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Opinion: Nikol Pashinyan, a Reflection of Saddam Hussein Shared Traits

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Both Pashinyan and Saddam Hussein shared upbringing in fractured families, with either stepmothers or stepfathers.

Both faced expulsion from school due to their violent tendencies, leading to their status as school dropouts.

Rather than engaging in productive pursuits, both spent their time engaging in street protests.

Both launched ferocious attacks on their respective governments; Saddam Hussein even went as far as assassinating Iraq’s President Abdul Karim Kassam.

In 2008, Pashinyan orchestrated a massive violent attack against the government, resulting in 10 casualties. He evaded capture for six months before eventually being sentenced to seven years in prison.

Both Nikol Pashinyan and Saddam Hussein ascended to power by seizing control of media outlets. Saddam Hussein’s case involved taking over TV stations and requesting the Iraqi president’s peaceful departure. Similarly, Pashinyan assumed power by commandeering the media, compelling Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan’s resignation. He then imposed restrictions on opposition candidates, consolidating his authority.

Saddam Hussein initiated a war against neighboring Iran, leading to the death and injury of thousands. Similarly, Pashinyan’s actions culminated in a conflict with Azerbaijan, resulting in significant Armenian territorial losses and human suffering.

The aftermath of the 44-day war witnessed Pashinyan surrendering numerous villages and towns, formally recognizing Armenian territory as part of Azerbaijan—an act deemed a major transgression against the Armenian nation.

Saddam Hussein’s regime left Iraq in a state of turmoil that persists to this day, even after his removal from power. The enduring impact of dictators is evident—dictators are inherently predisposed to their authoritarian roles, transcending nationality and religion.

This comparison underscores the disconcerting parallels between Nikol Pashinyan and Saddam Hussein. Both individuals rose to power through similar tactics, leaving their nations grappling with consequences that endure to the present day.

Surprisingly few people know these two Aliev sixes in Armenia.

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By Aleksander Lapshin,

Surprisingly few people know these two Aliev sixes in Armenia.

Meanwhile, all the evil that Ilhamostan is doing against Armenia and Artsakh comes from these two. On the left head of the SGB, General Ali Nagiev, and on the right head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, General Vilayat Evazov. All abductions, murders, blockades, gunfire, and provocation at the border are planned and executed by these two. By the way, it was these two, Nagiyev and Eyvazov who organized my kidnapping in Minsk and delivery to Baku, who organized an attack on me in the Baku prison to compromise Ilham Aliyev. Are you surprised? No surprise, this is a fight between the ruling clans in Ilkhamostan, they hate each other there more than you Armenians. They did a great job of setting the fool Aliyev up with my arrest for visiting Artsakh, and my victory at the ECHR in Strasbourg and at the UN (when the Baku regime was found guilty of unlawful arrest, torture and attempted murder) brought them joy.

It was these two slaps, first of all General Nagiyev, who were behind the organization of an unsuccessful attempt on me in Riga in December 2020. And it is these two right now that are waiting for the moment to get me (and not only me, there is a whole target list) in Yerevan and it will also fail.

Looking at these two faces, you can see that they are somewhat alike. Both have virtually no neck, grown into shoulders and closely planted eyes, which give a nomadic genotype. Both of them, judging by the type, shave the overgrown eyebrows. I wondered where they came from? It turned out that both are from Nakhichevan, one from the Bebek intestine, and the other from the Abragunis intestine. Practically neighboring intestines, they are relatives there in many ways and close marriages are the norm to this day.

In the year 626 Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Abraham traveled to Mecca and met with Prophet Mohammed

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By Hay Wanderer

In the year 626 Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, Abraham traveled to Mecca and met with Prophet Mohammed. After the meeting, Prophet Mohammed issued a declaration that recognized and respected the Armenian Church with its Patriarch and followers. Prophet Mohammed commanded all Muslims to respect his declaration. In the year 1187 Salah al Din al Ayyubi conquered Jerusalem and exiled all non-Muslims with the exception of Christian Armenians. Salah al Din al Ayyubi honored Prophet Mohammed’s declaration. Additionally, Salah al Din al Ayyubi issued his own declaration that recognized and respected the Armenian Church with its Patriarch and followers. We are calling to all true followers of Prophet Mohammed to respect his command and not raise arms against the Armenian Church and its followers. For the last 100 years, Turkey and Azerbaijan are deliberately destroying the Armenian Churches and killing their innocent unarmed followers. By doing this, they are violating Prophet Mohammed’s command. [Decree issued in 1918 by the Sharif of Mecca for the Protection of Armenians.] The Hashemite Royal Court In the Name of God, The Compassionate, The Merciful We Thank Only God And No One But God From Al-Husayn Ibn ‘Ali, King of the Arab Lands and Sharif of Mecca and its Prince to The Honorable and Admirable Princes — Prince Faisal and Prince Abd al-‘Aziz al-Jarba — greetings and the compassion of God and His blessings. This letter is written from Imm Al-Qura (Mecca), on 18 Rajab 1336 [April 29, 1918], by the praise of God and no God except Him. We ask peace upon God’s Prophet, his family, and his companions (may peace be upon him). We inform you that in our gratitude to Him we are in good health, strength, and good grace. We pray to God that He may grant us and you His abundant grace. What is requested of you is to protect and to take good care of everyone from the Jacobite Armenian community living in your territories and frontiers and among your tribes; to help them in all of their affairs and defend them as you would defend yourselves, your properties and children, and provide everything they might need whether they are settled or moving from place to place, because they are the Protected People of the Muslims (Ahl Dimmat al-Muslimin) — about whom the Prophet Muhammad (may God grant him His blessings and peace) said: “Whosoever takes from them even a rope, I will be his adversary on the day of Judgment.” This is among the most important things we require of you to do and expect you to accomplish, in view of your noble character and determination. May God be our and your guardian and provide you with His success. Peace be upon you with the mercy of God and His blessings. Al-Husayn Ibn ‘Ali

Righteous Jews Appeal to Israel To Help Open the Lachin Corridor

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By Harut Sassounian,

There are pro and anti-Armenian individuals of every nationality. Jews are no exception. There are Jews who support us and those who oppose us. We should not generalize and paint everyone with the same brush. Armenians should not treat every Jew as an opponent just because the Israeli government denies the Armenian Genocide and sells billions of dollars of arms to Azerbaijan.

Armenians have the right to criticize the Israeli government and Jews who are anti-Armenian. I severely condemned Israel’s denial of the Armenian Genocide in my 2015 lecture at an Israeli University. After the lecture, I met with the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin and told him that the government of Israel, whose own people were victims of genocide, should have been the first country to recognize the Armenian Genocide, not the last. Pres. Rivlin told me that he recognized the Armenian Genocide and blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for denying it.

I just received copies of two letters sent by a group of righteous Israelis to their country’s top officials, requesting that they intervene with Azerbaijan to unblock the Lachin Corridor.

The first letter was sent to Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on January 15, 2023, asking for his assistance to prevent “a grave humanitarian crisis and loss of life” due to Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin Corridor. The 17 prominent Jewish signers of the letter, including Rabbis, journalists and scholars, wrote: “We believe that you, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, through your ties with your counterparts in Azerbaijan and Russia, can help to avoid this grave humanitarian crisis. Therefore we ask that you approach them urgently to work for the lifting of the blockade of the Lachin Corridor.”

The second letter was sent on August 11, 2023, to Israel’s President Isaac Herzog who had recently visited Azerbaijan. The letter-writers requested him “to make a personal appeal to your counterparts in Azerbaijan and demand their immediate removal of the blockade of the Lachin Corridor.” The 35 prominent Jewish signers of the letter, including Rabbis, scholars, journalists, a former Cabinet Minister and Member of Knesset, architects and scientists, wrote: “The State of Israel enjoys close ties with Azerbaijan, the state which is responsible for this crisis, and has the ability to resolve it. These ties obligate the State of Israel to take a clear stand, and not to stand idly by…. The aid that we [Israel] provided [to Azerbaijan] means that we have a special responsibility not to be a bystander, and also gives us an important opportunity to have a positive impact. We cannot remain silent, especially in light of our historic and multilayered connection with the Armenian people.”

Beyond these letters, hundreds of Jews and Armenians in Israel held several protests during and after the 2020 Artsakh War. One of the protests was in front of the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, criticizing the sale of Israeli arms to Azerbaijan. Some of the protesters held models of drones with blood stains painted on them with the words ‘Made in Israel.’

Avidan Freedman, one of the founders of Yanshoof, an organization dedicated to stopping Israeli arms sales to human rights violators, published an article in The Times of Israel on August 13, 2023, titled: “The Artsakh humanitarian crisis is our responsibility. Here’s why.” He wrote: “Israel provided Azerbaijan with 69% of its arms in the period between 2016 and 2020. During the 2020 Artsakh War, a senior Israeli military source asserted that ‘Azerbaijan would not have been able to continue its operation at this level without our support.’” Freedman concluded: “the current humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh was enabled by Israeli support…. The emerging humanitarian crisis, Israel’s military support of Azerbaijan, and the Jewish people’s historic and moral connection to the Armenian people combine to create a clear moral responsibility. Israel must take a moral stance and call on Azerbaijan to immediately lift its blockade of the Lachin Corridor.”

To illustrate the depth of pro-Armenian sympathies among some Jews, I would like to quote Dr. Israel Charny, one of the signers of the above mentioned two letters. He is the Executive Director of the Jerusalem-based Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide and author of “Israel’s Failed Response to the Armenian Genocide.” In 2009, Charny and I were invited to speak at the UK Parliament. Since he could not attend due to illness, he submitted his speech in writing. Here is an excerpt: “No less than the arch fighter for peace in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Shimon Peres, now President of Israel, then serving as Israel’s Foreign Minister, twice went notably out of his way to insult the history and memory of the Armenian Genocide.”

In 2001, Charny sent a scathing letter to Peres: “You have gone beyond a moral boundary that no Jew should allow himself to trespass…. As a Jew and an Israeli, I am ashamed of the extent to which you have now entered into the range of actual denial of the Armenian Genocide, comparable to denials of the Holocaust.”

In response to an “especially insulting” denial by Peres in 2002, Dr. Charny sent him one of my editorials in The California Courier, with the following note: “I am enclosing with great concern for your attention an editorial in a leading US-Armenian newspaper calling on Armenia to expel the Israeli Ambassador [Rivka Cohen, after she denied the Armenian Genocide]. For your further information, the author of this editorial, who is the head of the United Armenian Fund in the US — comparable to our United Jewish Appeal — was for many years a delegate to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva.”

Armenians should support their friends and criticize their opponents regardless of their nationality.

It Takes a Jewish Blogger to Expose Armenia Road Accident. Instead of Pro-Government Media

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Aleksander Lapshin, Blogger writes on His Facebook Page:

Armenia has witnessed the tragic loss of 3,266 of its citizens due to road accidents, with an additional 10,000 individuals sustaining injuries. Furthermore, during the Second Artsakh War, Armenia suffered the loss of 4,000 soldiers and saw 10,000 soldiers injured.

I read in the news that in 10 years, starting from 2012, Armenia has lost 3266 citizens killed on the roads of the country. Another 10 thousand were injured. These are terrible numbers for a small country whose population is a little larger than Novosibirsk and four smaller than Paris or London. Losses are comparable to combat. In the Second Artsakh War, 4000 soldiers were killed. But if the country mourns the heroes who died defending their country, then hardly anyone remembers the victims of idiocy on the roads.

We are not surprised when a kind-hearted taxi driver at the Zvartnots airport recommends not to buckle up. Why? Police do not fine passengers, taxi driver says. He seriously believes that the belt is invented exclusively for the police, not for safety. We are not surprised that a minibus from Yerevan to Vanadzor is overspeeding on a slippery road, coming head-on with a lorry on the oncoming lane, hoping that the lorry will give in. Father trusts his 10-year-old son so much that he gives his “Jiguli” to go to the neighboring village for shopping. Gas cylinders are installed by experts without proper education and certificate, which causes regular car fires. Roads are not lit at night, which is why motorists constantly fall into pits or fly sideways.

This sad list could go on and on. But if in the event of war, not everything is up to you, then it is up to you to repair the roads, fasten the belt and not break the rules.

Turkey MFA appeals to their Turkish Agent in Armenia

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Turkey issued a statement in the context of the developments related to the Lachin corridor.

Turkey’s MFA called on Armenia to back off from provocative moves, to recognize Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, to support the use of the Aghdam-Stepanakert and other roads for the needs of Karabakh’s Armenian population, and to support efforts to integrate Karabakh Armenians into Azerbaijan, according to IHA news agency.

Also, the Turkish MFA claimed that the world is unjustly accusing Azerbaijan on the Lachin corridor issue, and stresses that Lachin is part of Azerbaijan and the latter can use it as it pleases.

The situation confronting Artsakh,

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an Armenian region is intricate. Artsakh is ensnared between two authoritarian leaders, both nurturing equal hostility towards it. The Armenian leader, Pashinyan, who leans towards a pro-Turkey stance, has officially recognized Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan.

Simultaneously, the Azerbaijani dictator persists in isolating Artsakh, subjecting it to a siege for the past 8 months, affecting 120,000 Armenian residents. The dilemma revolves around preserving Artsakh’s welfare while retaining Pashinyan in power, despite his alignment with Turkey. How can the security of Artsakh be ensured within these circumstances, all the while keeping Pashinyan in his position?

Armenia: The head of the community of Aparan, his wife, and his mother, are targeted by the department in cases of confiscation of illegal property

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hetq.am Aparan community leader Karen Yeghiazaryan and his family members are involved in the “illegal property” case. The head of the community, his wife, and his mother were invited to the Department of Illegal Property Confiscation of the General Prosecutor’s Office. A study is being conducted regarding the property they own. Until August 18, they should appear at the prosecutor’s office to familiarize themselves with the case materials and present a position.

Karen Yeghiazaryan in 2017 was elected to the post of Aparan community head, re-elected in 2021. on December 5. 2012-2015 was the organizer of garbage collection in Aparan municipality. According to biographical information, he is non-partisan.

Karen Yeghiazaryan was the owner of “Gntunik” LLC. The company was founded in 2005. But in 2023 on April 12, his mother, Liana Yeghiazaryan, became the sole owner of the company. 2020 since September, individual entrepreneur Liana Yeghiazaryan was also the trust manager of “Gntuniq”. His son entrusted him with the management of the company, as the latter could not manage the company personally. It is obvious that it was more of a formality, because before that, the fiduciary administrator was the father of the community head.

A few days ago, on August 9, through the enforcement service, Liana Yeghiazaryan was forbidden “to perform any action related to the management of 100% of the shares in the company”.

The mayor of Aparan is now a defendant. In particular, Karen Yeghiazaryan’s case of engaging in illegal business activities has been under investigation in the court of general jurisdiction of Aragatsotn region for 3 years now.

4 persons were charged with abuse in Aparan municipality
Karen Yeghiazaryan was charged with the fact that, being the head of the Aparan community, an official, constantly performing organizational-managerial and administrative-economic functions, he illegally participated in entrepreneurial activities, due to selfish and other personal interests, with the help of other persons, and abused his official position. using his powers, his official position, embezzled significant amounts of property entrusted to him, and also committed official forgeries.

It should be noted that at this stage the prosecutor’s office does not publish the list of property subject to confiscation, taking into account the fact that this list may be changed after explanations or presented evidence.

Property of Karen Yeghiazaryan

Karen Yeghiazaryan is an official submitting a declaration of assets, income, expenses and interests. 2022 submitted to the Corruption Prevention Commission. according to the annual declaration, the mayor of Aparan owns 11 units of real estate, 10 of which he has exclusive ownership rights to. He owns houses, buildings and plots of land both in Aparan community and in Yerevan.

In addition, he declared two cars: “FORD” 1998. production truck and 1997 production passenger car “VOLKSWAGEN”.

As for money, K. Yeghiazaryan in 2022 he had about 37 million drams and 468 thousand cash in his last bank accounts. AMD

The income of the given year was 3 million 359 thousand received from the municipality. AMD salary and loans received from “Akba Bank” – 2 million 293 thousand. AMD and 24 thousand. 128 euros. In 2022, only 17 million 469 thousand. made expenses aimed at repaying loans in the amount of drams.

According to the woman’s statement, in 2022 had 5 million 517 thousand. deposit in the amount of drams. He had about 255 thousand in his bank accounts. AMD, and 150 thousand in cash. AMD

The only income of the year was the interest received on the deposit, about 49 thousand. AMD