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'''Varoujan Garabedian''' (Varadjian Garbidjian) was a Syrian-born member of the [[ASALA|Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia]] (ASALA), named as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department |
'''Varoujan Garabedian''' (Varadjian Garbidjian) was a Syrian-born member of the [[ASALA|Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia]] (ASALA), named as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department <ref>[http://www.hri.org/docs/USSD-Terror/97/eurasia.html#Belgium The U.S. Department of State, |
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Patterns of Global Terrorism]</ref><ref>[http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/mfa-t-pkk.htm Federation Of American Scientists, Intelligence Resource Program]</ref><ref>[http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/briefing/daily_briefings/1991/9112/190.html US Department of State Daily Press Briefing #190, Monday, 12/23/91]</ref>. For his role in the July 15, 1983 bombing of the Turkish Airlines office at Orly airpot in Paris, which killed 8 people and wounded 61 <ref>[http://www.netarmenie.com/informations/news/archives.php3?Annee=2001&Mois=4 NetArménie News (in French), Agence France Presse]</ref>, |
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Varoujan Garabedian was convicted by French authorities and sentenced to life in prison on March 3, 1985. After serving 18 years in jail, he was released by French authorities in 2001, on the condition that he be expelled to Armenia <ref>[http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/rferl/2001/01-05-07.rferl.html RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 87, 01-05-07]</ref>, |
Varoujan Garabedian was convicted by French authorities and sentenced to life in prison on March 3, 1985. After serving 18 years in jail, he was released by French authorities in 2001, on the condition that he be expelled to Armenia <ref>[http://www.hri.org/news/balkans/rferl/2001/01-05-07.rferl.html RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 87, 01-05-07]</ref>, where he was greeted at the highest state level. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 17:04, 14 May 2007
Varoujan Garabedian (Varadjian Garbidjian) was a Syrian-born member of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), named as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department [1][2][3]. For his role in the July 15, 1983 bombing of the Turkish Airlines office at Orly airpot in Paris, which killed 8 people and wounded 61 [4], Varoujan Garabedian was convicted by French authorities and sentenced to life in prison on March 3, 1985. After serving 18 years in jail, he was released by French authorities in 2001, on the condition that he be expelled to Armenia [5], where he was greeted at the highest state level.
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- ^ [http://www.hri.org/docs/USSD-Terror/97/eurasia.html#Belgium The U.S. Department of State, Patterns of Global Terrorism]
- ^ Federation Of American Scientists, Intelligence Resource Program
- ^ US Department of State Daily Press Briefing #190, Monday, 12/23/91
- ^ NetArménie News (in French), Agence France Presse
- ^ RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 87, 01-05-07