Category: Asia and Pacific

ARMENIAN TERRORIST SASSOUNIAN IS DENIED PAROLE

ATAA ASSURES CALIFORNIA PRISON PAROLE BOARD DENIES PAROLE TO ARMENIAN TERRORIST SASSOUNIAN

On August 4, 2010, the California Prison Parole Board denied Armenian terrorist, Hampig Sassounian, parole. The Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA), representing over 500,000 Turkish and Turkic Americans nationwide, participated in the hearing, submitting a Statement in Opposition to the Parole of Sassounian. Click here to read the ATAA’s statement and supporting documents.

The ATAA actively participates in judicial processes to support the conviction and sentencing of terrorists with a view toward achieving complete justice for the victims. ATAA is pleased that Sassounian was denied parole, as he and his followers continue to be a threat to the public. ATAA will appear at Sassounian’s next parole hearing in 2013 to make sure that he remains behind bars for life.

ARMENIAN TERRORIST HAD TRIED TO SNEAK TO LEBANON

Sassounian is serving a life sentence for the racist and political assassination of Turkish Consul General Kemal Arikan on January 28, 1982 in Los Angeles. The first attempt on Mr. Arikan’s life occurred on October 6, 1980, when Hampig Sassounian’s older brother, Harout Sassounian, fire-bombed the Consul General’s home. Harout Sassounian was convicted of the attempted killing.

Two years later, Hampig Sassounian and his accomplice Krikor Saliba massacred Mr. Arikan just outside of his residence as he waited in his vehicle at a traffic light. Their reason was that they hate Turks. LAPD captured Sassounian shortly after the killing. Sassounian’s father stated on national television that he was glad that a Turk was killed. LAPD searched Sassounian’s automobile, seizing a .357 caliber bullet and a one-way airline ticket from Los Angeles to Beirut. LAPD also searched Sassounian’s home, where they seized a gun receipt, pistol targets, and a manifesto of “The Armenian Youth Federation.”

TERORIST CAMPS ROUTED OUT

Federal authorities connected Sassounian and Saliba to the Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide (JCAG) terrorist group, which recruited members from the Armenian Youth Federation. JCAG serves as the militant wing of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) political party in Armenia, whose foreign agent in the United States is the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA). ANCA is represented in California by ANC Western Region in Glendale. Hampig Sassounian bears an ARF tattoo on his chest. It should be noted that Sassounian’s partner, Saliba, fled to Beirut shortly after the assassination, in response to which Turkish and Israeli intelligence joined efforts to uproot Armenian terrorist camps in Lebanon.

ATAA’S VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT: A FIRST

The ATAA’s statement was the first appearance of a Turkish American organization at a parole hearing of an Armenian terrorist. In 2000, the ATAA also appeared at the criminal sentencing of Mourad Topalian, the former chairman of ANCA who was convicted of weapons and explosives charges which federal authorities connected to at least four terror attacks on American soil.

NAMELESS, FACELESS WARRIORS BEHIND THE SUCCESS STORY

On behalf of the ATAA Board of Directors, I thank ATAA Western Region VP Maria Cakırağa for submitting the ATAA’s statement on behalf of the citizens of California. I thank ATAA legal intern, Lale Eskicioğlu, and research assistant, Duygu Ozcan, for their tireless research and technical support.

The LAPD required the provision of bullet-proof vehicles, followed and lead by several secret service vehicles during the trip to San Luis Obispo Prison, indicating the threat level of modern Armenian political violence.

Though Sassounian’s lawyer, Michael Geragos degraded ATAA at the hearing, Parole Commissioner Peppler expressed that the ATAA’s Statement provided a much necessary history of Armenian terrorism and political violence.

I take special note here that based on ATAA’s information and belief, the Armenian Republic submitted to the Parole Board a statement in support of Hampig Sassounian, including providing him Armenian citizenship and a residence in Armenia. By doing so, the Armenian Republic supported terrorism and undermined rapprochement.

DINK MARTYRIZED, ARIKAN FORGOTTEN

On behalf of Turkish Americans nationwide, ATAA expresses its deepest condolences and respects to Mrs. Arikan and her family for their loss and for their sacrifices. We have not forgotten you. You will always be in our hearts.

Respectfully submitted,

Gunay Evinch
President
Assembly of Turkish American Associations

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PS: For exhibits provided to the parole board, please log on to www.ataa.org.

PPS: The paragraphs heading above added for emphasis by the columnist; they do not appear on the original letter.

August 5, 2010
ANATOLIAN LIONS : TURKISH BRIGADE OF THE KOREAN WAR

The heroic but unpublicized role of the Turkish troops during the 1950-53 Korean War is not fully acknowledged by most Western historians and public, although the Turkish Brigade named “Anatolian Lions” (composed of the 241st Infantry Regiment with three infantry battalions, a motorized artillery battalion with three artillery batteries) were awarded the highest honorable citation of the U.S. Army for saving the U.S. Eighth Army and the IX Army Corps from encirclement and the U.S. 2nd Division from total annihilation. In this legendary effort, the Turks lost 717 men and suffered 2,413 wounded representing the highest combat casualty rate of any U.N. unit engaged in Korea. Turkey was the first country after the United States to send forces to Korea on November 7, 1950 and contributed to the U.N. military efforts in Korea between 1950 and 1966. There were 5,450 Turkish troops, the third-largest contingent after the U.S. with 348,000 and Britain with 14,198.
I thought this news piece was worth sharing with you in remembrance of the Turkish Brigade for its courageous battles in the “Forgotten War”.
(To read more about the Turkish Brigade:
This entry was posted on Friday, June 24th, 2005 at 10:49 am and is filed under Index, Military.
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Here is how JOHN M. VANDER LIPPE put it in his “Forgotten Brigade of the Forgotten War: Turkey’s Participation in the Korean War.” (Middle Eastern Studies, January 1, 2000 )

THE TURKS IN THE KOREAN WAR
The advance party of the Turkish Brigade or Turkish Armed Forces command arrived in Pusan on 12 October 1950. The main body numbering 5190 troops arrived five days later, on 17 October. Brigadier General Tahzin Yazici commanded the brigade. Colonel Celal Dora was assistant Brigade Commander. When the main body arrived the brigade went into bivouac near Taegu where it underwent training and received U.S. equipment. The brigade was attached to the U.S. 25th infantry division so after limited training the brigade moved north to the Kaesong area to join the division.
The Turkish Brigade has been the subject of the world’s praise, by showing a very superior combat capability which provided our state with honor through the successes it won one after another during the three year period of blood and fire starting from the hardest and most critical moment it entered the battlefield until the signing of the “Ceasefire” agreement.
Turkey was one of the larger participants in the U.N. alliance, committing nearly 5,500 troops. The Turkish Brigade, which operated under the U.S. 25th Infantry Division, assisted in protecting the supply lines of U.N. forces which advanced towards North Korea. However, it was the Battles of Kunu-ri and Kumyanjangni that earned the Turkish Brigade a reputation and the praise of U.N. forces. Because of their heroic actions and sacrifice in these battles, a monument was created in Seoul in the memory of the Turkish soldiers who fought in Korea.
BILL ALLI, A TURKISH-AMERICAN WHO SERVED AT THE KOREAN WAR
Bill Alli, a Turkish-American who served at the Korean War and who is a member of the Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Coordinating Committee in Washington, DC said:
Korean Veterans Memorial is the only Memorial in the National Mall with Turkey’s name on it. It symbolizes the American-Turkish friendship and the sacrifices that both Nations did to protect a democratic nation that needed help. Therefore it is very special for us and we cannot emphasize it enough.
Heart-wrenching words from an old soldier, especially made poignant when one thinks how that great friend and ally of the United States, Turkey, after all its sacrifices, is mistreated by some viciously anti-Turkish lobbies and hate groups in Glendale and Boston and their proxies in the U.S. Congress. Think about it: when Turkish boys were fighting shoulder to shoulder with Americans and dying in Korea and elsewhere, Armenia was on the Soviet camp, its soldiers shooting bullets and lobbing bombs at Turkish and American boys. Those Armenians are now the darling of some politicians with little or no memory or scruples. Go figure!

August 5, 2010
Senator Delays Vote On Obama Pick For U.S. Envoy In Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan — U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza at a press-conference in Baku, 03Apr2009

04.08.2010

A pro-Armenian member of the U.S. Senate blocked on Tuesday a planned vote on President Barack Obama’s choice of the new U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan opposed by some Armenian-American groups.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee was scheduled to decide whether to pave the way for the congressional confirmation of Matthew Bryza’s nomination, which was announced by the White House in May.

Bryza was one of the most visible U.S. officials in the South Caucasus during the administration of former President George W. Bush, serving as deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs. He was also the U.S. co-chair of the Minsk Group until last fall.

Reports from Washington said the committee vote was postponed at least until September at the initiative of Senator Barbara Boxer (Democrat-California). The move was welcomed by the main Armenian advocacy groups in the United States.

“The hold-over requested today by Senator Boxer provides needed additional time for a closer look into a flawed nomination,” said Aram Hamparian, the executive director of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), a vocal opponent of Bryza’s appointment.

“We appreciate Senator Barbara Boxer’s determination to ensure that key policy issues are addressed,” Taniel Koushakjian, the grassroots director of the Armenian Assembly of America, said in a separate statement. Unlike the ANCA, the Assembly has not explicitly rejected Obama’s pick for the vacant post in Baku.

Boxer was among several pro-Armenian senators who questioned Bryza’s impartiality in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during committee hearings late last month. The Assembly statement said she “felt that her questions to Mr. Bryza were not answered directly.”

In particular, the former Bush administration official was pressed by Senator Robert Menendez (Democrat-New Jersey) on a pro-Azerbaijani statement attributed to him in 2008. He said it was incorrectly translated from Russian, and pledged to respect the concept of self-determination for Karabakh’s population.

Bryza also denied playing any role in the 2006 dismissal of the then U.S. ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, that was widely attributed to this public affirmation of the 1915 Armenian genocide.

It was Menendez who blocked congressional endorsement of Evans’s replacement nominated by Bush at the time. The senator’s so-called “hold” forced the Republican administration to propose another ambassadorial candidate to the Senate two years later.

Significantly, the pro-Armenian senators’ concerns seem to be shared by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In a recent letter to the State Department, Reid, who himself has a warm rapport with Armenian-American leaders, voiced misgivings about Bryza’s nomination.

https://www.azatutyun.am/a/2118786.html

August 4, 2010
GENOCIDE FOR DUMMIES . . .

Here’s when a ‘mass killing’ can be determined as a ‘genocide’ and when it cannot.

It took me years and years of scientific research.

Read, learn!

Killers: Muslims
Victims: Christians
Definiton: It’s definitely a Genocide

Killers: Christians
Victims: Muslims
Definiton: It’s definitely not a Genocide. Please refer to such events as “War” or “Civil Conflict”

Killers: Germans, French, Dutch, Poles, Greeks, Armenians, Slavs etc.
Victims: European Jews
Definiton: It’s a Genocide – But only the Germans are guilty.

Killers: Muslims
Victims: Muslims
Definiton: It’s a Genocide (If the victims are the West’s allies or the killers are the West’s enemy)
It’s not a Genocide (If the killers are the West’s allies or the victims are the West’s enemy)

Killers: Christians
Victims: Christians
Definiton: Incomplete data. Unable to make a judgment. Please provide the skin color of the killers and the victims.

Killers: The West
Victims: Peoples of the 3rd World
Definiton: Definitely not a Genocide. Use terms like Anti-Terrorism, Overseas conflict, War against oppressive

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By Midas

Copied from: https://armenians-1915.blogspot.com/2006/07/889-genocide-for-dummies.html

August 4, 2010
Screening of THE ARMENIAN REVOLT 1894-1920 at the US Congress, a resounding success!

Just look at the media coverage… link after link…

It seems the media took notice of the swift and dominating Turkish response by ATAA to Armenian falsification and defamation attempts spearheaded by a racist and dishonest politician.

Go ahead, read them all…

Enjoy!

http://today.az/news/regions/71571.html

https://www.cnnturk.com/dunya/abd-kongresinde-ermeni-iddialari-belgeseli

http://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/?hn=156484

They have been screaming for a hundred years; we have started talking only recently…

They got nothing by lies, cries, fakes, violence, begging, hype, and hysteria… We have thousands of years of history and experience of many multi-continent empires established by Turks…

Stay tuned!

August 2, 2010
Film Screening: THE ARMENIAN REVOLT (1894-1920)

Assembly of Turkish American Associations
1526 18th St., NW Washington, DC 20036
202.483.9090 – 202.483.9092 fx
www.ataa.org, assembly@ataa.org

ATAA Capital Forum Program proudly presents:
A film screening at the U.S. Congress: THE ARMENIAN REVOLT (1894-1920)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Rayburn HOB, Room 2103, 12pm
Washington, DC
(Lunch will be served)
To date, the United States legislature has considered 11 legislative initiatives opining on the history of the late Ottoman Empire, five that failed because they characterized the events of 1915 as genocide, and six that passed because they did not. The 12th initiative, H.Res. 252, which narrowly passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee 23-22 on March 4, 2010, looks to be the sixth to fail. Regardless, Turkish Americans are facing their ancient history, and so should Armenians Americans, as there are always two sides of a story.
Accordingly, on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, the ATAA Capital Forum program will host a screening of the film, “The Armenian Revolt”, regarding the armed Armenian Independence Movement (1880-1919) which sought to create a politically, ethnically, and religiously homogenous Armenian state in the eastern region of the Ottoman Empire, and failed. Legal expert, Bruce Fein, will provide opening remarks.
The producer of the film, Marty Callaghan, is a war documentarian, who recently produced, “Blood, Sand and Oil” regarding WWI in the Middle East and Allied use of micronationalism from the Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula to destroy the multi-ethnic, multi-cultural Ottoman Empire, and replace it with states servile to western empires. “The Armenian Revolt”, which appeared on Bloomington PBS, takes a look at WWI designs for the Caucasus.

The ATAA will continue to host experts on the Ottoman Armenian matter with a view toward reconciliation based on truth.
R.S.V.P. assembly@ataa.org
ATAA serves as an information resource center for its members and component associations throughout the United States, while working locally and nationwide to develop an informed and effective Turkish American citizenry. The ATAA is a major resource for experts, policy makers, and media who seek a deeper and broader understanding of U.S.-Turkish relations. The ATAA is a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed under the laws of the District of Columbia. To learn more about ATAA, please visit us at www.ataa.org

July 24, 2010