WHY IS THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT CONCERNED?
Kima Yeghiazaryan
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
24 Sep 2008
Armenia
Yesterday, the US State Department published its annual report on the
"International Religious Freedom"
Of course, it was possible to assume that the report would touch upon
(and it really did) the total sects which are becoming overwhelmingly
widespread all over the world, and its authors would take "Jehovah’s
witnesses" and the adherent of many other religious sects under their
wardship. Acting in support of the total sects, they would point out
to manifestations of a "negative attitude" towards them in different
countries and various other infringements and facts "violating"
the rights of the people engaged in soul hunting.
"Restrictions on Religious Freedom" – such is the title of the section
where, astonishing though it is, we discovered the names Levon
and Lyudmila Ter-Petrosyans and, what’s even more, found out that
this particular section of the report describing the situation with
religious freedoms in Armenia was mostly devoted to the accusations
allegedly published against the leader of the "orange" revolution.
This is what was revealed as a result of the studies of the US
State Department, "In May and June 2008, the pro-government ‘Hayots
Ashkharh’ and ‘Golos Armenii’ newspapers=2 0published anti-Semitist
and anti-Masonic accusations against former president and currently
opposition leader L. Ter-Petrosyan. Local observers viewed the
inflammatory articles as attempts to portray the opposition leader
as a traitor to the country and stir up anti-Semitist sentiment in
a country traditionally known for its welcoming attitude towards Jews."
Let’s put aside the inaccurate translation. If we have published
anti-Semitist and anti-Masonic accusations against LTP, then the
cherished hero of the State Department report really turns out to be
a Mason and a Semitist; we have just added the prefix "anti-" while
labeling him as someone possessing the above-mentioned characters
(which leads to the assumption that we have done a very good job). But
this is among other things.
The series of "provocative" publications is not restricted to us.
The authors of the report refer to one of the news broadcasts of
"H1" TV Channel, pointing out that on February 27, 2008, H1’s news
program presented the coverage of the post-presidential election
opposition rally, "focusing primarily on an Israeli flag – one of
the many nations’ flags in the crowd -with the intention of vilifying
Ter-Petrosyan whose wife is Jewish".
To begin with, let’s first of all touch upon the last falsification
published in the section devoted to L. Ter-Petrosyan.
What the20whole Armenian world saw on the Theatrical Square on February
27 was the swaying flag of Israel (in addition to a few worn-out
tri-colored flags). Why do they speak about "many nations’ flags"?
Maybe, the representatives of the State Department who wrote a
report based on the remarks of the "local observers", i.e. the
"grant-consuming" human rights defenders and political scientists
of the Armenian Pan-National Movement who had revealed "inflammatory
publications", should have tried to make out everything on their own.
The episodes were shown many a time; they could have watched them
in the slow mode. And in that case, they would have focused on the
Israeli flag because even if they had used a magnifying glass, they
wouldn’t have seen the flag of any other country on the square.
But let’s put aside this issue too. What comes out? If LTP instructs
his activists to bring the Israeli flag to the square and sway it with
enthusiasm, and he himself dances enthusiastically in the frameworks
of the "Song and Dance Festival" (naturally, becoming a laughing
stock), and all that is shown on television, does it mean that the
activist is being "vilified"? And how come that all this is "viewed"
as an attempt of stirring up anti-Semitist sentiment in the country.
Such absurdities may only pass across the minds of the "local=2 0
observers" and be immediately "recorded", thus becoming the contents
of the State Department report.
We treat the Jews with respect, like the representatives of all
the other nations. So there’s no need "to mix one’s private affairs
with the state ones". Hence, the advocates of colored revolutions
had better distinguish Lyudmila Ter-Petrosyan from the whole Jewish
nation. Being the bearer of her revolutionary husband’s ideology,
she is no less enthusiastic about the plans of destabilizing our
country and crowning the long-lasting and exhausting struggle of the
liberators with victory.
And in one of our articles published in May, we spoke about this,
noting that "Involving Lyudmila Ter-Petrosyan in the leadership of
their infra-structures operating in Armenia, the Jewish and Masonic
organizations of the United States, the Russian Federation and the
Near East didn’t manage to maintain a permanent and reliable contact
through her and provide assistance to Levon Ter-Petrosyan."
Once we have already informed the reader that the principal goal of L.
Ter-Petrosyan’s one-day visit to Moscow in mid-January 2008 was the
meeting with Jewish Leonid Gozman, Vice Chair of the union of the
right-wing forces of the Russian Federation. The confidential meeting
that lasted 6-7 hours was naturally very effective. The sums flew
into Armenia through different organizations and were inv ested in
political processes prior to the campaign that was about to start.
And we wonder why the representatives of "Big East", a powerful
Jewish-Masonic organization that has unlimited financial and political
resources, arrived in Yerevan in mid-January? What plans were they
drawing up with Hovhannes Igityan, one of the closest people of LTP?
Well, don’t we have the right to ask that question? Especially
considering the fact that the same Igityan fled from the country
after the incidents of March 1 and reached Strasburg, and it is quite
well-known what kind of lobbying activities this revolutionary figure
carried out there in an effort to convince the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe to apply sanctions against Armenia.
Don’t we have the right to ask LTP why the members of the
Jewish-American committee are going to arrive in Armenia at the end
of May?
They also met with the revolutionary leader with the purpose of
receiving a report on the activities accomplished.
Is it a secret that the idea of setting up an Armenian National
Congress was proposed to L. Ter-Petrosyan by the same Jewish-Masonic
circles?
Let alone the elucidations of the American and Russian media which
presented the "liberation movement" in the best manner, being under
the influence of the Jewish lobby.
That’s to say, if we are making attempts to find out the people
who gave instructions to LTP, raise concerns about the alternatives
imposed on us by the Jewish circles or bring Ter-Petrosyan to power,
then … We are trying to stir up anti-Semitist sentiment, according
to the State Department report. What brilliant logic!