Armenia Assaulted by Orange

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A gift to Sargsyan from Moscow...

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Russia's Putin invites new Armenian PM to Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan, winner of a disputed presidential election, to visit Moscow, news agencies quoted the Kremlin press service as saying on Monday. Armenian President Robert Kocharyan imposed a state of emergency on March 1 during street battles between police and protesters which killed eight people. The protesters say Kocharyan rigged the Feb. 19 election for his ally Sarksyan, who officially won with 53 percent of the vote against 21.5 percent for his nearest rival, former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan. On Saturday Armenia's constitutional court upheld the result of the election. "The invitation was accepted with gratitude," RIA-Novosti quoted the Kremlin as saying. It did not say when Sarksyan would visit Moscow. Ter-Petrosyan has previously said he will continue protests after the end of the 20-day emergency rule. Both sides have refused to negotiate. Western powers have urged Armenia to lift the emergency laws and on Monday Kocharyan did lift minor provisions of the laws. But soldiers still patrol the streets of Yerevan, public meetings are still banned and an information blackout remains in force. Russia is ex-Soviet Armenia's largest foreign investor. Armenia lies on the edge of the volatile Caucasus region across which runs a pipeline pumping oil from Asia to Europe. Any instability in Armenia is considered a threat to regional stability.

Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/worldN...32401220080310

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And this, a nice little gift from Washington to Levon and his petty street porniks...

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U.S. State Department backs President-elect Sargsyan - Bryza

Washington backs Armenian President- elect Serzh Sargsyan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza said, the Armenian governmental press service told Interfax. Bryza said at a meeting with Sargsyan a day earlier that he, as well as the U.S. charge d'affaires in Armenia, thinks that the Armenian president-elect has the vision and approach that the United States would like to see during the implementation of joint projects. The U.S. diplomat also said that the U.S. wishes that Sargsyan and his country are successful. Sargsyan and Bryza also discussed plans aimed at excluding instances of involving the violations of the ceasefire at the Armenian- Azeri contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh, similar to the incidents on March 4.

Source: http://www.interfax.com/3/372482/news.aspx

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To Artsakh:
Du theragnahatum es kam el ches haskanum aysorva irakanutyun@ Hayastanum. Mer jhokhurd@ hetamnatsa qakhakakanutyunits ev kartiqner@ shat heshtutyamb pokhum e. Chishta vor 90akannerin hazaravor mardiq Kharabakh ein bkhavum ev gumartakner@ tarber sh@rjannerits gnumein k@rvi. Aysorva drutyamb Levon@ u ira davatchan shrjapat@ enqana tuyn e ltsrel mardkants metch, vor shater@ kharabakhtsinerin turqen hamarum. Hla gna ruseren lezvov haykakan forumner@ karta tes inchqan mardik tuynoven ltsvats. Shat mardik esor karan eraz tenan gisher@ ev aravotyan irents kartsiq@ pokhen. Ete orinak es uzum, heru mi gna, anqam ays kayqum kan mardiq for anspasely kartsiq en pokhel ev pokhum. Orinakner shat unem hents im shrjapatits. Nents vor shnorhakalutyun haytni qo sirely Levonin azg@t kiselu hamar ev Artakhtsineri anun@ varqabekelu hamar. Serjh@, Serjh ch lini ete dra en mi achkn el ch hani.

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To Artsakh:
Du theragnahatum es kam el ches haskanum aysorva irakanutyun@ Hayastanum. Mer jhokhurd@ hetamnatsa qakhakakanutyunits ev kartiqner@ shat heshtutyamb pokhum e. Chishta vor 90akannerin hazaravor mardiq Kharabakh ein bkhavum ev gumartakner@ tarber sh@rjannerits gnumein k@rvi. Aysorva drutyamb Levon@ u ira davatchan shrjapat@ enqana tuyn e ltsrel mardkants metch, vor shater@ kharabakhtsinerin turqen hamarum. Hla gna ruseren lezvov haykakan forumner@ karta tes inchqan mardik tuynoven ltsvats. Shat mardik esor karan eraz tenan gisher@ ev aravotyan irents kartsiq@ pokhen. Ete orinak es uzum, heru mi gna, anqam ays kayqum kan mardiq for anspasely kartsiq en pokhel ev pokhum. Orinakner shat unem hents im shrjapatits. Nents vor shnorhakalutyun haytni qo sirely Levonin azg@t kiselu hamar ev Artakhtsineri anun@ varqabekelu hamar. Serjh@, Serjh ch lini ete dra en mi achkn el ch hani.

Եղբայր, իմացիր որ փողոցային լակոտի հետ ես զրուցում: Հետևաբար, մեկնաբանություններդ ոչ մի տեղ չիհասնելու: Ակնհայտ է որ Լևոնի քաղաքական «շարժումը» Երևանում «Արցախցիների» դեմ է: Համենայն դեբս, ես զարմանում եմ որքան տականք և կեղտ կա մեր ժողովուրդի մեչ, որքան ապուշներ, որքան սդորադաս անձնավորություններ: Եւ իհարկե, մեր ժողովուրդը քաղաքականությունից շատ-շատ հերու է: Եթե այս վիջակը շարունակվի կարող է մահացու լինի մեր երկրի համար...

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Bravo Armen...

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A Sober and Sobering Account of Recent Developments in Armenia by an Eyewitness

By Armen Ayvazian (Ararat Center for Strategic Research)

Yerevan, Armenia. I have been criticizing this government and predicting such an outcome during recent years. And, by the way, where was Levon Ter Petrossian all this time and why didn't he raise his voice against any injustice during these long 10 years?! I've been warning about the imminent breakup of the seeming stability again and again in my books, articles and interviews published in Armenian, Russian and English for the last decade. Moreover, they've been read by some of the highest representatives of the current establishment. I had a couple of chances to even personally discuss with some of them the criticality of the situation.

They did not agree that the situation is as bad as I depicted it and were disturbed and irritated. All of my efforts to bring them back to reality have just resulted not only in my further isolation from the centers of decision-making, but also in attempts to silence and marginalize me. Though they've not succeeded, I'm extremely frustrated that all my work has been almost in vain. On February 19, Armenia entered into a completely new and unfavorable phase; the day "X" I was talking about in my "Strategic Gaps" has already arrived.

However, Ter Petrossian and his team did not come "to right the wrongs," but just to exacerbate the situation to the edge. I'm a first-hand eyewitness of these recent events. The major clashes happened just 300 feet from my home and I've been hearing and watching everything from the beginning to the end. That day, Ter Petrossian and his team brought Armenia to the very brink of DISASTER. No one can prove to me that it was the police who instigated the clashes. It was not just a coup attempt, it was a cold-blooded attempt by Ter Petrossian & Co. to instigate a civil war! Ter Petrossian and his team are an immediate and overwhelming national security threat!

Please look at the bigger picture, look at the world powers waging Cold War IN ARMENIA, look at the map again and follow the news about the Azerbaijan's movements and all the preparations to start a war. What if Aliyev starts it now? What would we have? A divided Armenia and a divided Diaspora! Who has pushed the situation so far? Of course, the government has to be blamed for all the corruption and its woeful methods and low level of governance. But Ter Petrossian has clearly and cold-bloodedly targeted the national unity of Armenians! He clearly and cold-bloodedly played on the hayastantzi-gharabaghtzi artificial divide! He and his team clearly and cold-bloodedly instigated the mob to fire and throw grenades on Armenian soldiers.

My street was under the occupation of "revolutionaries" for about 7 hours. They were shouting at us: "come down, join us -- this is an uprising!" They were calling the Armenian soldiers to join them and fire on other Armenian soldiers. Now who can tell me about the facts better? Do you understand what was in stake? And what if just one battalion, or even a platoon joined this uprising? We would have ended up in a real bloody civil war with hundreds killed and mutilated and perhaps Artsakh and Syunik overrun by the enemy! What was Ter Petrossian's sick mind thinking at that time? I need neither to watch Armenian TV for the official version of events nor to read and listen about the ridiculous false versions now being circulated in the web by Ter Petrossian's supporters.

Please remember that Armenia is your only Homeland, irrespective of the government. Please do not alienate either yourselves or the diasporans from the homeland. Do not alienate yourselves from other Armenians. After reading my article, my dear friend from Canada has labeled me "a traitor of the nation"! Doesn't this remind you of good old 1937? Just one result of the Ter Petrossian's comeback into the big politics with his neo-bolshevik ideas: "Who is not with us, is against us"! But we are a small endangered nation with an endangered HOMELAND! The situation is extremely difficult and there is no easy way out of it. The solution that is most often being offered -- the resignation of Serj Sargsyan and new elections is not a solution. We simply cannot afford months and years of additional turmoil.

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There are about a million of us in the US, we work and pay billions of tax $ ... yet we can't pass a resolution that it was a Genocide. Now some red-neck Texan that can't put a sentence together with his African bunny are threatening Armenia.

"U.S. can suspend financial aid to Armenia over emergency rule
13.03.2008 15:41 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Millennium Challenge Account implementation in Armenia may suffer from imposition of emergency rule, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said when addressing the House appropriations subcommittee hearing on the State Department’s budget.

Rice said that the state of emergency in Armenia, imposed recently after rioting against the results of the presidential election, had made it necessary to suspend some U.S. programs there, ITAR-TASS reports."

http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=25342

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ARMENIA UNDER SIEGE

Ever since independence, Armenia’s main asset has been its internal stability. And every external and internal force has threatened to destabilize the country to get its agenda promoted. At every such crisis, brinkmanship has played a role, until sober heads have prevailed to avert a catastrophe. In the aftermath of the February 19 presidential election, those sober heads were not around to be found and the catastrophe took place with unforeseen consequences for long time to come. Indeed Kocharian’s government and opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian were at loggerheads, expecting the other party to blink, which was not to happen. At this time, a government-imposed state of emergency has turned into an internal siege for Armenia’s population, while an external siege is being configured by outside forces, unfortunately aided by internal desperate voices. A tremendous amount of damage has already been caused by the loss of human lives, but that is only the beginning in a rapidly deteriorating crisis.

As anticipated, Azerbaijan has raised the ante by attacking the Armenian positions in the Martakert region of Karabagh, certainly encouraged and emboldened by the internal turmoil in Armenia. This is a loss of wills across the lines of the ceasefire, and a more dangerous escalation of hostilities may be in the offing, if the war planners in Baku determine that the Armenian government is too weak to retaliate to a major onslaught.

While countries, like Azerbaijan, can get away with murder, because of the oil factor or strategic advantage, Western powers are quick to admonish Armenia with impunity, at the first sign of any infraction. And that may have long-term political and economic impact on the country. The chorus of external condemnations has already begun, with a spark from none other than the former president and recently-defeated presidential candidate, Levon Ter Petrossian. Indeed, on March 5, an op-ed article signed by the first president appeared in the Washington Post and subsequently circulated in the news media. Of course, no one would like to see a state of emergency imposed in Armenia, crippling the normal course of life, but Ter Petrossian himself must be the last one to complain about it, since in 1990 he was the one who ordered armored cars to crush the demonstrations, following rigged elections. If his actions were justified at that time, what other alternative was left to the present government to calm the situation?

But what is more dangerous is to invite foreign governments to interfere in the internal situation of the country and use their leverage to warn the government against its antidemocratic actions. Besides the political pressures, the most effective ways for the regional or world powers is to use their economic leverage, on which hinges Armenia’s lifeline and the future.

The European Union has many grants, but the most significant aid comes from the US through its annual aid package, which is already dwindling from year to year. But what is most dangerous is the Millennium Challenge project, which is contingent upon Armenia’s democratic process and economic reform. That is the most effective weapon in the arsenal of the Bush administration, which is significantly delaying to recognize the election results and congratulate the new president. Ter-Petrossian blames the West for "the deafening silence," all the while criticizing the OSCE observers for approving the election results. He further appeals to the US government by asking a particular action. "What do the people of Armenia expect from the West, and the United States in particular? At the very least, we expect a strong and unequivocal condemnation of the violence that occurred on March 1… This condemnation should accompany a sternwarning…"

Ter-Petrossian’s popularity is not in question here, nor would any one try to applaud the emergency role. But what is very serious is to appeal to outside forces, which are looking for any pretext to tighten the noose around Armenia and strangulate it economically. The US and Russia have a confrontational posture in the Southern Caucasus and the Cold War era is returning to that region. Armenia’s cordial ties with Russia and economic relations with Iran are not looked upon favorably in Washington, despite the assurances that the US administration "understands" the underlying causes of those relations. When push comes to shove, Armenia’s lobbying power in the US may easily be overrun. Two days later, Ter-Petrossian’s request from the US is echoed in a nasty editorial on March 7, in the New York Times, under the heading "Dark Days in Armenia." It is significant to note that Turkey’s brutal war against the Kurdish minority, which has caused 40,000 deaths has not yet deserved that kind of characterization in the editorial columns of the Times.

The Times editorial specifically addresses the most vulnerable aspect of the US-Armenian relations: "Armenia, embroiled in a lengthy standoff with neighboring Azerbaijan, is relatively isolated in its own region and especially values its great relations with the United States," according to the editorial. It then talks about inviting the Bush administration to hit where it hurts most: "the main responsibility lies with Armenia’s government leaders, and it is to them that the White House must address its protests." And of course we know the nature of these "protests;" to deny beleaguered Armenia economic help. The continuation of the crisis is to no one’s advantage and it will damage Armenia irreparably, which had just begun to give signals of economic recovery.

The crisis can only be resolved internally by engaging opposing domestic groups. Any outside interference may only further exacerbate the already tense situation and lead nowhere. In addition to media orchestration, rallies are being organized on the West Coast to amplify the media furor and to damage Armenia’s standing in the political arena. The protests are mainly organized by expatriates, driven mostly by the guilt feeling of having abandoned the homeland. The same masses of expatriates were vehemently against Ter- Petrossian, when he was in power. It is time to sober up to stop undermining the foundations of Armenia’s statehood and denying its population direly needed economic recovery. Armenians seem to be their worst enemies.

Source: http://www.azg.am/EN/2008031402

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UKRAINIAN REVOLUTIONARY TEACHES LESSONS TO L. TER-PETROSYAN

Hayots Ashkhar Daily Published on May 31, 2008 Armenia

Judging by all, L. Ter-Petrosyan is not going to calm down as he is most probably preparing for the second stage of the revolutionary process. In particular, we have information that on May 26 L. Ter-Petrosyan organized a reception in his private residence in honor of some Dmirtry Potekhin. The name doesn't say anything to the Armenian society, but this personality is now perceived as a political lifebuoy for L. Ter-Petrosyan and his proponents. It is as though this Ukrainian young man were going to guide L. Ter-Petrosyan's team, enriching its tactical arsenal. And who is Potekhin and why did the meeting with his participation acquire such a great importance? D. Potekhin is one of the most outstanding ideologists and coordinators of the Ukrainian orange revolution, as well as Head of the so-called European Strategy Group analytical center; he also leads the movement and, together with the leaders of the organization, he was also one of the advisors of the Georgian Kmara organization. That's to say, he is one of the chief players of the Ukrainian orange revolution, as well as one of the leaders of the political group with the help of which Ukraine is now making rapid steps towards integration to NATO.

Now he has come to Armenia to instruct L. Ter-Petrosyan how to wash the brains of young people and set up 3-4 youth groups or, as the say, youth movements which should grow like mushrooms after rain. They practically consist of the same people but bear different names, such as Begins, Now, Get up, We, etc. It should be noted that before leaving for the United States (May 10-12, 2008), David Shahnazaryan - L. Ter-Petrosyan's representative, visited Georgia with the purpose of receiving a political orientation, and there, he had a meeting with such key figures of the Georgian revolution as Ilvlian Khaindrava, Nougzar Gogorishvili, Georg- Khoutsishvili, Vakhtang Kolbaya, Arnold Stepanyan and last but not the least, Ukrainian representatives Dmitry Potekhin and his assistant Alexandra Delemenchouk. The meeting took place in one of the local revolutionary headquarters operating under the financial support of Soros foundation. According to available information, the participants of the meeting held in Tbilisi on May 10 made a decision that D. Potekhin and his group should submit to the center of colored revolutions a relevant report on Armenia and receive instructions from there for initiating certain activities in our country. After the meeting, D. Shahnazaryan returned to Armenia and informed L. Ter-Petrosyan of the results.

By the instruction of the latter, D. Shahnazaryan put through L. Zourabyan and D. Potekhin with each other. D. Potekhin left Tbilisi for Ukraine and, after submitting relevant reports, instructed him from one of the colored revolution centers of Warsaw to go to Armenia and initiate the process. On May 25, D. Potekhin and his assistant Alexandra Demenchouk left Kiev for Tbilisi and, with the help of Arnold Stepanyan, Head of Multi-National Georgian organization (which receives funding from Soros), got in touch with L. Zourabyan, LTP's representative. A day later, on May 26, the vanguards arrived in Armenia. According to our information, they first met with L. Zourabyan and Arman Mousinyan and last but not the least, had a meeting in L. Ter-Petrosyan's private residence. On the same day after the confidential meeting, they crossed the Armenian-Georgian border in a car with darkened windows and returned to Tbilisi.

The visit bore a strictly practical and pragmatic character. As to what agreements were achieved in the meeting between L. Ter-Petrosyan and D. Potekhin, is unknown even to the people who have the closest ties with the ex-President. However, based on available information, it is possible to have an idea as to what priority Dima Potekhin has established for the Armenian opposition. That's to say, to organize campaigns with the participation of small groups of individuals around issues arousing concern in society, with the purpose of undermining the law enforcement system and the authorities. For instance, the groups consisting of 25-30 people should dress up and hold 3 campaigns: send SMS messages to appoint a meeting near one of the crowded metro stations, dress up like prisoners and chant the following words for an hour, We protest against the President; we feel as though we were prisoners, and our country had turned into a prison, etc.

Dressed up in white T-shirts, the same group shall, within the same day, organize an environmental campaign and then, choose another dressing and hold another campaign for increasing the pensions and so on and so forth. This advisory package was partially transferred to L. Ter-Petrosyan's team by the Ukrainian and Georgian teachers back in mid-February and it was immediately put into practice as a basis. After following L. Ter-Petrosyan's activities for two days consecutively, any citizen, especially a journalist, will understand that they are complying with the instructions of their foreign teacher. And such instructions will become more diverse and aggressive in the near future, and their funding will increase thus becoming permanent. This is why one of the godfathers of the Ukrainian orange revolution arrived in Armenia. L. Ter-Petrosyan's team was instructed to set up 70-100 similar groups consisting of 25-30 people. This is only a small part of the instructions of the political technologists. The main series of events is to be organized in the period between June and August, and the result is anticipated in September in the form of a revolutionary situation.

Let's also add that right after the meeting L. Zourabyan was sent to Moscow on a two-day unscheduled visit, by the instruction of L. Ter-Petrosyan. According to our information, he had a meeting with the individuals recommended by D. Potekhin; these people are to organize the flow of the required financial resources to Armenia. Analyzing the activities of L. Ter-Petrosyan and his supporters, we can definitely state the following: with the help of L. Ter-Petrosyan, a henchman appointed by the West and the Jewish-Masonic lobby, an attempt is being made to proceed with the colored revolution (which began back in September 2007) in Armenia and achieve a final result with the help of a third country (in this particular case, Ukraine); however, the attempts failed in the first stage of the struggle. We can definitely say it will fail at the second stage as well, but everybody will suffer losses during the whole process, and the country will, for some period of time, incur the damages caused by the colored revolutions.

Source: http://www.armtown.com/news/en/has/20080531/260183729

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Armenian assaulted by his own stupidity. There are equally strong arguments that what occurred on March 1 was the culmination of a 'Red' revolution.

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Armenian assaulted by his own stupidity. There are equally strong arguments that what occurred on March 1 was the culmination of a 'Red' revolution.

haha in fact red would be a better color to use as it is the color of the masters siting in london, i.e. rothschild