INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF ARMENIANS CONCERNED OVER LEBANESE CONFRONTATION CALLS ON ARMENIANS TO PROTEST AGAINST OPERATION OF ISRAEL IN LEBANON
Yerevan, August 15. ArmInfo. "The plans of the USA and Israel to
unleash a large-scale war and involve Iran into it constitute a direct
threat to Armenia, particularly, to the liberated regions of Nagorny
Karabakh, which the USA tries to turn into a springboard to invade
Iran," say the representatives of the International Committee of the
Armenians Concerned over Lebanese Confrontation at a press conference
in Yerevan, Wednesday.
The developments in Lebanon cannot be called a fight of one nation,
one community, for survival. Such wars aim to break the national
consciousness of peoples, said Secretary of the Committee, Raffi
Papikyan. He said the Committee calls on Armenians world wide to
raise a voice of protest against the military crimes, "in order that
our people or other peoples avoid a situation when there is no one
to rely on."
Political expert Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan drew the attention of
those present at the fact that only three states rendered technical
support to Israel: USA, Turkey and Azerbaijan. All the Iraeli
equipment worked on fuel that Tel-Aviv received through oil pipeline
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan. Israel received all the military supplies from
the USA through Turkish military base Injirlik. L. Melik- Shahnazaryan
assured those present that Israel’s plans were a failure. It is for the
first time that Israelis felt war aftermath in their territory. Mossad,
Israel’s intelligence agency, known as the most perfect special
service in the world, did not notice the colossal work carried out
in Southern Lebanon: the construction of underground tunnels. "The
military spirit of Israel is not like it was three dozens of years
ago. Moreover, the fighting capability of Arab military formations
has been improved," the political expert said.
The analyst Igor Muradyan said the military operation of Israel in
Lebanon could be caused by the self-reformation of Hezbollah, which
showed the Shiit organization how a fundamental Islamic grouping can
make national-liberation ideas a corner stone, refuse from radical
demands from its country, become an influential parliamentary force.
"Hezbollah, Hamas, Muslim Brothers, turning into parliamentary forces
have become much more dangerous for Israel," I. Muradyan said.