time." Pelosi made other points: President Ronald
Reagan had referred to the killings as genocide; aging Armenian
survivors will soon be dead; and 23 other countries have declared
the killings genocide.

An ABC-TV interviewer put to Pelosi the tough question at the core of
the debate: What if forcing a vote on the resolution were to endanger
the security of American troops in Iraq?

"Some of the things that are harmful to our troops relate to values –
Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, torture," said the California congresswoman,
whose district includes thousands of Armenian-Americans. "Our troops
are well-served when we declare who we are as a country and increase
the respect people have for us as a nation."

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October 15, 2007
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HIS HOLINESS KAREKIN II BLESSES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL

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Washington, October 10, 2007-On an historic day for the
Armenian-American community, as the House Foreign Affairs Committee
debated the Armenian Genocide resolution, His Holiness Karekin II,
Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, blessed the house in
which the Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial will be opened in
Washington. "May God bless your endeavor and bring the project you have
started to a happy conclusion," said His Holiness, shown with Archbishop
Khajak Barsamian of the Diocese of the Armenian Church, Hirair
Hovnanian, Chairman of the Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial Board
of Trustees, and Van Krikorian, Chairman of the AGMM Building and
Operations Committee.

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Washington, October 10, 2007- On a day that started with His Holiness
Karekin II delivering the opening prayer in the House of Representatives
and ended with the favorable vote in the House Foreign Affairs Committee
which referred the Armenian Genocide resolution to the floor, the
Armenian Catholicos also stopped at the landmark Washington building
which is being converted into the Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial.
In remarks upon the conclusion of the blessing of the house service, His
Holiness said: "I bring my appreciation for your efforts to memorialize
the victims of the Armenian Genocide." Standing with the Catholicos are
Near East Foundation Board of Directors Chairman Shant Mardirossian,
Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial Building and Operations Committee
member Zaven Tachdjian, His Eminence Archbishop Khajak Barsamian of the
Diocese of the Armenian Church, AGMM Board of Trustees Chairman Hirair
Hovnanian, AGMM Committee Chairman Van Krikorian, former chairwoman of
the Armenian Assembly of America Board of Directors Annie Totah, and
former chairman of the Armenian Assembly of America Board of Directors
Peter Vosbikian.

Photo courtesy Naltchayan Photography

YEREVAN TO HAVE SOON ITS FIRST SKATEBOARD PARK

ARMENPRESS
Oct 15, 2007

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 15, ARMENPRESS: The first ever skateboard park,
built in Yerevan’s Nor Nork district, will be put into operation in a
few days, head of a municipality department in charge of construction
and redevelopment, said today.

He said the government released 145 million Drams to build the park
on 1,200 square meters of land.

The official, Frunze Basentsian, said visitors may bring their skates
or rent skates at the park. He said the park will have a permanently
stationed medic, sanitary facilities and instructors.

BLAMING TURKEY, DOES IT HELP?
By George Gregoriou

Greek News
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Oct 15 2007
New York

Maybe we are doing it for our own consolation. Ankara has not changed
its policy on Cyprus for more than half-a-century, nor its claim on
the Aegean Sea and Air Space. With more violations, the Greeks become
more defensive, and the more we shout at each other and appeal to the
powers that be to put a leash on Ankara. The Turks have the military
power to carry on the occupation in Cyprus and the violations in
the Aegean. This policy has the support of Washington and London,
both powers being critical in the Aegean confrontation and a Cyprus
settlement. This support is in the form of billions of dollars
in economic aid and weapons, to make Turkey a strategic regional
power/ally to control the oil resources in the Middle East and the
Cold War (II) to encircle Russia.

Criticism is fine when dealing with a civilized people who readily
respond to criticism because the insults become more insulting when
they are repeated. The ruling circles in Ankara show no such signs.

They are not troubled by criticism nor insulted by the insults. Take
the genocide of the Armenians in 1915. The response of Ankara to
any Turkish intellectual referring to the genocide in 1915 as a
historical fact is criminal charges and imprisonment for insulting
Turkishness. In the case of the Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, not
only he was charged with committing a crime, he was assassinated by
a young Turk, who in his words: "I killed a non-Muslim." The new
president and foreign minister of Turkey want a new makeover for
Turkey, to improve her image for the EU. I will not hold my breath,
even if there are changes in Article 301. The silencing of critics
and threats to foreign governments will go on for a long time.

Anyway, why limit the charges of genocide against the Armenians
in 1915? For the first time The New York Times referred to the
Armenian genocide from 1915 to 1918, not just 1915, on October 4,
2007. How about from the 1870s to 1918? This genocide includes not
only Armenians, but Greeks, Assyrians, and other Christians, since
the beginning of the 19th Century. The genocide was intensified
when the Empire was on the verge of collapse, from the 1870s to the
1920s. At Lausanne, the Allies gave the Turks general amnesty for the
political and criminal crimes committed from 1914 to 1922. Why? The
Allies were interested in securing the territorial plundering of
the Ottoman Empire, have Turkey on their side against the new enemy,
the Bolsheviks, and the smell of oil in the Middle East.

A research on the genocide of the Greeks is being assembled for
publication in Europe. Why is this research important? It is part
of a larger movement to force Ankara to recognize the butchering of
these subjects and pay reparations for loss of life and property, to
the descendants, or stay out of Europe. What makes this issue even
more important is that the political winds in the European Union
are against Turkish membership, for a variety of reasons, include
the genocide of the Armenians. The genocide of Greeks, Assyrians,
and Kurds will be added to the list.

The solution to the Cyprus problem is part of this struggle. There
is only one message that needs to be conveyed to Ankara, from Nicosia
and Athens. This message has to be conveyed, loud and clear. Without
a Cyprus settlement, there will be no membership in the EU. I would
go a step further. There will be no naval bases for the United States
in Greece. Let Ankara and its enablers in Washington and Europe worry
about the effects of shutting the door to Turkey¹s membership in the
EU. Turkey will be in trouble. So would Washington, its geopolitical
strategy to control the oil in the Middle East. Turkey, with the soft
Islamists in power could easily turn on into a hard-core Islamist
country. This would be a big headache for Washington, already in
trouble in Iraq, Syria, Iran, and the Middle East. Washington can
understand where the nail pinches in the shoe.

Thirty-three years of occupation in Cyprus is more than enough. The
daily violations of the Greece¹s airspace and territorial waters in
the Aegean has to end, or at least settle it according to the existing
international legalities and practice. The denial that genocide was
committed against Christians (Greeks, Armenians, Assyrians, Slavs,
and other Christian groups) for over 100 years will not make it go
away. It requires recognition and closure, for the descendants of
those deported and/or massacred, 33% of the Ottoman population in
1900. Over 100,000 of these Christians are in Turkey today. Not only
the Europeans do not want Turkey in the EU, Cyprus and Greece have
the veto as a last resort.

Being nice and toeing the Washington line by holding the hand of Ankara
to the EU doorsteps at Brussels did very little for the Greeks. Even
the koumparato of Costas Karamanlis with Erdogan or changing the
history books to be more Muslim-friendly on the deportation and
massacre of Greeks at the turn of the last century and the burning
of Smyrna did not modify Turkish behavior.

Turkish government behavior is friendly until the ink on the signature
dries. It happened at Lausanne in 1923 and the rapprochement between
Venizelos and Ataturk in 1931. The 100,000 Greeks in Istanbul,
unaffected by the forced exchange of population after the defeat in
Asia Minor, are now 2,500-3,000. The tax law in 1942, the pogroms,
and the expulsions in the 1950s and 1960s forced these Greeks (plus
Armenians, and Jews) to pack up and leave with their suitcases. Enough
is enough!

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Sunday Mirror, UK
October 14, 2007 Sunday
3 Star Edition

THE MOLE – IT’S NOT UNUSUAL TO BOSS ARMENIA AT ANY TIME!

EDITED BY DAVID JAMES

EVER wonder what Tom Jones is up to at the moment?

Well, football fans from Armenia and Serbia would have been surprised
to see him sitting on the bench for their Euro 2008 qualifying tie in
Yerevan yesterday.

Closer examination would have revealed it wasn’t the Welsh crooner,
but a coach sharing his name who was last seen plying his trade in
the Hellenic Premier League at Oxfordshire minnows Shrivenham Town.

Jones has been temporarily promoted to the position of coach by
Armenia following the tragic death of Ian Porterfield last month.