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.


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