Armenian Terrorist Activities in USA
If the Turks had wanted to massacre the Armenians; why didn't they just do it rather than spend 261 million kurush (156.6 million guilder, equivalent to 5637 million $; Francis Turner, Money and exchange rates in 1632) to remove the Armenians?
The Ottoman Empire controlled twenty-two separate nationalities.
None of those nationalities carries the hate, rage, and revenge attributed
toward modern-day Turkey as the Armenians do.
Armenian Terrorist Activities in USA:
1. On January 27, 1973, in Santa Barbara, California, Armenian
Gourgen Yanikian, a U.S. citizen, invites the Turkish Consul General, Mehmet
Baydar, and the Consul, Bahadır
Demir, to a luncheon. The unsuspecting diplomats accept the friendly
invitation. Gourgen Yanikian murders his two guests. He is sentenced to life
imprisonment.
2. On April 26, 1973, in New York City, attempted bombing of
the Turkish Information Office. The bomb was discovered in time and defused. A
group calling itself the “Yanikian Commandos” claims responsibility. They want
the release of the double murderer of Santa Barbara, Gourgen Yanikian, who insidiously
murdered two Turkish diplomats.
3. On October 4, 1977, in Los Angeles, California, bomb attack
at the house of Professor Stanford Shaw, who teaches Ottoman history at the
University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). Responsibility is claimed by an
Armenian Group of 28.
4. On August 5, 1980, in New York City, an “Armenian group”
hurls paint bombs at the Turkish House across from the United Nations, home of
the Turkish Representations in New York.
5. On October 6, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, two
Molotov cocktails are thrown into the home of the Turkish Consul General, Kemal
Arıkan. He survived with injuries.
6. On October 12, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, a travel
agency in Hollywood, owned by a Turkish-American, is bombed and destroyed. JCAG
claims responsibility.
7. On February 3, 1981, in Los Angeles, California, bomb-squad
officials disarm a bomb left at the Swiss Consulate. The terrorists threaten in
anonymous phone calls that such attacks will continue until Armenian-American
(U.S. citizen) Suzy Mahseredjian, who had been arrested for terrorist acts in
Europe, is released.
8. On June 3, 1981, in Los Angeles, California, bombs force
the cancellation of performances by a Turkish folk-dance group. Threats of
similar bombings force the group's performances in San Francisco to be canceled
as well.
9. On June 26, 1981, in Los Angeles, California, a bomb
explodes in front of the Swiss Banking Corporation offices. Again, the work of
the Ninth of June Organization.
10. On August 20, 1981, in Los Angeles, California, a bomb
explodes outside the offices of Swiss Precision Instruments. The attack is
claimed by the Ninth of June.
11. On November 20, 1981, in Los Angeles, California, the
Turkish Consulate General in Beverly Hills suffers extensive damage. The JCAG
claims credit.
12. On January 13, 1982, in Toronto, Canada, an ASALA bomb
causes extensive damage to the Turkish Consulate General.
13. On January 28, 1982, in Los Angeles, California, Kemal
Arıkan, the Turkish Consul General in Los Angeles, is assassinated by two
terrorists while driving to work. Nineteen year-old Hampig Sassounian is
arrested and sentenced to life in prison.
14. On March 1982, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a gift shop
belonging to Orhan Gündüz, the Turkish Honorary Consul General in Boston, is
blown up. Gündüz receives an ultimatum prior to the attack: Either he gives up
his honorary position or he will be “executed”. Responsibility is claimed by
the JCAG.
15. Two months later in May 4, 1982, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Orhan Gündüz, the Turkish Honorary Consul General in Boston, is assassinated. The
murderer is still at large.
16. On April 8, 1982, in Ottawa, Canada, Kani Güngör, the
Commercial Attaché at the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa, is seriously wounded in an
attack by Armenian terrorists in the garage of his apartment complex. ASALA
claims responsibility.
17. On May 18, 1982, in Toronto, Canada, four Armenians are
arrested for trying to smuggle money out of the country. The money was extorted
from Armenians. In the course of the investigation, it is discovered that the
terrorists firebombed the house of an Armenian who refused to make his
contribution to Armenian terrorism.
18. On May 18, 1982, in Tampa, Florida, the Turkish Honorary
Consul General Nash Karahan is attacked at his office.
19. On May 26, 1982, in Los Angeles, California, a bomb
damages the office of Swiss Banking Corporation. The suspects: four Armenians
accused of involvement in ASALA.
20. On May 30, 1982, in Los Angeles, California, three
members of ASALA are arrested when planting a bomb in the Air Canada
cargo-office.
21. On August 27, 1982, in Ottawa, Canada, Colonel Atilla
Altkat, the Military Attaché at the Turkish
Embassy, is assassinated in his car. The JCAG claims
responsibility.
22. On October 26, 1982, in Los Angeles, California, five
Armenian terrorists are arrested and charged with conspiring to blow up the
offices of the Honorary Consul General in Philadelphia.
23. On January 21, 1983, in Anaheim, California, nine “sophisticated”
pipe bombs are confiscated from an Armenian bakery after one of the detonators goes
off and causes fire.
24. On March 29, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, ASALA
sends a written threat, stating that they will assassinate Turkish athletes who
take part in the Olympics. A news agency in France receives a written threat
that terrorists will attack all governments, organizations, and companies that assist
in any way Turkey's team at the Olympics.
25. On March 12, 1985, in Ottawa, Canada, three heavily
armed terrorists storm the Turkish Embassy, killing a Canadian security guard
in the process. After blowing up the front door, the gunmen enter the building.
Ambassador Coskun Kirca manages to escape but suffers extensive injuries. The
wife and daughter of the ambassador, who were taken hostage, are later
released, and the terrorists surrender. ARA claims responsibility.
26. On March 26, 1985, in Toronto, Canada, a threat to blow
up the city of Toronto's transit system leads to chaos during the rush hour. An
“Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of our Homeland” claims responsibility
for the threat.
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