Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 103 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5090-5311-5
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) (Armenian: ????????? ????????????? ??? ?????? ?????, ?????) was an Armenian militant organization, that operated from 1975 to early 1990s. It was considered a terrorist organization by some sources, other sources describe it as guerrilla and armed organization. ASALA was listed as a terrorist organization by the United States in the 1980s. 46 people were killed and 299 injured as a result of ASALA attacks and assassinations. The stated intention of ASALA was "to compel the Turkish Government to acknowledge publicly its responsibility for the Armenian Genocide in 1915, pay reparations, and cede territory for an Armenian homeland". The principal goal of ASALA was to reestablish historical Armenia that would include eastern Turkey and the Soviet Armenia. The territory to be ceded would be the area promised to the Armenians at the never-ratified Treaty of Sevres in 1920 by US...