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Afrin Turkey’s Vietnam, Erdogan 3 Hour turn to 3 days now 3 weeks.

February 12, 2018 By administrator

Afrin Erdogan Vietnam

YPG commander Manî Egîd believes that Afrin will become a second Vietnam for the Turkish state.

Within three hours, the Turkish state wanted to conquer Afrin with the help of recruited Islamists. Meanwhile, 23 days have passed and the second largest NATO army still hangs in the border area. YPG commander Manî Egid told ANF about the situation in Afrin:

“Afrin is being attacked from all sides, but the Turkish military has not made any real progress after more than three weeks. At the beginning it was said that Turkey would take Afrin within three hours. The three hours turned into three days and then a week. Today, however, is the 23rd day of resistance. Resistance is being mounted throughout Afrin. The comrades are in defensive positions. The second largest NATO army and its militia recruited by ISIS and el-Qaeda have not progressed.”

TECHNOLOGY AGAINST WILLPOWER

“The Turkish army and allied gangs are still in the border area. In some places they have penetrated three kilometers, at one point five kilometers. They succeeded only because of their technical capacity. To take a place, they use fighter jets, reconnaissance drones, grenade launchers and tanks. They trust in technology, we trust in our willpower.”

AFRIN MEANS DOWNFALL OF THE AKP

“Erdoğan embodies all fascist elements and wants to occupy Afrin. We consider this war a final. It will be over with the AKP if it fails in Afrin. It attacks the Kurds everywhere, but Afrin will mean their downfall. We will make Afrin a second Vietnam for the second largest NATO army.”

INVASION ATTEMPT BEFORE THE EYES OF THE WORLD PUBLIC

“The Turkish state is trying to occupy Afrin in the eyes of the world public. Here a people lives in its own land and another country arrives and wants to invade it. It is an invasion against which everyone should do something. We call on young people from all four parts of Kurdistan to join the resistance in Afrin. We will break the attacks of the Turkish army in Afrin.”

DEMOGRAPHY OF KURDISTAN IS INTENDED TO BE CHANGED

“The Turkish state says it wants to accommodate refugees from Syria in Afrin. So far, the Syrian refugees have always been used as a lever against Europe. Now they serve as justification for the occupation of Afrin. Erdoğan wants to massacre and drive out the population of Afrin, so that the militia of the ISIS and the Al-Qaeda, who are in bondage with him, can settle in Afrin with their families. He is not concerned with refugees. He wants to kill two birds with one stone. The demographics of Kurdistan is intended to be changed and the Kurdish achievements are intended to be obstructed. We will not allow that and we are prepared for it.”

PREPARED FOR OVER A YEAR OF RESISTANCE

“In the villages and districts of Afrin, we have made preparations that are sufficient for a period of over one year. In the city center, we are prepared for a much longer period of resistance. Should they come, they should advance a bit further, we will be waiting for them. They’ve been hanging around the border for over three weeks. As I said, we are prepared, logistically as well as militarily. “

Minister: Vietnam considers possibility of recognizing Armenian Genocide

October 23, 2015 By administrator

YEREVAN. – Vietnam considers possibility of recognizing Armenian Genocide, Vietnam’s Justice Minister Ha Hung Cưong said during his visit to Yerevan.

“We consider possibility of recognizing Armenian Genocide. On the whole Vietnam condemns genocide against any nation,” the Minister told Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent after visiting Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan.

Speaking about relations between the states, Ha Hung Cưong described them as friendly. During the war in Vietnam, Armenia helped in manpower training. Many of the students who got education in Armenia are still working in state institutions and different organizations in Vietnam, he assured.

The VVA (Vietnam Veterans of America) Magazine “Commemorating the Armenian Genocide”

May 27, 2015 By administrator

by Michael Manoog Kaprielian

Times Square Photo Caption: V.V.A. 273 flag bearers Roger DiPierro & Karl Antonevich Begin forwarded message:

Times Square photo Berge Ara Zobian Caption: V.V.A. 273 flag bearers Roger DiPierro & Karl Antonevich Begin forwarded message:

The Rhode Island State Council and its three chapters—James Michael Ray Memorial Chapter 818, Washington County Chapter 325, and Providence Chapter 273—joined hundreds of others from Rhode Island traveling to New York City to commemorate the Armenian Genocide.

Twelve buses left Providence in the early morning of Sunday, April 26. One hundred years earlier one and a half million Armenians were slaughtered by the crumbling government of the Ottoman Empire. The Times Square demonstration also paid tribute to those who perished in subsequent genocides.

National Chaplain Fr. Phil Salois, State Council President John Weiss, and other Rhode Island VVA members joined six hundred demonstrators from the state representing many ethnicities. Armenian Americans were joined by Jews, Guatemalans, Cambodians, Native Americans, African Americans, Greeks, Kurds, and refugees from the Ivory Coast.

We don’t go silently into the night. VVA in Rhode Island sees its role as a leader. Twenty-five years ago VVA rallied three hundred Rhode Islanders to the State Capitol for a candlelight commemoration emceed by Chapter 325 member Tom Suprock, who was shot down nine times in Vietnam. That event paid homage to the victims of the Armenian Genocide and called for the universal recognition of human rights.

Now, a quarter century later, VVA members carrying VVA and Rhode Island flags joined many thousands at Times Square, including many other veterans of the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. They committed themselves to helping those who had escaped persecution for “Hope”—Rhode Island’s one-word motto and guiding principle.

One 19-year-old refugee from the Ivory Coast was put on VVA’s bus by her mother, who witnessed the killing of her elder daughter in Sierra Leone. The surviving daughter dreams of becoming a lawyer for human rights. Rhode Island VVA members are focused on doing what they can to advance that dream.

M. Manoog Kaprielian is a founding member of Chapter 273 and the former Rhode Island State Council president. He is very active in VVA and Armenian affairs. He can be reached at: aniprov@earthlink.net