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I have seen another version of
this breakdown, with slightly altered words, and without providing credit. The
author was Prof. Heath Lowry, while serving as Executive Director of the
Institute of Turkish Studies in Washington, and the following was reproduced
in the ATAA publication, Armenian Allegations: Myth and Reality, A Handbook
of Facts and Documents, 1987.
While these events were transpiring, the prejudiced western world had given
its tacit approval to the acts of these maniacs. Armenian genocide"
articles would often accompany reports of the latest terrorism attack (an
excruciating example coming from TIME Magazine's coverage of one in Turkey),
and the rare times terrorists got caught in nations of the West, they would
usually serve "slap-on-the-wrist" sentences. Now that we are in the
21st century and Americans in particular have come to experience the effects
of terrorism firsthand, readers can better evaluate the appalling death and
destruction the Armenian terrorists have caused... still identified as
"freedom fighters" by most leaders of the Armenian community, and
the western media often has developed amnesia over these deadly occurrences.
These events finally came to a halt, among other reasons, when
"Armenian" started becoming synonymous with "terrorism,"
and that was hugely counter-productive to the sympathy-seeking aim that serves
as an integral part of Hai Tahd, the Armenian Cause. No matter; the
murderous incidents served their purpose, bringing this genocide mythology to
the forefront of people's minds, paving the road for immoral pro-Armenians to
sell their propaganda to bigots conditioned to accept their mostly invented
version of events at face value. Keeping with the proud tradition of the
Dashnaks, who wrote the cookbook for future terrorists to follow...
"publicity" was, after all, a primary underlying motive for the 1896
Ottoman Bank takeover.
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CHRONOLOGICAL
BREAKDOWN OF ARMENIAN
TERRORISTS INCIDENTS 1973—1987 |
(The asterisks appearing below indicate attacks
resulting in deaths.)
January 27, 1973*
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Santa Barbara, California): A 78-year old Armenian immigrant,
Gourgen Yanikian, assassinated Mehmet Baydar (the Turkish Consul-General in Los Angeles),
and Bahadir Demir (the Turkish Consul in Los Angeles), at the Biltmore Hotel in Santa
Barbara. These assassinations were the first link in the ongoing chain of Armenian
terrorism, i.e., Yanikian became the ‘founding father’ of the current round of
Armenian terrorism;
Gourgen Yanikian; by cutting down two
innocent men in the prime of life, the homicidal gentleman became an Armenian hero
April 4, 1973
FRANCE (Paris): Two bombs exploded outside the offices of the Turkish Consulate and the
Turkish Airlines Offices respectively. Though no one was injured, damage was extensive.
While no group claimed responsibility, law enforcement authorities are convinced an
Armenian group was the perpetrator;
October 26, 1973
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (New York City, New York): The Turkish Information Office
received a package containing a bomb and a letter addressed to the Consul General, from a
group identifying itself as the ‘Yanikian Commandos’ (I.e., named after the
perpetrator of the January 27, 1973 assassinations in Santa Barbara, California). The bomb
was defused by the police;
January 20, 1975
LEBANON (Beirut): In the course of a 1978 press conference, a spokesman for the Armenian
Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (hereafter: ASALA) claimed that his group’s
initial operation had been the January 20, 1975, bombing of the Beirut offices of the
World Council of Churches;
February 7 1975
LEBANON (Beirut): The offices of the Turkish Information and Tourism Bureau were the
target of a bomb attack. A Lebanese policeman was injured while attempting to defuse the
bomb. The attack was claimed by ASALA's ‘Prisoner Gourgen Yanikian Group’;
February 20, 1975
LEBANON (Beirut): A one-kilogram bomb exploded in front of the offices of the Turkish
Airlines Offices in Beirut, causing extensive damage. Credit for the attack was claimed by
ASALA’s ‘Prisoner Gourgen Yanikian Group’;
October 22, 1975*
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Danis
Tunaligil |
AUSTRIA (Vienna): Three armed gunmen stormed the Turkish
Embassy in Vienna and assassinated the Turkish envoy, Ambassador Danis Tunaligil. The
three gunmen, who escaped, were armed with automatic weapons manufactured in Israel, Great
Britain and Hungary. A group calling itself ‘The Armenian Liberation Army’ claimed
credit for the operation;
October 24. 1975 *
FRANCE (Paris): The Turkish Ambassador to France, Ismail Erez, was assassinated in his
automobile in the vicinity of the Embassy. Also killed in the attack was Talip Yener, the
driver. Responsibility was initially claimed by a group identifying itself as the ‘Commandos
of the Avengers of the Armenian Genocide.’ Subsequently, a telephone call to the offices
of Agence France Presse in Beirut, Lebanon, claimed the assassinations were the work of
the ‘Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia’ (ASALA):
October 28, 1975
LEBANON (Beirut): A rocket attack. resulting in extensive damage, was carried out against
the Turkish Embassy in Beirut. The attack was claimed by.ASALA;
February 16, .1976*
LEBANON (Beirut): Oktar Cirit, the First Secretary of the Turkish Embassy in Beirut was
assassinated by a lone terrorist while sitting in a salon on Hamra Street. The gunman
escaped. ASALA claimed credit for the attack;
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May 17, 1976
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (Frankfurt, Essen and Cologne): Turkish consulates in
three German cities were the subject of bomb attacks resulting in extensive damages.
While no specific group claimed credit, anonymous telephone calls identified the
perpetrators as Armenians;
May 28, 1976
SWITZERLAND (Zurich): The Swiss branch of the Turkish ‘Grants Bank and the offices
of the Turkish Labor Attache were destroyed by two bomb attacks. A third bomb,
planted at the offices of the Turkish Tourism Bureau was defused before detonating.
While no specific group claimed responsibility, law enforcement authorities believe
the attacks were carried out by an Armenian terrorist organization calling itself
the Justice Commandoes of the Armenian Genocide’ (hereafter: JCAG):
March 2, 1977
LEBANON (Beirut); Powerful explosives destroyed the automobiles belonging to the
Turkish Embassy’s Military (Nahit Karakay) and Administrative (Ilhan Ozbabacan)
attachés. ASALA claimed credit tor the bombings;
May 14. 1977
FRANCE (Paris): A bomb exploded in the offices of the Turkish Tourism Bureau in
Paris, slightly injuring the caretaker. Two separate Armenian groups claimed
responsibility for the attack: A) the New Armenian Resistance Group’: and, B) the
‘Youth Action Group’:
May 29, 1977*
TURKEY (Istanbul): A powerful bomb ripped through Istanbul’s Yesilköy Airport.
killing five persons and injuring forty-two (one of whom was a U.S. citizen). On the
same day, a similar bomb exploded in Istanbul’s Sirkeci Train station, killing one
and injuring ten. The terminal building was heavily damaged. The Agence France
Presse offices in Athens, Greece received an anonymous telephone call from a group
calling itself the “28 May Armenian Organization” claiming credit for the
bombings;
June 6, 1977
SWITZERLAND (Zurich): A powerful bomb destroyed a store belonging to a Turkish
citizen named Huseyin Bülbül. While no group claimed responsibility, it is assumed
to have been the work of Armenian terrorists.
June 9, 1977*
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Taha
Carim |
ITALY (Vatican City): Taha Carim, Turkey's ambassador to the Holy See, was
assassinated in front of his residence by two terrorists. In telephone calls to the
‘AP’ offices in Beirut, the JCAG claimed credit for the attack;
October 4, 1977
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The
late, great Prof.
Stanford Shaw. |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles, California): A bomb exploded in
front of the home of Professor Stanford Shaw, an American Jewish professor of
Turkish history at U.C.L.A. While no one was injured, the bomb caused extensive
damage. ‘UPI’ received an anonymous call claiming that the bombing was the
responsibility of the ‘Armenian Group of 28’;
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"When
Armenian American Bernard Ohanian was Editorial Director of The National Geographic,
read by over 19 million worldwide, a propaganda piece entitled, “The Rebirth of
Armenia” (March 2004) and arranged by a Frank Viviano and Alexandra Avakian, stated
'dozens of Turkish diplomats and nationals were murdered, allegedly by Armenian
terrorists.'”
Günay Evinch, "The Armenian Cause Today," The Turkish American,
Summer 2005 |
January 2, 1978
BELGIUM (Brussels): An office building housing Turkish banking services was shattered by a
bomb attack. An Armenian terrorist group calling itself ‘The New Armenian Resistance’
claimed credit for the attack;
June 2, 1978*
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Necla
Kuneralp |
SPAIN (Madrid): Three terrorists attacked the automobile of the
Turkish Ambassador (Zeki Kuneralp) with automatic weapons, as it left the Embassy grounds.
The Ambassador’s wife, Necla Kuneralp, and retired Turkish Ambassador Besir Balcioglu
were killed in the attack. A Spanish chauffeur, Antonio Torres, was wounded and died while
undergoing surgery in the hospital. On June 3rd, an anonymous caller claimed that ASALA
was responsible for the attack. Later, the JCAG group also claimed credit;
December 6, 1978
SWITZERLAND (Geneva): A bomb exploded in front of the Turkish Consulate, causing extensive
damage. The ‘New Armenian Resistance Group’ claimed responsibility;
December 17, 1978
SWITZERLAND (Geneva): A bomb exploded at the Turkish Airlines Offices in Geneva causing
extensive damage. Credit for the attack was claimed by ASALA;
July 8, 1979
FRANCE (Paris): Four separate bomb attacks were carried out against Turkish offices in the
French capital: 1) a bomb was detonated at the Turkish Airlines Offices; 2) a second, at
the offices of the Labor Attaché; 3) a third, at the Turkish Tourist Bureau; and 4) a
fourth explosive, planted at the office of the Turkish Permanent Representative to the
O.E.C.D., was defused by police prior to exploding. In an anonymous call to the Agence
France Presse, the attacks were claimed by the JCAG terrorist organization;
August 22, 1979
SWITZERLAND (Geneva): A bomb was thrown at a car driven by Niyazi Adali, the Turkish
Consul in Geneva. While he was not injured, two other cars were damaged and two Swiss
pedestrians were slightly injured. ASALA claimed credit for the attack;
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August 27, 1979
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (Frankfurt): The Turkish Airlines Offices in Frankfurt
were destroyed by a bomb blast. A passenger in a passing streetcar was injured.
ASALA claimed responsibility for the attack;
October 4, 1979
DENMARK (Copenhagen): Two Danish citizens were injured when a bomb (left in a
basket) near the Turkish Airlines Offices exploded causing heavy damage. ASALA
claimed credit for the attack;
October 12, 1979 *
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Ahmet
Benler |
NETHERLANDS (The Hague): Ahmet Benler, the
27-year-old son of the Turkish Ambassador (Özdemir Benler), was assassinated in his
car as he pulled away from a traffic light at an intersection in the capital. Ten
witnesses watched, as the doctoral student at Delft Technical University was killed.
The gunman escaped. Both the JCAG and ASALA terrorist organizations claimed the
attack;
October 30, 1979
ITALY (Milan): The offices of the Turkish Airlines were heavily damaged in a bomb
attack. Credit for the explosion was claimed by ASALA;
November 8, 1979
ITALY (Rome): The offices of the Turkish Embassy’s Tourism Attaché were heavily
damaged;
November 18, 1979
FRANCE (Paris): Bomb explosions damaged three airline offices in central Paris: 1)
The Turkish Airlines Offices; 2) KLM, the Dutch Airlines Offices; and 3) Lufthansa,
the German Airlines Offices. Two French policemen were hurt in the explosions. ASALA
claimed responsibility for all three incidents;
November 2S, 1979
SPAIN (Madrid): Bombs exploded in front of the Madrid offices of Trans World
Airlines and British Airways. ASALA, who claimed responsibility for these attacks,
stated that they were intended as warnings for Pope John Paul to cancel his planned
visit to Turkey;
December 9, 1979
ITALY (Rome): Two bombs exploded in downtown Rome, damaging the offices of Pan
American Airlines, World Airways, British Airlines, and the Philippine Airways. Nine
individuals were injured in the explosions. A group identifying itself as the ‘New
Armenian Resistance Movement’ claimed credit;
December 17, 1979
UNITED KINGDOM (London): Extensive damage was caused when a bomb exploded in front
of the Turkish Airlines’ London offices. A group calling itself the ‘Front for
the Liberation of Armenia’ claimed responsibility;
December 22, 1979*
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Yilmaz
Colpan |
FRANCE (Paris): Yilmaz Colpan, the Tourism
Attaché at the Turkish Embassy, was assassinated by a lone gunman while walking on
the crowded Champs Elysees. Several groups, including ASALA, the JCAG, and the ‘Commandos
of Armenian Militants Against Genocide’ claimed responsibility for the
assassination;
December 22, 1979
NETHERLANDS (Amsterdam): Heavy damage resulted from a bomb explosion in front of the
Turkish Airlines Offices. ASALA claimed credit for the attack;
December 23, 1979
ITALY (Rome): A bomb exploded in front of a World Council of Churches refugee center
(the Dina Boarding House) in Rome. This center was being utilized as a transit point
for Armenian refugees leaving Lebanon. ASALA claimed credit for the attack and
warned the Italian authorities to halt ‘The Armenian Diaspora’;
December 23, 1979
ITALY (Rome): Three bomb explosions occurred in front of the Rome offices of Air
France and Trans World Airlines, injuring a dozen passersby. ASALA claimed
responsibility, stating that the bomb had been placed “in reprisal against the
repressive measures of French authorities against Armenians in France”;
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Between 1973 and the present, Armenian terrorists have committed 239 acts of terrorism
which have killed at least 70 and wounded 524 innocent people. Armenian terrorists
have taken 105 hostages, “executing” 12, one of them an American woman. The
Armenian terrorist bombing campaign that accounted for at least 160 of the 239 attacks
caused [the] vast majority of the deaths and woundings. In addition, the Armenian
terrorist bombing campaign caused 160 incidents of property destruction, totaling
several hundred million dollars in property damage in the United States, Europe,
Middle East and Australia.
Of the 239 terrorist attacks, 71 were conducted by Armenian Americans, and 30 occurred
on American soil. According to the FBI, between 1980-86, Armenian terrorism accounted
for the second highest number of terrorist incidents in the United States. According
to the FBI, two Armenian groups are directly responsible for this terrorism: the
left-wing “Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia” (ASALA) and the
right-wing “Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide” (JCAG). Twenty-two
captured and incarcerated North American Armenians include:
Dikran Berberian, Los Angeles, JCAG
Vartan Chirinian, Van Nuys, ASALA
Steven John Dadaian, Los Angeles, JCAG
Hratch Kozibioukian, Van Nuys, ASALA
Siranouche Kozibioukian, Van Nuys, ASALA
Suzy Mahseredjian, San Francisco, ASALA
Monte Melkonian, Dinuba, ASALA
Krikor Saliba, Los Angeles, JCAG
Karnig Sarkissian, Los Angeles, JCAG
Harout Sassounian, Los Angeles, JCAG
Hampig Sassounian, Los Angeles, JCAG
Viken Hovespian, Los Angeles, JCAG
Vicken Tcharkhutian, Hollywood, ASALA
Viken Yacoubian, Los Angeles, JCAG
Gourgen Yanikian, Los Angeles
Haig Balian, Ottawa, ASALA
Haroutium Kevork, Ottawa, ASALA
Haig Karkhanian, Ottawa, ASALA
Melkon Karakhanian, Ottawa, ASALA
Kevork Marachelian, Ottawa, JCAG
Ohannes Noubarian, Ottawa, JCAG
Rafi Panos Titizian, Ottawa, JCAG
That’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Günay Evinch, "The Armenian Cause Today," The Turkish American,
Summer 2005 |
January 10, 1980
IRAN (Tehran): A bomb exploded in front of the Turkish Airlines Offices causing
extensive damage. ASALA claimed responsibility for the attack;
January 20, 1980
SPAIN (Madrid): A series of bomb attacks, resulting in numerous injuries, occurred
in front of the offices of Trans World Airlines, British Airways, Swissair, and
Sabena. A group calling itself the ‘Commandos for Justice for the Genocide of
Armenians’ claimed credit for the attacks;
February 2, 1980
BELGIUM (Brussels): Two bombs exploded (within five minutes of each other) in front
of the offices of the Turkish Airlines and the Soviet Aeroflot, in central Brussels.
The ‘New Armenian Resistance Group’ issued a communique in which they claimed
responsibility for both attacks;
February 2, 1980
FRANCE (Paris): A bomb exploded in front of the Soviet Embassy’s ‘Information
Center’ in Paris. The ‘New Armenian Resistance Group’ claimed credit for the
attack;
February 6, 1980
SWITZERLAND (Bern): A lone terrorist opened fire on Turkish Ambassador Dogan
Turkmen, as he sat in his automobile in front of the Turkish Embassy in Bern. The
Ambassador escaped with minor wounds. The would-be assassin, an Armenian named Max
Klindjian, was subsequently arrested in Marseilles and returned to Switzerland for
trial. The JCAG terrorist organization claimed credit for the attack;
February 18, 1980
ITALY (Rome): Offices of three airlines (Swissair, El Al, and Lufthansa) were
damaged in two bomb attacks. ASALA claimed credit for the attacks. An anonymous
telephone call to the Rome ‘AP’ offices stated that the three airlines were
targeted for the following reasons: A) Swissair—as a warning to the Swiss
government not to jail innocent Armenians; B) Lufthansa—as a punishment to the
German government which assists Turkish fascism; and C) El Al—because of the role
of Zionism.
March 10, 1980*
ITALY (Rome): The Turkish Airlines’ and Turkish Tourism Bureau’s Rome offices on
the Piazza della Republica were the sites of two bomb explosions. The blast killed
two Italians and injured fourteen. Credit for the attack was claimed by the ‘New
Armenian Resistance of the Armenian Secret Army’;
April 17, 1980
ITALY (Rome): The Turkish Ambassador to the Holy See, Vecdi Türel, was shot and
seriously wounded in an attack by three Armenian terrorists, while riding in his
automobile near his residence. His guard and chauffeur, Tahsin Guvenc, was also
slightly wounded in the assassination attempt. JCAG claimed responsibility for the
attack;
May 19, 1980
FRANCE (Marseille): A rocket aimed at the
Turkish Consulate in Marseilles was discovered and defused prior to exploding. ASALA
and a group calling itself ‘Black April’ claimed credit for the attack;
July 31, 1980*
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Neslihan
Ozmen |
GREECE (Athens): Galip Ozmen, the
Administrative Attaché at the Turkish Embassy in Athens, and his family were
attacked by Armenian terrorists while sitting in their car. Galip Ozmen and his
fourteen-year-old daughter, Neslihan, were killed in the attack. His wife, Sevil,
and sixteen-year-old son, Kaan, were wounded. Credit for the double killing was
claimed by ASALA;
August 5, 1980*
FRANCE (Lyon): Two terrorists stormed into the Turkish Consulate in Lyon and
demanded the doorman tell them the location of the Consul. They subsequently opened
fire, killing two and injuring several other bystanders. ASALA claimed credit for
the attack;
August 11, 1980
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (New York): Two ‘paint bombs’ were thrown at the front
of the ‘Turkish House’ (the building housing the Turkish United Nations
Delegation as well as the New York Turkish Consulate). A letter attached to one of
the ‘bombs’ stated that the purpose of the attack was to “remind the
imperialist Turkish government of the crimes they have committed against the
Armenian people.” It was signed: ‘An Armenian Group”;
September 26, 1980
FRANCE (Paris): Selcuk BakaIbasi, the Press Counselor at the Turkish Embassy in
Paris, was shot twice as he entered his home. Bakalbasi survived, but is permanently
paralyzed as a result of his injuries. ASALA and a group calling itself the ‘Armenian
Secret Army Organization’ claimed responsibility for the attack;
October 3, 1980
SWITZERLAND (Geneva): Two Armenian terrorists were injured when a bomb they were
preparing exploded in their Geneva hotel room. The two, Suzy Mahseredjian from
Canoga Park, California, and Alexander Yenikomechian, were arrested by the Swiss
authorities. Their arrest led to the formation of a new ASALA affiliate (the group
to which they belonged) called the ‘October 3 Organization,’ which subsequently
struck at Swiss targets throughout the world;
October 3, 1980
ITALY (Milan): Two Italians were injured when a bomb exploded in front of the
Turkish Airlines offices in Milan. ASALA claimed credit for the attack;
October 5, 1980
SPAIN (Madrid): The offices of the Italian Airlines, Alitalia, were rocked by a bomb
explosion which injured twelve individuals. The ‘Secret Army for the Liberation of
Armenia’ claimed responsibility for the attack;
October 6, 1980
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles, California): The home of the Turkish Consul
General in Los Angeles, Mr. Kemal Arikan, was slightly damaged when two molotov
cocktails were thrown at it. An anonymous telephone caller stated that the attack
had been made in the name of Armenians;
October 10, 1980
LEBANON (Beirut): Two bombs exploded near Swiss offices in West Beirut. A few days
later, a group calling itself the ‘October 3 Organization’ claimed
responsibility for these bombings as well as others directed against Swiss offices
in England;
October 10, 1980
LEBANON (Beirut): An automobile belonging to a Swiss diplomat was destroyed by a
bomb blast in West Beirut. Subsequently, the ‘October 3 Organization’ claimed
credit for the attack;
October 12, 1980
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (New York City, New York): A bomb planted under a stolen
car parked in front of the ‘Turkish House’ in New York City exploded. Four
American citizens were injured in the blast and nearby offices experienced extensive
damage. JCAG assumed responsibility for the blast in a telephone call to news media
representatives;
October 12, 1980
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles, California): A travel agency in Hollywood,
whose owner was a Turkish-American, was destroyed by a bomb blast. The JCAG
terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the blast;
October 12, 1980
UNITED KINGDOM (London): The Turkish Tourism and Information Bureau’s London
offices were damaged by a bomb explosion. ASALA claimed credit for the attack;
October 12, 1980
UNITED KINGDOM (London): A Swiss shopping complex in central London was damaged by a
bomb blast. Callers to news agencies claimed the explosion was the work of the ‘October
3 Organization’;
October 13, 1980
FRANCE (Paris): A Swiss tourist office in Paris was damaged by a bomb explosion. The
group calling itself the ‘October 3 Organization’ claimed credit for the attack;
October 21, 1980
SWITZERLAND (Interlaken): A time bomb which failed to detonate was found on a Swiss
train en route from Paris to Interlaken. Law enforcement authorities believe the
bomb was placed by the ‘October 3 Organization’;
November 4, 1980
SWITZERLAND (Geneva): The Swiss Palace of Justice in Geneva was heavily damaged by a
bomb explosion. Swiss authorities announced that they believed the bomb was related
to the two ASALA terrorists (Suzy Mahseredjian & Alexander Yenikomechian)
arrested on October 3, 1980. Subsequently, credit for the explosion was claimed by
the ‘October 3 Organization’;
Holdwater: The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base (TKB) tells us
Suzy Mahseredjian, from Canoga Park, was injured while these two were assembling a
bomb, and was allowed to return to the USA by a Swiss court.
November 9, 1980
FRANCE (Strasbourg): Heavy damage resulted from a bomb blast at the Turkish
Consulate in Strasbourg. The attack was claimed by ASALA operating in conjunction
with a group calling itself the ‘Turkish-Kurdish Worker’s Party’;
November 10, 1980
ITALY (Rome): The Rome Swiss Airlines office and the Swiss Tourist Offices were both
the targets of bomb explosions, which injured five people. The ‘October 3
Organization’ immediately claimed credit for the explosions. Subsequently, ASALA
and the ‘Turkish Kurdish Worker’s Party’ also claimed responsibility;
November 19, 1980
ITALY (Rome): The offices of the Turkish Embassy’s Tourism Representative and
those of the Turkish Airlines were damaged by a bomb explosion. ASALA claimed
responsibility for the blast;
November 25, 1980
SWITZERLAND (Geneva): The offices of the Union of Swiss Banks in Geneva were hit by
a bomb explosion which injured one individual. Responsibility for the attack was
claimed by the ‘October 3 Organization’;
December 5, 1980
FRANCE (Marseille): A police expert defused a time bomb left at the Swiss Consulate
in Marseille. Law enforcement officials believe the bomb was planted by the ‘October
3 Organization’;
December 15, 1980
UNITED KINGDOM (London): Two bombs placed in front of the French Tourism Office in
London were defused by a Scotland Yard bomb squad. The ‘October 3 Organization’
claimed responsibility for the bombs, and stated they were’ a warning to the
French for assistance they had rendered the Swiss;
December 17, 1980*
AUSTRALIA (Sydney): Two terrorists on a motorcycle assassinated Sarik Ariyak, the
Turkish Consul General in Sydney, and his bodyguard, Engin Sever, as they entered
their automobiles in front of the Consulate. JCAG claimed responsibility for the
assassinations;
December 25, 1980
SWITZERLAND (Zurich): A bomb explosion destroyed a radar monitor at Kloten Airport
(Zurich), and, a second explosive planted on the main runway of the airport was
defused by bomb squad experts. The ‘October 3 Organization’ claimed credit for
these attacks;
December 29, 1980
SPAIN (Madrid): A Spanish reporter was seriously injured while investigating a bomb
explosion at the Swissair Offices in Madrid (as he telephoned the story to his
paper, a second bomb destroyed the telephone booth he was using). The two explosions
were claimed by the ‘October 3 Organization’;
December 30, 1980
LEBANON (Beirut): The Crédit-Suisse offices in Beirut were bombed. ASALA claimed
credit for this attack on behalf of their ‘October 3 Organization’;
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January 2, 1981
LEBANON (Beirut): In a press communique, ASALA threatened to “attack all Swiss diplomats
throughout the world.’ This threat was made in response to the alleged mistreatment of
‘Suzy & Alex’, the two ASALA terrorists imprisoned in Switzerland. On January 4th,
ASALA issued a statement postponing all strikes against Swiss interests until January 15,
1981;
January 14, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): A bomb exploded in the car of Ahmet Erbeyli, the Financial Counselor of
the Turkish Embassy in Paris. Erbeyli was not injured, though the explosion totally
destroyed his car and was responsible for serious damage to nearby buildings. A group
calling itself the ‘Alex Yenikomechian Commandos’ of ASALA claimed credit for the
explosion;
January27, 1981
ITALY (Milan): The Swissair and the Swiss Tourist Offices in Milan were damaged by bomb
explosions. Two Italian passers-by were injured. The ‘October 3 Organization’ claimed
credit for the bombings in a call to local media representatives;
February 3, 1981
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles, California): Los Angeles bomb squad officials
disarmed a bomb left on the doorstep of the Swiss Consulate. Anonymous phone calls claimed
the bomb was the work of the ‘October 3 Organization’ and promised that such attacks
would continue until ‘our friend’ (Suzy Mahseredjian) was released;
February 5, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): Bombs placed at the Paris offices of Trans World Airlines and Air France
exploded, injuring one and causing extensive damage. A group identifying itself as the ‘October
3 Armenian Nationalism Movement’ claimed credit for the attacks;
March 4, 1981*
FRANCE (Paris): Two terrorists opened fire on Resat Morali (the Labor Attache at the
Turkish Embassy in Paris), Tecelli An (a Religious Affairs Official at the Embassy), and
Ilkay Karakoc (the Paris representative of the ‘Anadolu Bank’), as they left Morali’s
office and prepared to enter their automobiles. The first to be targeted was Tecelli An.
Morali and Karakoç tried to flee the scene. Morali, who tried to hide in a cafe, was
thrown out by the owner and shot to death by the terrorists, while Karakoç succeeded in
escaping. The terrorists who were observed by numerous passers-by escaped. Tecelli An, who
was seriously wounded in the opening phase of the attack, died the next day in a Parisian
hospital. The ‘Shahan Natali Group’ of ASALA claimed responsibility for the
assassinations;
Holdwater: Hopefully, the cafe owner was not treated as a
hero by his genocide-supporting countrymen.
March 12, 1981*
IRAN (Tehran): A group of terrorists attacked the Turkish Embassy in Tehran, killing two
guards during the attempted takeover. Two of the perpetrators were captured by local
authorities and were later executed. ASALA claimed credit for the attack;
April 3, 1981
DENMARK (Copenhagen): Cavit Demir, the Labor Attache at the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen,
was shot by a lone terrorist as he attempted to enter his apartment building late in the
evening. After a series of operations, the seriously wounded Demir regained his health.
Both ASALA and the JCAG Armenian terrorists claimed the attack;
June 3, 1981
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles, California): Bombs planted by Armenian terrorists
at the Anaheim Convention Center, forced the cancellation of performances scheduled by a
Turkish Folk Dance Group. In the following days, threats of similar bombings in San
Francisco forced the group’s Northern California performances to be cancelled as well;
June 9, 1981*
SWITZERLAND (Geneva): Mehmet Savas Yerguz, a secretary in the Turkish Consulate in Geneva
was assassinated by a lone terrorist as he left the Consulate. The assassin, an Armenian
named Mardiros Jamgotchian was apprehended by the authorities. ASALA claimed
responsibility for the attack. The arrest of Jamgotchian led to the formation of a new
ASALA branch called the ‘Ninth of June Organization’, which subsequently was
responsible for several bombings of Swiss targets in Switzerland and other European
countries;
June 11, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): A group of Armenian terrorists, led by one Ara Toranian, occupied the
offices of the Turkish Airlines in Paris. Initially ignored by the French authorities, the
terrorists, supporters of ASALA, were finally evicted from the premises, following formal
protests from the Turkish Embassy;
June 19, 1981
IRAN (Tehran): A small bomb placed in the Tehran offices of Swissair exploded, causing
minor damage. ASALA’s ‘Ninth of June Organization’ claimed responsibility for the
attack;
June 26, 1981
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles, California): A small bomb exploded in front of the
Swiss Banking Corporation Offices in Los Angeles. The attack was claimed by the ‘Ninth
of June Organization’;
July 19, 1981
SWITZERLAND (Bern): A bomb exploded in a trash bin at the Swiss Parliament Building in
Bern. Subsequently, an anonymous caller claimed the attack was the work of the ‘Ninth of
June Organization’;
July 20, 1981
SWITZERLAND (Zurich): A bomb exploded in an automatic-photo booth at Zurich’s
International Airport. The attack was claimed by the ‘Ninth of June Organization’;
July 21, 1981
SWITZERLAND (Lausanne): A bomb placed in the ‘women’s wear’ section of a department
store in Lausanne injured twenty women shoppers. ASALA’s ‘Ninth of June Organization’
claimed credit for the attack;
July 22, 1981
SWITZERLAND (Geneva): A bomb placed in a coin-operated locker at the Geneva Train Station
exploded, injuring four people. Law enforcement authorities credited the attack to the ‘Ninth
of June Organization’;
Holdwater: It is because of the actions of criminals as these
that the very useful lockers at train and bus depots have become a relic of the past, at
least in most of the USA.
July 22, 1981
SWITZERLAND (Geneva): A second bomb placed in a locker at the Geneva Railway Station
exploded approximately one hour after the first. Police had cordoned off the area
following the first explosion, thereby preventing injuries from the second. The Swiss
authorities also credited this second explosion to ASALA's "Ninth of June
Organization."
August 11, 1981
DENMARK (Copenhagen): Two bombs exploded and destroyed the offices of Swissair in
Copenhagen. An American tourist was injured in the explosion. The ‘Ninth of June
Organization’ claimed responsibility for the attacks;
August 20, 1981
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles, California): A small explosive device was detonated
outside the offices of the Swiss Precision Instruments, Inc. in Los Angeles. The attack
was claimed by ASALA’s ‘Ninth of June Organization’; August 20, 1981 FRANCE (Paris):
An early morning bomb explosion damaged the Paris offices of the Alitalia Airlines. An
anonymous caller credited the attack to the ‘Armenian Movement October 3 Organization’;
August 22, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): An early morning bomb explosion occurred in front of the Paris offices of
Olympic Airlines. An anonymous caller claimed the attack for the ‘October 3 Armenian
Organization’;
September 15, 1981
DENMARK (Copenhagen): A bomb exploded in front of the Turkish Airlines Offices in
Copenhagen, injuring two people (one of them seriously). Police experts managed to defuse
a second bomb prior to its detonation. Credit for the attack was claimed by a group
calling itself ‘Sixth Armenian Liberation Army’;
September 17, 1981
IRAN (Tehran): A bomb explosion damaged a Swiss Embassy building in Tehran. ASALA’s ‘Ninth
of June Organization’ claimed responsibility;
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FRANCE (Paris): Four Armenian terrorists occupied the Turkish
Consulate in Paris. During their entry into the building, the Consul, Kaya Inal, and a
security guard, Cemal Ozen, were seriously wounded. 56 hostages were taken by the
terrorists, 2 of whom (the terrorists) were slightly wounded. The terrorists eventually
allowed the wounded Inal and Ozen to be taken to the hospital, where Ozen died from his
injuries. When their demands for the release of ‘Armenian political prisoners in Turkey’
were not met, the terrorists requested ‘political prisoner status’ and surrendered to
the French authorities. The four terrorists, all of whom were Armenians from Lebanon, were
members of ASALA;
October 3, 1981
SWITZERLAND (Geneva): The main post office and the City Courthouse of Geneva were hit by
bomb explosions. The courthouse being the site where an ASALA member was scheduled to go
on trial for murder. The ASALA ‘Ninth of June Organization’ claimed credit for the
attacks, which injured one person slightly;
October 25, 1981
ITALY (Rome): A lone terrorist attempted to assassinate Gokberk Ergenekon, a Second
Secretary at the Turkish Embassy in Rome. Ergenekon, who was wounded in the arm, got out
of his automobile and returned the terrorist’s fire. The terrorist, who was wounded by
Ergenekon, managed to flee the scene of the attack. ASALA claimed credit for the attempted
assassination in the name of the ‘September 24th Suicide Commandos,’ i.e., in the name
of the ASALA terrorists who had occupied the Turkish Consulate in Paris;
October 25, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): Fouquet’s, the fashionable French restaurant on the Champs-Elysees, was
the target of a bomb attack which injured three employees. A group calling itself ‘September-France’
claimed the attack;
October 26, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): A booby-trapped automobile exploded in front of ‘Le Drugstore,’ a
fashionable shop on the Champs-Elysees. The ‘September-France’ group claimed
responsibility for the attack;
October 27, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): A bomb explosion in the parking lot of Paris’ Roissy Airport destroyed a
parked car. The ‘September-France’ group claimed the attack;
October 27, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): A second bomb exploded in a trash can near a busy escalator in the Roissy
Airport. No one was injured in the explosion. The ‘September-France’ group claimed
responsibility;
October 28, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): A crowded Paris movie theater was the site of a bomb explosion which
injured three people. The ‘September-France’ group claimed responsibility;
November 3, 1981
SPAIN (Madrid): A bomb exploded in front of the Swissair offices in Madrid, injuring three
persons. The attack, which resulted in considerable damage to nearby buildings, was
claimed by ASALA;
November 5, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): A bomb exploded in the Parisian Gare de Lyon train station, injuring one
person and causing considerable damage to luggage lockers. Subsequently, the attack was
claimed by an Armenian terrorist organization, styling itself as the ‘Orly Organization’;
November 12, 1981
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LEBANON (Beirut): Simultaneous bomb explosions occurred in front of
three French offices in Beirut: A) the French Cultural Center; B) the Air France offices;
and C) the home of the French Consul. No one was injured in the attacks which caused
extensive physical damage. The ‘Only Organization’ (named for an Armenian arrested at
the French airport on charges of using false documents), claimed the attacks, and demanded
the immediate release of Monte Melkonian, the Armenian-American detained in France;
November 14, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): A bomb explosion damaged an automobile parked near the Eiffel Tower in
Paris. A caller claimed the attack for the ‘Orly Organization’ and announced that it
was ‘The First Warning’;
November 14, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): A group of tourists disembarking from a siteseeing boat on the River Seine
were subjected to a grenade attack. No one was injured. The ‘Orly Organization’
claimed the attack;
November 15, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): The ‘Orly Organization’ issued a threat to blow up an Air France
airplane in flight;
November 15, 1981
LEBANON (Beirut): Simultaneous bomb attacks were carried out against three French targets
in Beirut; A) the Union des Assurances de Paris; B) the Air France offices; and C) the
Banque Libano-Fnançaise. No one was injured in the attacks which caused extensive
physical property damage. The ‘Orly Organization’ claimed responsibility for the
attacks;
November 15, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): The ‘McDonald’s Restaurant’ in Paris was the site of a bomb
explosion, claimed by the ‘September-France’ and ‘Only Organization’;
November 16, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): A bomb planted in the luggage lockers at Paris’ Gare de l’Est railroad
terminal exploded, injuring two poeple and causing property damage. The ‘Orly
Organization’ claimed responsibility for the attack;
November 18, 1981
FRANCE (Paris): The ‘Orly Organization’ announced it had planted a bomb at Paris’
Cane du Nord. No explosive device was located;
November 20, 1981
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles, California): The Turkish Consulate in Beverly Hills
was hit by a bomb explosion which caused extensive physical damage. The JCAC Armenian
terrorist organization claimed credit for the attack;
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January 13, 1982
CANADA (Toronto): A bomb exploded at the Turkish Consulate in Toronto causing
extensive damage. The ASALA terrorists claimed the attack.
January 17, 1982
SWITZERLAND (Geneva): Two bombs exploded near parked automobiles in Geneva. The
ASALA ‘Ninth of June Organization’ claimed credit for the attacks;
January 17, 1982
FRANCE (Paris): A bomb exploded at a branch of the Union of Banks of Paris, and a
second explosive device was disarmed at a branch of the Credit Lyonnais. The ‘Orly
Organization’ claimed credit for the two explosive devices;
January 19, 1982
FRANCE (Paris): A bomb exploded in the Air France office in the Palais des Congrés
in Paris. The ‘Only Organization’ claimed the attack;
January 28, 1982*
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Sassounian |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles,
California): Kemal Anikan, the Turkish Consul General in Los Angeles was
assassinated by two terrorists while driving to work. One of the assassins, Hampig
Sassounian (a 19 year old immigrant from Lebanon) was arrested and subsequently
tried and convicted of the crime. He is currently serving a life sentence in
California’s San Quentin prison. His accomplice, believed to be one Krikor Saliba,
escaped to Lebanon. The JCAG Armenian terrorist group took credit for the
assassination;
March 22, 1982
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Cambridge, Massachusetts): A gift and import shop
belonging to Orhan Gündüz, the Honorary Turkish Consul in Boston, was bombed, and
Gündüz was severely wounded by the bomb explosion. The JCAG claimed responsibility
for the attack:
March 26, 1982*
LEBANON (Beirut): A movie theater in the Armenian section of Beirut (which
frequently showed Turkish films), was destroyed by a powerful bomb explosion, which
killed two people and injured more than sixteen. ASALA claimed credit for the
attack;
April 8, 1982
CANADA (Ottawa): Kani Güngör, the Commercial Attaché at the Turkish Embassy in
Ottawa, was seriously wounded in an attack by Armenian terrorists which took place
in the garage of his apartment house. ASALA claimed responsibility for the attack;
April 24, 1982
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (Dortmund): Several Turkish owned businesses suffered
extensive damages in bomb attacks. The ‘New Armenian Resistance Organization’
claimed responsibility for the bombings;
May 4, 1982*
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Cambridge, Massachusetts): Orhan Gündüz, the Turkish
Honorary Consul in Boston, was assassinated while driving his automobile, by a lone
Armenian terrorist. The JCAG group claimed responsibility for the attack. Despite
the fact that U.S. President Ronald Reagan ordered an all-out manhunt for the
assassin, no one was apprehended;
May 10, 1982
SWITZERLAND (Geneva): Bombs exploded at two Geneva banks. The attacks, which caused
extensive physical damage, were claimed by an Armenian group calling itself the ‘World
Punishment Organization’;
May 18, 1982
CANADA (Toronto): A total of four Armenians were arrested on charges of attempting
to extort money from Armenian businessmen to support the ‘Armenian Cause.’ The
home of one of the intended victims was firebombed a day after he refused to comply
with the terrorists’ demands;
May 18, 1982
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Tampa, Florida): Nash Kanahan, the Honorary Turkish Consul
in Tampa, repulsed (by drawing a gun) the attempt of two Armenian terrorists to
enter the Consulate offices;
May 26, 1982
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles, California): A bomb damaged the Los Angeles
office of the Swiss Banking Corporation. Four Southern California Armenians (Vicken
Tchankutian, Hratch Kozibioukian, Stranouche Kozibioukian, and Vrant Chininian), all
of whom are accused of involvement in ASALA, were suspected of perpetrating this
attack;
May 30, 1982
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles, California): Three American Armenian members
of ASALA were arrested and charged with placing an explosive device in front of the
Air Canada Cargo Building at the Los Angeles International Airport. The bomb was
defused by members of the L.A. Police Department’s bomb squad.
June 7, 1982*
PORTUGAL (Lisbon): The Administrative Attaché at the Turkish Embassy in Lisbon,
Enkut Akbay, and his wife, Nadide Akbay, were assassinated by a lone terrorist in
front of their home. JCAG claimed responsibility for the attack;
July 1, 1982
NETHERLANDS (Rotterdam): Kemalettin Demiren, the Turkish Consul General in
Rottendam, was shot at in his automobile (as he approached the Consulate) by four
Armenian terrorists (one of whom was apprehended by Dutch police). Deminer escaped
injury in the incident. A previously unknown group calling itself the ‘Armenian
Red Army’ claimed responsibility for the attempted assassination;
Holdwater: The perpetrator, Penyemin Evingulu, was sentenced to six years by
the Dutch.
July 21, 1982
FRANCE (Paris): A bomb explosion near a crowded Parisian cafe in the Place
Saint-Sevnin, injured sixteen people. Credit for the explosion was claimed by the
‘Orly Organization,’ who stated that it was in retaliation for the failure of
French authorities to keep their promise to grant political asylum to the four
terrorists who perpetrated the takeover of the Turkish Consulate on September 24,
1981;
July 26, 1982
FRANCE (Paris): Two women were injured when a bomb exploded in Paris’ ‘Pub Saint
Genmaine.’ The ‘Only Organization’ claimed the attack;
August 2, 1982
FRANCE (Paris): Pierre Gulumian, a suspected Armenian terrorist, was killed
(apparently when a bomb he was making exploded) in his Paris apartment;
August 7, 1982*
TURKEY (Ankara): Ankara’s Esenboga Airport was subjected to a major attack by two
Armenian terrorists who opened fine in a crowded passenger waiting room with guns
and grenades. One of the terrorists took more than twenty hostages in the airport’s
restaurant, while the second was apprehended by police. In the ensuing shootout with
the hostage-holding terrorist, nine individuals (including an American and a West
German hostage) were killed. Eighty-two others were injured. ASALA claimed credit
for the attack. The apprehended terrorist, Levon Ekmekjian, was subsequently tried,
convicted and executed for his role in the attack;
August 8, 1982
FRANCE (Paris): French bomb squad officials successfully defused a bomb found near a
telephone center in Paris ‘Seventeenth District.’ The ‘Orly Organization’
took credit for the attack;
August 12, 1982
FRANCE (Paris): A policeman assigned to protect the offices of the Turkish Tourism
Attaché in Paris was fired upon by Armenian terrorists. He escaped the attack
without injury. No group claimed credit for this attack;
August 27, 1982*
CANADA (Ottawa): Colonel Atilla Altikat, the Military Attaché at the Turkish
Embassy in Ottawa, was assassinated by a volley of shots fired into his can at a
stoplight in Ottawa. The JCAG Armenian terrorist organization claimed responsibility
for the assassination;
September 9, 1982*
BULGARIA (Bungaz): Bora Suelkan, the Administrative Attaché at the Turkish
Consulate in Burgaz, was assassinated by a lone terrorist in front of his home. The
assassin escaped, leaving behind a piece of cloth upon which was written: ‘We shot
dead the Turkish diplomat: Combat Units of Justice Against the Armenian Genocide.’
An anonymous caller to the ‘AP’ in Beirut, Lebanon, claimed the assassination
was the work of ASALA;
October 26, 1982
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles, California): Five Armenians were charged with
conspiring to blow up the offices of the Honorary Turkish Consul in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Their plan was to have planted a bomb in the offices of Kanat Arbay,
the Honorary Consul. The five Armenians, all from the Los Angeles area, were
mentioned in the arrest warrants as being attached to the JCAG Armenian terrorist
organization;
December 8, 1982*
GREECE (Athens): Two Armenians on a motorbike threw a bomb at the offices of the
Saudi Arabian Airlines in Athens. The bomb hit a power pylon, exploded, and killed
one of the terrorists. His accomplice, an Armenian from Iran named Vaheh
Kontaverdian, was arrested and admitted throwing the bomb, though he refused to give
any further information to the police. Greek law enforcement authorities
subsequently announced that ASALA had claimed credit for the attack in protest of
Saudi Arabia’s support for Turkey;
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January 21, 1983
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Anaheim, California): Nine ‘sophisticated’ pipe bombs were
confiscated from an Armenian bakery in Anaheim, after the detonator from one of the
devices detonated and caused a fire. The owner, an Armenian named Hagop Avedisian, told
police he had not been threatened;
January 22, 1983
FRANCE (Paris): French police defused a powerful explosive device (a one kilogram bomb),
which was discovered near the Turkish Airlines Counter at Paris’ Orly Airport. ASALA
claimed responsibility for the incident;
January 22, 1983
FRANCE (Paris): Two terrorists attacked the Paris offices of the Turkish Airlines in Paris
with hand grenades. No one was injured in the explosions, and one of the terrorists was
arrested. ASALA claimed credit for the attack;
February 2, 1983
BELGIUM (Brussels): The offices of the Turkish Airlines were bombed in Brussels. The ‘New
Armenian Resistance Organization’ claimed responsibility for the attack;
February 28, 1983
LUXEMBOURG: A bomb placed in front of Turkey’s diplomatic mission was discovered and
defused. The Armenian Reporter, an Armenian publication in New York, reported that the
group known as the ‘New Armenian Resistance Organization’ had issued a communique
claiming credit for the attack;
February 28, 1983*
FRANCE (Paris): A bomb exploded at the Turkish owned ‘Manmara Travel Agency’ in Paris.
Killed in the explosion was Renee Monin, a French secretary. Four other Frenchmen were
wounded in the explosion. The bomb also caused heavy damage to the building. A few minutes
after the attack, ASALA claimed responsibility;
March 9, 1983*
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YUGOSLAVIA (Belgrade): Galip Balkar, the Turkish Ambassador to
Yugoslavia, was ambushed and assassinated by two Armenian terrorists in Central Belgrade.
His chauffeur, Necati Kayer, was shot in the stomach. As the two assailants fled from the
scene, they were chased by Yugoslav citizens. One of the terrorists shot and wounded a
Yugoslav colonel, and in turn was shot and apprehended by a plain clothes policeman. The
second terrorist opened fire on civilians who were chasing him and killed a young student,
and wounded a young girl. The JCAG claimed responsibility for the attack. The two
terrorists, Kirkor Levonian and Raffi Elbekian, were tried and sentenced by the Yugoslav
authorities;
March 31, 1983
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (Frankfurt): An anonymous caller claiming to represent ASALA,
telephoned a threat to the German offices of the Turkish newspaper, Tercuman in Frankfurt.
He threatened to bomb the offices and kill the staff if the newspaper continued writing
against the ‘Armenian Cause’;
May 24, 1983
BELGIUM (Brussels): Bombs exploded in front of the Turkish Embassy’s Culture and
Information Offices, and in front of a Turkish owned travel agency (the ‘Manmara’) in
downtown Brussels. The Italian director of the travel agency was wounded in the explosion.
ASALA claimed credit for the attacks;
June 16, 1983*
TURKEY (Istanbul): Armenian terrorists carried out an attack with hand grenades and
automatic weapons inside Istanbul’s world famous ‘Covered Bazaar.’ Two Turkish
citizens were killed in the attack (together with one of the terrorists), and twenty one
other Turks were wounded. ASALA claimed responsibility for the attack;
July 8, 1983
FRANCE (Paris): Armenian terrorists attacked the offices of the ‘British Council’ (the
official British Government Cultural Organization), protesting against the trial of
Armenian terrorists in London;
July 14, 1983 *
BELGIUM (Brussels): Armenian terrorists shot and killed Dursun Aksoy, the Administrative
Attache at the Turkish Embassy in Brussels, while he was driving his automobile. Three
groups, ASALA, JCAG, and a previously unknown organization, the ‘Armenian Revolutionary
Army’ (Hereafter: ARA), all claimed responsibility for the assassination;
July 15, 1983*
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FRANCE (Paris): A bomb exploded in front of the Turkish Airlines
counter at Paris’ Only Airport. The explosion killed eight people, including four
Frenchmen, two Turks, one American, and one Swede. In addition, some 60 other individuals
(including 28 Turks) were injured by the explosion. A 29 year old Syrian-Armenian named
Varoujan Garabedian, who claimed to be the head of ASALA in France, confessed to having
planted the bomb. He admitted that the bomb was intended to have exploded once the plane
was airborne;
July 15, 1983
UNITED KINGDOM (London): A bomb, similar in construction to that which exploded at Only on
the same day, was found and defused before it exploded. ASALA claimed responsibility for
the attack;
July 18, 1983
FRANCE (Lyon): A bomb threat was made by ASALA against the Lyon Railroad Station;
July 20, 1983
FRANCE (Lyon): Armenian terrorists threatened to blow up Lyon’s Pernache Railroad
Station, causing the facility’s evacuation. ASALA claimed credit for the threat;
July 22, 1983
IRAN (Tehran): A French Embassy building and the Air France office in Tehran were bombed.
ASALA claimed the attack in the name of the ‘Orly Organization’;
July 27, 1983 *
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Mihcioglu |
PORTUGAL (Lisbon): A group of five Armenian terrorists attempted to
storm the Turkish Embassy in Lisbon. Failing to gain access to the Chancery, they occupied
the residence, taking the Deputy Chief of the Mission, his wife and family, hostage. When
explosives being planted by the terrorists detonated, Cahide Mihcioglu (the wife of the
DCM) was killed, together with four of the terrorists. The DCM, Yurtsev Mihcioglu and his
son Atasay were injured. The fifth terrorist had been killed in the initial assault by
Turkish Security forces. One Portugeuse policeman was also killed and another was wounded.
The ARA claimed responsibility;
July 28, 1983
FRANCE (Lyon): Once again a threat that a bomb was planted in Lyon’s Penrache Railroad
Station forced the evacuation of the facility. The caller claimed the bomb was planted by
ASALA. A thorough search of the facility failed to uncover any explosive device;
July 29, 1983
IRAN (Tehran): A threat to blow up the French Embassy in Tehran with a rocket attack,
caused Iranian officials to increase security at the facility. The threat emanated from
the ‘Orly Organization’ who demanded the release of twenty-one Armenians imprisoned in
France;
July 31, 1983
FRANCE (Lyon & Rennes): Bomb threats made by Armenian terrorists forced French
authorities to order the emergency landing of two domestic French flights carrying 424
passengers. The planes landed at Lyon and Rennes respectively. A search of the airliners
failed to uncover any explosives;
August 10, 1983
IRAN (Tehran): A bomb exploded in an automobile at the French Embassy in Tehran. ASALA
claimed credit for the attack;
August 17, 1983
IRAN (Tehran): A car being driven by a local representative of Air France in Tehran was
attacked by automatic weapons. ASALA claimed credit for the attack;
August 25, 1983*
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY: French Consulate offices were destroyed by a bomb blast which
killed two and injured twenty-three others. ASALA claimed responsibility for the attack;
September 9, 1983
IRAN (Tehran): Two French Embassy cans in Tehran were firebombed. One of the bombs injured
two embassy staff members. ASALA claimed credit for the attacks;
October 1, 1983 *
FRANCE (Marseille): A bomb blast destroyed the Soviet, U.S., and Algerian pavilions at an
International Trade Fair in Marseille. One man was killed and twenty-six other people were
injured in the explosion. ASALA’s ‘Orly Organization’ claimed credit for the attack;
October 6, 1983
IRAN (Tehran): A French Embassy vehicle was bombed in Tehran. Two passengers were injured
in the explosion. The ‘Orly Organization’ claimed credit for the attack;
October 29, 1983
LEBANON (Beirut): A can drove up to the front of the French Embassy in Beirut. One man got
out and threw a hand grenade onto the staircase leading into the building. He was
apprehended by security guards, but his accomplices escaped. ASALA claimed responsibility
for the attack;
October 29, 1983
LEBANON (Beirut): The Turkish Embassy was attacked by three Armenian terrorists. One of
the assailants, Sarkis Danielian, a 19 year old Lebanese Armenian was apprehended by
guards. ASALA claimed responsibility for the attack;
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FRANCE (Paris): A terrorist threat that a bomb had been placed on an Air France
plane scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. departure, forced a one and a half hour delay of an
Air France Flight to New York. A thorough search of the airliner did not discover
any explosives;
March 28, 1984 *
IRAN (Tehran): A timed series of Armenian terrorist attacks were carried out against
Turkish diplomatic targets in the Iranian capital of Tehran. The following incidents
occurred:
a) Two Armenian terrorists shot and seriously wounded Ismail Pamukcu, a
Master-Sargeant assigned to the office of the Turkish Military Attaché in Tehran.
ASALA claimed credit for the attack;
b) Hasan Servet Oktem, First Secretary of the Turkish Embassy was slightly wounded
in an attempted assassination as he left his home;
c) Ibrahim Ozdemir, the Administrative Attaché at the Turkish Embassy alerted
Iranian police to the fact that two suspicious looking men were standing in front of
his house. The two men, who turned out to be Armenian terrorists, were arrested by
the Iranian authorities;
d) At 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon, Iranian police arrested three Armenian terrorists
who were loitering outside the Chancery of the Turkish Embassy;
e) An Armenian terrorist was killed when a bomb he was attempting to plant in the
car of the Assistant Commercial Counselor at the Turkish Embassy exploded
prematurely.The counselor, lsil Unel was not injured. The dead terrorist was later
identified as an Armenian named Sultan Gregorian Semaperdan;
March 29, 1984
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Los Angeles, California): The Turkish Consulate in Los
Angeles received a written threat to assassinate a Turkish athlete should he attempt
to participate in the forthcoming Los Angeles Olympics. The threat was signed by
ASALA;
April 8, 1984
LEBANON (Beirut): A Communique warning all international airlines with flights to
Turkey that they would be considered as military targets, was issued in Beirut by
ASALA;
April 26, 1984
TURKEY (Ankara): It was announced that the Turkish Prime Minister, Turgut Ozal, had
received a threat warning him that if he went ahead with a pIanned visit to Tehran,
Iran, ASALA would schedule a major terrorist operation against his country;
April 28, 1984*
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IRAN (Tehran): Two Armenian terrorists riding a
motorcycle, opened fire on a car driven by lsik Yönder, as he drove his wife,
Sadiye Yönder to the Turkish Embassy where she worked as a secretary. lsik Yönder
was killed in the attack. The assassination was claimed by ASALA;
June 20, 1984*
AUSTRIA (Vienna): A bomb exploded in a car belonging to Erdogan Ozen, an Assistant
Labor and Social Affairs Counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Vienna. Ozen was killed
in the explosion, and five other individuals (including two Austrian policemen) were
seriously wounded in the attack. The ARA terrorists claimed credit for the attack;
Holdwater: The female caller (said to be from Paris)
explained that Vienna had been chosen for its "...Symbolic value, because
those who avenge the genocide struck there for the first time in 1975."
June 25, 1984
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A news agency office in Paris, France received a letter
sent by ASALA, in which the Armenian terrorist organization threatened to attack all
governments, organizations, and companies, who assisted in any way whatsoever,
Turkey’s olympic team at the Los Angeles Olympics.
August 13, 1984
FRANCE (Lyon): A bomb exploded in the Lyon Railroad Station, causing minor damage
due to a malfunction. ASALA claimed credit for the attack;
September, 1984
IRAN (Tehran): Several Turkish owned firms in Tehran came under attack by Armenian
terrorists, following receipt of warning letters informing the firms that they were
to be targeted. The first such attack was an explosive device thrown into the
offices of the major Turkish Construction Firm, the Sezai Turkes-Fevzi Akkaya
Company. A Turkish employee was injured while fighting the fire caused by the
explosion;
September 1, 1984
IRAN (Tehran): Iranian authorities announced that they had foiled a plot by Armenian
terrorists to assassinate Ismet Birsel, the Turkish Ambassador to Tehran;
September 3, 1984*
TURKEY (Istanbul): An explosion in a car parked near the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul,
killed two Lebanese-Armenians. Authorities speculate they were killed when a bomb
they were trying to place, exploded prematurely. The ARA terrorist organization
claimed credit for the explosion;
November 19, 1984*
AUSTRIA (Vienna): A Turkish national, Enver Ergun, employed by the United Nations’
Vienna ‘Center for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs,’ was
assassinated while waiting for a red light in his automobile. A piece of cloth
bearing the initials: A.R.A. was thrown into the car by the fleeing assassin;
Holdwater: Shots fired numbered six.
December, 1984
BELGIUM (Brussels): Belgian law enforcement authorities continue to investigate a
bombing attempt at the residence of Selcuk Incesu, an official at the Turkish
Embassy in Brussels. Police discovered an explosive device in front of his
apartment. No group has claimed the attack;
December 29, 1984
LEBANON (Beirut): Two French buildings in East Beirut were bombed. ASALA claimed
credit for the attacks;
December 29, 1984
FRANCE (Paris): Following receipt of an ASALA threat to blow up an Air France plane
in flight, police increased security at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris;
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January 3, 1985
LEBANON (Beirut): The West Beirut offices of the Agence France Presse were
extensively damaged when a bomb exploded. ASALA claimed responsibility for the
attack;
January 3, 1985
LEBANON (Beirut): Military bomb disposal experts defused a six-pound bomb planted
outside the entrance to the ‘French-Lebanese’ bank in the Ram let al-Baida
district of West Beirut. ASALA claimed responsibility for the attack;
March 3, 1985
FRANCE (Paris): An anonymous caller claiming to represent ASALA threatened to attack
French interests all over the world. The call which was made to Agence France
Presse, threatened French authorities over the verdict meted out to three terrorists
who had participated in the Orly attack;
March 12, 1985
CANADA (Ottawa): Three heavily armed Armenian terrorists stormed the Turkish Embassy
in Ottawa, killing a Canadian Pinkerton security guard in the process. After blowing
up the front door with explosives the gunmen entered the building. Ambassador Coskun
Kirca managed to escape by jumping from a second-story window (and suffered
extensive injuries in the fall). He remained lying on the ground throughout the
ensuing four-hour siege. Finally, the hostages (who included the wife and daughter
of the Ambassador) were released unharmed and the terrorists surrendered. The ARA
claimed responsibility for the attack. The three apprehended terrorists are
currently awaiting trial in Canada;
Holdwater: The hostages numbered eleven in all; the
terrorists gave up in four hours.
March 26, 1985
CANADA (Toronto): A threat to blow up the city of Toronto’s transit system by an
Armenian terrorist organization, led to massive security procedures being
implemented in Toronto. Traffic during the city’s rush hours was stalled as police
searched the subway system for explosives. A group calling itself the ‘Armenian
Secret Army for the Liberation of our Homeland’ claimed responsibility for the
threat;
November, 1985
BELGIUM (Brussels): A special anti-terrorist security squad of the Belgian police
arrested three suspected Armenian terrorists (carrying Portuguese passports), who
were loitering outside the residence of Ambassador Osman Olcay, Turkey’s NATO
Envory in Brussels. Investigations are continuing;
November 28, 1985
FRANCE (Paris): French police arrested the American-Armenian leader of the terrorist
organization known as the ‘Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of
Armenia-Revolutionary Movement’ (ASALA-RM), Mr. Monte Melkonian. Melkonian, from
the Fresno area of California, was formerly a top lieutenant of Hagop Hagopian, the
founder of ASALA, who split from ASALA and formed his own terrorist organization
(ASALA-RM) following the ASALA attack on the Orly Airport. In Melkonian’s
apartment, police confiscated weapons, explosive devices, and arrival and departure
information on Turkish Ships scheduled to visit France. In addition, they found a
picture of Turkey’s Ambassador of France, Adnan Bulak, leading to speculation that
he may have been targeted for assassination by ASALA-RM;
December, 1985
FRANCE (Paris): Forty-one shoppers in two of Paris’ leading department stores
(Gallerie Lafayette & Printemps) were injured when nearly simultaneous bomb
explosions ripped through the stores. Police estimate that in the ensuing panic some
10,000 Christmas shoppers fled into the streets. Twelve of the injured are listed as
serious. The Armenian Reporter, a U.S. Armenian weekly published in New York,
reported in its December 12, 1985 issue that French law enforcement authorities are
concentrating their investigation on ASALA as the most likely perpetrator of the
bombings. ASALA took credit for the two bombings;
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February 2-8, 1986
FRANCE (Paris): A hitherto unknown group calling itself ‘Committee of Solidarity with
Arab and Middle Eastern Political Prisoners’ (CSAMEPP), carried out a series of four
bombings in various sections of the French capital. Given the fact that their demands
included the release of an ASALA terrorist, Varoujan Garabedian, currently imprisoned in
France, the likelihood that ‘CSAMEPP’ represents a coalition effort between Armenian
and Arab terrorists is high;
March 17, 1986
FRANCE (Lyon): An express train travelling from Lyon to Paris was bombed, resulting in
injuries to 10 passengers. Both ‘CSAMEPP’ and ‘ASALA’ claimed credit for the
attack;
March 20, 1986*
FRANCE (Paris): A bomb placed in a busy Paris shopping arcade exploded killing two and
wounding oven 30 others. This attack was claimed by the ‘CSAMEPP’ group which once
again reiterated its demand that Varoujan Garabedian, the ASALA terrorist convicted for
the 1983 bombing of the Turkish Airlines Counter at Orly Airport, be released;
September 4, 1986
FRANCE (Paris): The detonator of a bomb planted on a Paris commuter train went off, but
the bomb itself was defused after passengers were evacuated. The group calling itself ‘Committee
of Solidarity with Arab and Middle Eastern Political Prisoners’ (CSAMEPP) claimed credit
for the attack and repeated its demand for the release of three imprisoned terrorists,
including ASALA’s Varoujan Garabedian;
September 9, 1986*
FRANCE (Paris): Paris’ City Hall was rocked by a powerful bomb explosion which killed a
post office employee and wounded 18 other individuals. The ‘CSAMEPP’ group claimed
responsibility, once again restating their demand for the release of ASALA’s Varoujan Ganabedian and two other
Middle Eastern terrorists held in France;
September 10-15, 1986*
FRANCE (Paris): A series of bombings throughout the city of Paris resulted in the deaths
of two and injuries of close to 100 people. ‘CSAMEPP’ claimed credit;
September 16, 1986*
FRANCE (Paris): Five people were killed and 52 wounded when a bomb planted by the ‘CSAMEPP’
terrorists exploded in the Montpannasse Quarter of the French capital. The terrorists
reiterated their demand that ASALA’s Vanoujan Garabedian and two other Middle Eastern
terrorists be freed from French prisons;
October 9, 1986
LEBANON (Beirut): The ‘Armenian Secret Army for the the Liberation of Armenia’ (ASALA)
released a handwritten statement to western news agencies in Beirut, threatening more
violence against France, unless Varoujan Garabedian and two other Middle Eastern
terrorists were released from prison. The statement claimed that ASALA would strike at
French planes, airports, ships, trains and diplomats in retaliation for police raids on
homes of Armenians living in France. It further promised France would be hit with “additional
blows with vast damage and grave consequences’ if Garabedian were not freed. The wording
of the ‘ASALA’ statement leaves no doubt but that this Armenian terrorist organization
was one of the perpetrators of the series of bombings which rocked Paris in September,
and, which resulted in the deaths of 10 people and the wounding of more than 160 others;
October 15, 1986
LEBANON (Beirut): Three ‘ASALA’ terrorists, led by the organization’s spokesman,
Mihran Mihranian, met with French newsmen in the Lebanese capital, and renewed their
threats to strike French targets unless their imprisoned comrades are released. They
claimed to have been negotiating with French authorities, and their spokesman Mihranian
stated: “We are waiting for the French government to keep its promise [the release of
Ganabedian]. Otherwise we will resume our operations, which we can assure will be more
vicious. ASALA has already declared that all French presence in the world are military
targets. We defy Chirac and promise Mitterand catastrophies in the event they renege on
their promise, that is, the release of political prisoners.;”
Holdwater: It has been speculated that Mihranian was an alias
for the elusive Hagop
Hagopian, head ASALA honcho.
November, 1986
FRANCE (Paris): A half dozen Armenian terrorists, claiming to represent the ‘Armenian
Revolutionary Army,’ occupied the Air Canada offices in Paris in protest for the
sentencing of three Armenian terrorists in Canada. After barricading themselves in the
offices for an hour they surrendered to police;
November 23, 1986
AUSTRALIA (Melbourne): A powerful can bomb exploded inside the basement of the Turkish
Consulate in this Australian city, killing one person and causing considerable damage to
the five-story building. The victim was subsequently identified as one of the
perpetrators, an Armenian named Hagop Levonian. His accomplice, Levon Demirian of Victoria
was subsequently arrested and changed with the bombing. This Armenian terrorist attack was
claimed by a group calling itself the ‘Greek-Bulgarian-Armenian Front’ (GBAF). This
was the first occasion upon which Armenian terrorists have utilized this name;
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AUSTRALIA (Brisbane): A bomb exploded in a package at a mail sorting facility and
injured six people. Responsibility for the explosion was claimed by the group
calling itself ‘Greek- Bulgarian-Armenian Front’ (GBAF);
January 20, 1987
GREECE (Athens): On the occasion of its 12th. Anniversary, the ‘Armenian Secret
Army for the Liberation of Armenia’ (ASALA), issued a message to the Armenian
people, from their headquarters in Athens, Greece. The message, which appears to
have emanated from ASALA’s political arm, the Athens based ‘Armenian Popular
Movement,’ names the enemies of the Armenian people as “the Turkish fascist
state, and its supporters, international imperialism and zionism. . .‘ The ASALA
message received wide coverage in the Greek press, including the pro-government
english-language daily ‘Athens News’ which published quotes from the ‘ASALA’
communique;
February 11, 1987
LEBANON (Beirut): A communique issued in the Lebanese capital confirmed ASALA’s
responsibility for the 1986 bombings in the French capital of Paris. In a
typewritten statement delivered to a western news agency in Beirut, the Armenian
terrorist organization stated: “France should start adopting the needed steps and
procedures to release Armenians as well as Arab patriots. A truce like period of
calm between us and the French government must have convinced the public opinion
that we respect the interests and security of the French and other peoples. The wave
of explosions will return to the streets of France, all French economic, air traffic
and marine facilities will be subjected to sabotage.’ ASALA further claimed
responsibility for the 1986 Paris bombings and reiterated its demand for the release
of Vanoujan Garabedian.
(*indicates attacks resulting in deaths.)
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Naturally, Dr. Lowry's list which listed incidents until its preparation time of Feb. 1987
did not include terrorist episodes occurring after that month and year. Unfortunately, I
don't have the time to prepare an extensive epilogue; the following has been obtained from
the MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base (TKB).
Dr. Lowry's March 2-8, 1986 conclusion that the "coalition effort between Armenian
and Arab terrorists is high" may explain that some of these later incidents might
have had something to do with the itch to commit terrorism, even if the cause no longer
serves reason.
Oct. 5, 1987 (page)
LEBANON. Two French Embassy guards were killed and another critically wounded when gunmen
opened fire on them as they were shopping in East Beirut. A person claiming to be a
spokesman for ASALA claimed responsibility, while others close to the group denied having
carried out the attack. Another group called the Tanyus Shahin Armed Unit also claimed
responsibility, demanding that the French release George Ibrahim Abdallah from prison and
stop interfering with Lebanese affairs.
Feb. 2, 1988 (page)
LEBANON. A Frenchman, identified as an intelligence agent, was killed by two gunmen firing
from point-blank range in East Beirut. Jacques Merrin was killed just minutes after
conferring with the director of Lebanese Internal Security. Papers Merrin was carrying at
the time of his death were stolen by his assailants. A statement claiming the
assassination by ASALA was followed by another statement denying involvement.
Dec. 19, 1991 (page)
HUNGARY. A gunman attacked the bullet-proof limousine carrying the Turkish Ambassador to
Budapest. The ambassador was not injured in the attack, which was claimed by ASALA in
Paris. The attack was the first attack against a Turkish diplomat in six years by the
radical Armenian group.
October 24, 1995 (page)
BELGIUM. A bomb was found and defused at the Ziraat Turkish bank branch in Brussels. The
Armenian Resistance Group claimed responsibility.
October 24, 1995 (page)
NETHERLANDS. A Semtex bomb wrapped in a white plastic bag was found and defused at a
Turkish bank in Amsterdam. A group called Armenian Resistance Group claimed responsibility
for the attempted bombing.
June 20, 1997 (page)
BELGIUM. A bomb exploded at the Turkish Embassy in Brussels. A caller claimed
responsibility in the name of Gourken Yanikian Military Units, a cover name formally used
by ASALA. The perpetrator could possibly be a lone Armenian or the PKK using the cover
name. PKK deny responsibility.
ADDENDUM:
The ethnicterror.org
site offers extra insight regarding Armenian terrorist events of more recent years,
featuring a chronology as well.
Another page on Armenian
terrorists
Murdered diplomats
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