IRAQI TERRORISTS THREATEN TO BEHEAD THE ARMENIAN
26 Sept. 2005
PanArmenian Network
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Karapet Jan Djekerdjyan is from Lebanon by birth. During the last 20 years he has lived in Cyprus. He is 40 years old and has Cyprian and Lebanese citizenships. Karapet Jan Djekerdjyan worked in “Jetco” company which supplies juices and food to Iraq. [...]. On August 21 Karo was taken hostage in Baghdad. The responsibility for the kidnapping was taken by previously unknown grouping, called “In the Name of Spreading Good and Liquidating Bad”. Initially, the terrorists set two conditions: first they wanted the firm to leave Iraq and pay two million dollars in cash. The first demand was fulfilled by “Jetco” company immediately. The director of the company and the hostage’s relatives entered into negotiations on the redemption, though Americans were categorically against that. Cyprus authorities and the leaders of the Armenian community try to be of use too.
At the beginning of September the hostage’s relatives were given a video cassette with a dreadful recording: the terrorists in masks threatened Karapet with a machine gun and dictated their conditions. According to some sources, as a result of negotiations the terrorists decreased the redemption sum to 500 thousand dollars, but again rose it up to two million. “Cyprus weekly” paper reports that the hostage’s relatives have already paid 500 thousand dollars but the terrorists are demanding the deficient amount of money. It is also known that the hostage’s aunt Rita Metsaturyan has sold her property and saved up a sum of money for paying the redemption. Besides that, she has also started collecting donations. By Monday the redemption sum was still unpaid and the terrorists’ promise was still in force. Today, no one really knows what will happen next.
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PanArmenian Network
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Karapet Jan Djekerdjyan is from Lebanon by birth. During the last 20 years he has lived in Cyprus. He is 40 years old and has Cyprian and Lebanese citizenships. Karapet Jan Djekerdjyan worked in “Jetco” company which supplies juices and food to Iraq. [...]. On August 21 Karo was taken hostage in Baghdad. The responsibility for the kidnapping was taken by previously unknown grouping, called “In the Name of Spreading Good and Liquidating Bad”. Initially, the terrorists set two conditions: first they wanted the firm to leave Iraq and pay two million dollars in cash. The first demand was fulfilled by “Jetco” company immediately. The director of the company and the hostage’s relatives entered into negotiations on the redemption, though Americans were categorically against that. Cyprus authorities and the leaders of the Armenian community try to be of use too.
At the beginning of September the hostage’s relatives were given a video cassette with a dreadful recording: the terrorists in masks threatened Karapet with a machine gun and dictated their conditions. According to some sources, as a result of negotiations the terrorists decreased the redemption sum to 500 thousand dollars, but again rose it up to two million. “Cyprus weekly” paper reports that the hostage’s relatives have already paid 500 thousand dollars but the terrorists are demanding the deficient amount of money. It is also known that the hostage’s aunt Rita Metsaturyan has sold her property and saved up a sum of money for paying the redemption. Besides that, she has also started collecting donations. By Monday the redemption sum was still unpaid and the terrorists’ promise was still in force. Today, no one really knows what will happen next.
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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