Armenia and the information war

[TomServo]

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What kind of a Armenian goes around with the name Misha?

It's a shortening of Mikhail.

But a red-bearded Armenian convert to Islam who went by the name Misha? I mean, that is a microscopic category so authorities shouldn't have a hard time tracking such a person down.

[ninetoyadome]

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http://theweek.com/article/index/243163/who-is-misha-the-armenian-muslim-who-radicalized-tamerlan-tsarnaev#

Edit: according to this article, the parents say Misha is an Armenian from Azerbaijan

Anzor and Zubeidat said Tamerlan had been influenced by an ethnic Armenian emigre from Azerbaijan whom they knew only by the name of Misha.

http://news.yahoo.com/father-boston-bomb-suspects-plans-u-trip-bury-135531214.html

[Haykakan]

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This is such bs even the press doesn't believe it. Like how many red headed armenian muslims have you seen lately?

http://theweek.com/article/index/243...rlan-tsarnaev#

Edit: according to this article, the parents say Misha is an Armenian from Azerbaijan



http://news.yahoo.com/father-boston-...135531214.html

[Vahram]

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Has anyone found red beard?

[ninetoyadome]

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Mysterious ‘Misha’ turns out to be half-Armenian, denies involvement in Boston bombings




The mysterious Misha, thought to be the missing link in explaining the radicalization of Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, has broken his silence to speak out on Sunday, writes the New York Review of Books, whose correspondent has tracked down the man to his family home in Rhode Island.

Accused by members of the Tsarnaev family of being the mastermind behind the marathon attacks which killed three and injured over 250 people, Misha, whose real name is Mikhail Allakhverdov has come forward in hope of setting the record straight.

According to the source, the 39-year-old man, who is of Armenian-Ukranian descent and lives with an American girlfriend with his elderly parents, confirmed that he, indeed, was a convert to Islam, but roundly denied any part in Tamerlan, 26 and 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s murderous attacks.

Allakhverdov said he did know Tamerlan in 2009, but wasn’t his teacher ever. “If I had been his teacher, I would have made sure he never did anything like this,” said Allakhverdov, whose father is an Armenian Christian and mother is an ethnic Ukrainian.

“We love this country. We never expected anything like this to happen to us,” he added.

Last week a prominent representative of the Armenian-American community slammed CNN and other media for speculating on the “Armenian trace” in the Boston bombings based on unverified information about an Armenian Moslem convert named Misha whom the suspects’ uncle called the guiding influence on the elder brother in developing his radicalized views.

Mark Geragos, a well-known criminal defense attorney, said such speculation was an insult to Armenians everywhere. He also suggested that talk about an Armenian in the context of the Boston bombings suspiciously coincided with the week when Armenians around the world marked the 98th anniversary of the Ottoman-era massacres of more than 1.5 million Christian Armenians by Moslem Turks, which constituted the first genocide of the 20th century.

http://armenianow.com/news/45686/armenian_misha_alakhverdov_denies_involvement

[Vahram]

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LOL this just gets better by the day.

Boston terror suspects uncle was married to CIA officer's daughter and even shared a home with the agent

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315929/Boston-terror-suspects-uncle-married-CIA-officers-daughter-shared-home-agent.html

‘Uncle Ruslan’ aided terrorists from CIA official’s home

http://www.madcowprod.com/2013/04/29/uncle-ruslan-aid-to-terrorists-from-cia-officials-home/

We have a mother that is a shoplifter. We have an uncle that works for the CIA. We have the brothers training in Georgia. Not to mention or overlook the fact that the Russians have warned both the FBI and CIA. Supposedly they were on a terror list, but managed to get first class tickets to Russia, Georgia, Turkey and god knows where else. We have a mythical red beard who was supposed to be an Armenian convert, now he is half Ukrainian. Give it another week he will have a green beard and be from Mars. All this on April 24th! How convenient.

[Eddo211]

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Misha's father Mr Allakhverdov has a funny Armenian name....anybody ever heard of such last name? even if say we take out the ian or yan.

[Vrej1915]

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Misha's father Mr Allakhverdov has a funny Armenian name....anybody ever heard of such last name? even if say we take out the ian or yan.

This name is also a name used by tatars, or muslimised Armenians or Udis ++

Now, there is also:
There is Alavertian/Alahvertian

This might be reference to the town, or as very common phenomena under turkish yoke, litteral translation of common Armenian surname of Asdvadzadrian.
One of the rare major towns not yet renamed, and keeping turkish smelling Alahverdi (God given, Asdvadzadur)
The reason is local dispute on the name to give.
Some argue for Lalvar (the mountain chain dominaiting the town), others for Sanahin....
The town mainly developed at the end of XIX cent to early soviet years, (originally partly inhabited by turkish speaking Pontic Greeks, called in as specialist minors from Pontus), ended englobing de facto surrounding 3 villages, one of wich is the famous Sanahin....

[Eddo211]

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Interesting....thanks verj

I know of Alaverdian.

[Yerevanski92]

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It's a shortening of Mikhail.

But a red-bearded Armenian convert to Islam who went by the name Misha? I mean, that is a microscopic category so authorities shouldn't have a hard time tracking such a person down.

..... Hey I have a red beard LOL.

I mean all this DOES sound fishy, but you never know I guess.