BAKU: Website reports increased security in Armenian capital

Day.Az, Azerbaijan
Feb. 20, 2008

WEBSITE REPORTS INCREASED SECURITY IN ARMENIAN CAPITAL

20 February: The Armenian government has decided to step up security
at the presidential residence and parliament anddeployed an armoured
personnel carrier and a vehicle with a hank of barbed wire at the
back entrance of parliament earlythis morning.

Traffic police cars are active on the patch between the presidential
residence, parliament building and the"government quarter". APCs of
the interior troops have also been noticed on the main streets.

Armenia held a presidential election on 19 February. According to
preliminary reports from the Central ElectoralCommission, the
authorities’ candidate [Prime Minister] Serzh Sargsyan leads in the
polls. The opposition led bythe first Armenian president, Levon
Ter-Petrosyan, alleged mass irregularities. The opposition is set to
stage a rallyin the afternoon of 20 February.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS