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  • #391
    Re: Armenia and the information war

    Armenia should think about protecting its sites
    13.08.2009 14:43 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia should think about protecting its sites first rather then inflict retaliatory strikes, Stepan Aslanyan, director of the Smart Systems Armenian company told a press conference devoted to “Information war and massive attacks on Armenian sites by Azeri hackers” today.

    According to him, out of about 500 sites serviced by Smart Systems 60 came under attack. Stepan Aslanyan reminded, that there are no fully secure sites either in Armenia, or elsewhere, there are cases of hacking, even the Pentagon's website.

    Stepan Aslanyan also noted, that the time necessary to restore the hacked sites is also an important indicator. Some sites of Armenian ministries, hacked on August 7, has not yet been restored. In this regard, the Mr. Aslanyan noted that bring up an example of how some hacked government sites were restored after several minutes, while the site of Pentagon was restored after a few seconds.

    Armenia should think about protecting its sites
    http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=35297

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    Armenia to have an expert group fighting hacker attacks
    13.08.2009 16:17 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia is going to have an expert group fighting hacker attacks against Armenian Web sites, Smart System Armenian company’s director Stpen Aslanyan told today a news conference devoted to “Information wars and Azeri hackers’ mass attacks against Armenian Web sites”.

    According to him, “Strictly organized” attacks against Armenian Web sites in .am zone were launched simultaneously by several states, with the overwhelming majority of hackers being Azeris. And that created the necessity of setting up an expert group ensuring the security of Armenian Web sites. It’s hard to say now whether such mass attacks are funded by Azerbaijani government, Aslanyan said.

    Over 70 individuals, including technical specialists and journalists, have expressed willingness to join the group. There are no representatives of state government bodies among them. Additional 10 days are required for finally forming the group, company’s director said, adding that they ruled out illegal activities, such as breaking Azerbaijani or any other Web sites.

    Armenia to have an expert group fighting hacker attacks
    http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=35300
    Azerbaboon: 9.000 Google hits and counting!

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    • #392
      Re: Armenia and the information war

      Sedrak Achemyan: Had Armenia and NKR united in proper time, there’d be no Karabakh issue


      /PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Final decision over Karabakh issue should be made by Karabakh itself,” Sedrak Ahemyan, Chairman of the Central Board of Social Democratic Hnchak Party (SDHP), told today a seminar devoted to “Armenian-Turkish relations: present and past. “We have not occupied foreign lands, even though Azerbaijan does not recognize it,” the expert said, ruling out possibility of any concessions by Armenia.

      “Had Armenia and Karabakh united in proper time, Karabakh issue would have been resolved,” SDHP member, noting that Armenia had several times missed good chances for settling NKR conflict.

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      • #393
        Re: Armenia and the information war

        Armenian Turkish border opening not to affect Armenia’s economic development

        /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian-Turkish border opening is not a subject for discussion, Sedrak Ahemyan, Chairman of the Central Board of Social Democratic Hnchakyan Party (SDHP), told today a seminar devoted to “Armenian-Turkish relations: present and past.”

        “Border was closed by Turkey not Armenia, so it’s up to Turkey to think over the issue,” Achemyan said, adding that border opening will not affect the country’s economy.

        “Even if Armenian-Turkish border remains closed, that won’t affect our economy, Armenia has a Diaspora willing to make serious investment in the sphere,” SDHP member said. According to him, Armenian authorities and Diaspora should start implementation of serious programs promoting the country’s economic development.

        If border opens, Armenia must be well prepared for that because border opening does not quite promise positive developments, Achemyan stressed.

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        Armenian Turkish border opening not to affect Armenia's economic development
        http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=35301

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        • #394
          Re: Armenia and the information war

          R: Unreasonable speedup may escalate tensions in Karabakh

          /PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Speedy settlement of Karabakh-Azerbaijani conflict is also a priority for Karabakh,” Head of NKR Foreign Ministry’s Information Department Marsel Petrosian, said commenting upon MG Co-Chair Matthew Bryza’s recent statement that speedy settlement is advantageous to Armenia as “otherwise, the country’s economic development will be hampered, creating serious problems in democratic reform process.” “But that doesn’t mean we favor a settlement at any cost, with unpredictable consequences at that. For us, settlement implies establishment of long and enduring peace which can be achieved only in case of considering the actual state of things,” Petrosian noted.

          “However, Mr. Bryza links conflict settlement to economic development and democratic reforms. Linking these two issues into a single “package” is more like a bargaining and attempt to impose an agreement at all costs. Unfortunately, we recently observe the tendency of speeding up negotiation process based on a formula which ignores the essence and history of the conflict, as well as the present-day realities. In our view, Mr. Bryza`s statements are in line with that tendency. There is an impression that the current haste is related to the replacement of MG co-chairs, particularly Mr. Bryza. In NKR Foreign Ministry’s statement dated July 15, 2009, we already spoke about the negative impact of unreasonable speedup which may only escalate tension, as the formula proposed by mediators is aimed at changing the balance of power underlying peace and stability in the region,” NKR official stated.

          Commenting upon MG Co-Chair’s statement that negotiation process reflects NKR “population’s” opinion and concerns, Petrosian said, “We’d welcome such fact, and in that connection, we’d like to note that NKR people have expressed their will at December 10, 1991 independence referendum and December 10, 2006 Constitutional referendum. “We’d be thankful to mediators if NKR people’s will is fully reflected in negotiation process.”

          Source:
          NKR: Unreasonable speedup may escalate tensions in Karabakh
          http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=35315

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          • #395
            Re: Armenia and the information war

            ԼՈՒՅՍ ԱՇԽԱՐՀ – Page not found
            http://www.louysworld.com/2009/08/10/նախիջեվանի-հիմնախնդրի-շուրջ/


            has anyone heard anything about this? The guys reading an article about how the azeris of nakichevan want to be with Armenia rather then azerbaijan.

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            • #396
              Re: Armenia and the information war

              Originally posted by Federate View Post
              Turkish Group Accuses Google of Limiting Free Speech


              A Turkish advocacy organization is accusing Google of limiting free speech after the Web search leader suspended the group’s ads in response to complaints by an Armenian-American group that the ads were “morally reprehensible” for denying a genocide occurred in the Ottoman-Armenian conflict of a century ago, according to yesterday’s FOXNews.com.

              The Turkish Coalition of America said Google pulled its ads without giving the group a chance to respond to the accusations made by the Armenian National Committee of America.

              A Google spokesman told FOX News that it does not accept ads “designed to stir up hate or advocate against a protected group.” The spokesman also said the company does not allow ads for Web sties “that suggest revisions to history or attempt to revise history against the interests of a protected group.”

              “So you can imagine an ad by a Nazi group that said the Holocaust is a myth,” the spokesman said, offering another example of an ad that would be rejected by Google.

              The Turkish Coalition, or TCA, objects to Google’s policy.

              “The notion that there is a Google-accepted version of history is extraordinarily disturbing,” the group said in a statement.

              “Google has failed to distinguish between advocating an idea in an historic controversy, which the TCA does, and advocating against a group, which the TCA does not,” the group said. “This notion strikes at the very core of the First Amendment free speech rights.”

              The Armenian National Committee of America initiated its online campaign against the ads in May, asking supporters to urge Google to stop hosting genocide denial ads placed by the Turkish Coalition.

              “Ask Google to live up to its guiding principle of ‘Don’t be Evil’ by refusing to profit from an organization seeking a platform for their historically inaccurate, morally reprehensible and deeply offensive genocidal denial campaign.”

              The group said search terms such as “Armenian Genocide,” “Armenia” and “Armenian” typically spawn a Google ADWords link that reads either : “History, Propaganda” or “Learn Armenian Atrocities.” Both directed users to the Turkish Coalition’s Web site that it says features “extensive content denying the Armenian Genocide.”

              The Republic of Turkey disputes the use of the term “genocide” to describe the decimation of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I.

              David Saltzman of the Turkish Coalition told FOX News that his group is not against any group and lamented that anyone who disputes a genocide happened in 1915 is “accused of immorality and criminality.”

              The suspension of ads, Saltzman said, is devastating to his group because it limits its “presence in the marketplace of ideas.”

              Aram Hamparian, executive director of the Armenian National Committee of America, told FOX News that he was “gratified” that Google decided the Turkish group’s ads were not “consistent with its values. We think Google did the right thing.”

              He added that the Turkish group was just as misguided in trying to force Google to run the ads as it is in denying the genocide.

              http://hetq.am/en/world/14511/
              This is good news. I knew googles couldn’t keep this crap up under pressure.

              Good work by ANCA, this is everywhere……even Foxnews.com has interviewed ANCA.
              B0zkurt Hunter

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              • #397
                Re: Armenia and the information war

                Azerbaijani Authorities Interrogate Music Fan Over Eurovision Vote For Armenia
                August 14, 2009

                The offending song: Inga and Anush perform "Jan-Jan."

                BAKU -- It's a simple song competition. Or is it?

                The Eurovision Song Contest has long promoted itself as an event where national audiences in Europe and beyond can put politics aside and enjoy a long night of entertainment performed in the spirit of friendly competition, if not necessarily musical mastery.

                But as Eurovision's reach has traveled further east, old political rivalries are muddying the contest's claim on good clean fun.

                Rovshan Nasirli, a young Eurovision fan living in the Azerbaijani capital Baku, says he was summoned this week to the country's National Security Ministry -- to explain why he had voted for Armenia during this year's competition in May.

                "They wanted an explanation for why I voted for Armenia. They said it was a matter of national security,” Nasirli said. “They were trying to put psychological pressure on me, saying things like, 'You have no sense of ethnic pride. How come you voted for Armenia?' They made me write out an explanation, and then they let me go."

                A total of 43 Azeris voted for the Armenian duo Inga and Anush, and their song, "Jan-Jan."

                Nasirli, like others, used his mobile phone to send a text message expressing his preference, little imagining his vote would eventually result in a summons from national security officials. (By contrast, 1,065 Armenians voted for the Azerbaijani team, apparently without consequence.)

                Simmering Tensions

                Azerbaijan and Armenia remain locked in a protracted dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly ethnic-Armenian enclave located within Azerbaijani territory. Relations between the two countries are poor, even as they appear to be nearing a breakthrough on Karabakh.

                The official antipathy can frequently trickle down to personal bias among ordinary Armenians and Azeris. But not always.

                In the case of Eurovision, Nasirli said he preferred the Armenian entry because it sounded "more Azeri" than his country's own submission, a duet featuring Arash, a pop superstar born in Iran and based in Sweden:

                "I voted for Armenia to protest the fact that Arash was representing Azerbaijan. Also, the Armenian song was closer to Azerbaijani style than Arash's song,” Nasirli said.


                Azerbaijan's Eurovision entry was a duo of Azeri singer AySel and Iranian-Swedish pop star Arash.

                Some Azeris cried foul when Arash was chosen to partner with a relatively young and unknown Azerbaijani singer, AySel, for the country's Eurovision entry with the song "Always."

                But others saw the decision as a shrewd move that would lend star power and an international name to the Azerbaijani submission.

                In the end, the gamble appeared to pay off. Azerbaijan came in third place, its highest Eurovision showing ever. Armenia's Inga and Anush came in tenth.

                Many Azerbaijanis celebrated the results as a victory over Yerevan. The third-place finish, however, was apparently not enough to satisfy Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry, which summoned Nasirli to its Nasimi district office on August 12.

                Nasirli, who was contacted by RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service after posting a comment about his experience on the station's website, said he saw nothing wrong in his vote for Armenia.

                "If Azerbaijani parliament members can go to Armenia, then what's wrong with voting for the Armenian song in the contest?” he asked. “I told them, 'If you don't want people to vote for Armenia, then why are you in the same contest with them?'"

                'Police State'

                Ministry officials were not available for comment on Nasirli's experience. But the case has set off alarm bells in Azerbaijan's rights community.

                Activist Avaz Hasanov called the move "unbelievable" and warned that Azerbaijan, which has already seen a steady clampdown on civil rights under President Ilham Aliyev, was moving toward a police state.

                "There are no state secrets involved here. It was an open contest. It's just people expressing their personal taste,” Hasanov said. “It's unbelievable that they are trying to keep that kind of control over people. Limiting people's choices in such an obvious manner won't do any good for the country. If all SMS and phone conversations are being screened, then this country is nothing more than a police state, with people being watched all the time."

                Some see the ministry's scrutiny of the Eurovision vote as a bizarre extension of the government's preoccupation with gaining the upper hand in the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute.

                Baku argues that the enclave represents a violation of its territorial integrity and that the region must eventually come under Azerbaijani control.

                Shades of the 21-year-old dispute could be detected in the Eurovision contest itself. The Armenian team sparked a storm of controversy when the original video backdrop for their performance featured an image of a memorial in Nagorno-Karabakh that is deeply meaningful for Karabakh Armenians.

                Russia, the 2009 Eurovision host, requested the offending image be removed. But Armenia stoked the dispute further when its 2008 contestant, Sirusho, appeared during this year's contest holding a photograph of the same monument.

                Elmir Mirzoyev, a commentator on Azeri cultural issues, says some issues related to Nagorno-Karabakh undoubtedly fall within the purview of the National Security Ministry. Stoking ethnic hostilities, however, should not be one of them, he said.

                "I have to know what the ultimate goal for our state is -- to restore territorial integrity, or to refuse to accept Armenians as an ethnicity? Security services are serious organizations. What is their function? To spread ethnic hatred against Armenians, or to restore our territory?” he asked.

                Mirzoyev continued: “Our government has never declared that Armenians can't live in our country, or that those voting for Armenia should be summoned to the National Security Ministry."

                RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service contributed to this report.

                Azerbaijani Authorities Interrogate Music Fan Over Armenia Vote
                http://www.rferl.org/content/feature/1800013.html
                Rovshan Nasirli, a resident of the Azerbaijani capital Baku, this week received a surprise summons to the National Security Ministry for questioning. His transgression? Voting for the Armenian contestants in this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

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                • #398
                  Re: Armenia and the information war

                  Turkish diplomats to learn Armenian


                  Young Turk diplomats will learn Armenian and Greek within the framework of Turkey’s foreign policy “Zero Problems and Extensive Cooperation” with neighbors, “Stratejikboyut” website reports.

                  Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs instructed young diplomats to learn Armenian, Greek, Bulgarian, Arabic and Russian.

                  Young diplomats will leave for neighboring countries to learn the languages, except for Armenia due to absence of diplomatic relations. Thirty diplomats are already winnowed, but their number might increase.

                  http://news.am/en/news/2551.html
                  Azerbaboon: 9.000 Google hits and counting!

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                  • #399
                    Re: Armenia and the information war

                    a new turkish website has come online. i think since Google stopped running those ads these idiots opened up there own website. it has nothing but anti-Armenian propaganda, nothing positive whatsoever. i think we should do something about this website. the website is
                    http://www.historyoftruth.com/


                    if you search for news on Armenia this website keeps popping up. these damn turks never learn.

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                    • #400
                      Re: Armenia and the information war

                      Originally posted by ninetoyadome View Post
                      a new turkish website has come online. i think since Google stopped running those ads these idiots opened up there own website. it has nothing but anti-Armenian propaganda, nothing positive whatsoever. i think we should do something about this website. the website is
                      http://www.historyoftruth.com/


                      if you search for news on Armenia this website keeps popping up. these damn turks never learn.
                      I just noticed that today too. It's pretty worrisome because the website seems to be solely focused on Armenian propaganda. However, there's some good news along the horizon. I just noticed a few days ago that there is a new Armenian website that publishes information against Turkey and Azerbaijan as news. The website is http://news.am. To add to the good news, the domain name suggests it is from Armenia so we are picking up on the information war from the motherland.
                      Azerbaboon: 9.000 Google hits and counting!

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