The history of Armenian terrorism dates back centuries. Unfortunately, this bloody tradition, based on hatred towards Turks and Azerbaijanis, has not disappeared even in the 21st century.
The Armenian terror machine is still at work today, with its main targets once again being Azerbaijanis and Turks.
Recent information released by the U.S. Department of Justice supports this conclusion.
According to the information, Armenian-American Aram Brunson is accused of preparing bombs against Azerbaijanis. According to the indictment documents, Brunson drew the attention of law enforcement agencies after causing an explosion in January 2023 at a dormitory at the University of Chicago.
Law enforcement agencies have discovered that Brunson prepared an explosive device, which led to the burning of his room and the evacuation of the dormitory when the device exploded. At the time, Brunson claimed to law enforcement that he was merely imitating a joke he had seen online.
Subsequent investigations revealed that Brunson wanted to engage in direct terrorist activities to support Armenia's goals. It is also claimed that Brunson made videos showing himself preparing explosive devices and equipping doors and tables with grenades.
As if that weren't enough, in August 2023, while traveling from Boston to Armenia, Brunson triggered an airport alert due to unusual and highly dangerous explosive materials found in his luggage. It is alleged that he told customs and border protection officials that he did not know how the explosive materials ended up in his luggage. During the search, a comprehensive recipe for preparing explosives was found at Brunson’s home in Newton. Brunson’s internet searches also indicate that he was planning to commit crimes against foreign diplomatic facilities in the U.S.
Naturally, among foreign diplomatic facilities, the primary targets were Azerbaijan's diplomatic missions in the U.S.
The indictment documents also note that Brunson’s goal in preparing bombs was to use them against Azerbaijanis and others whom he purportedly believed were a threat to Armenians in Garabagh (presumably referring to the period before the anti-terror operation conducted in Garabagh on September 19-20, 2023).
It is evident that the 21-year-old, a successor to Armenian terror traditions, was planning terrorist acts against the Azerbaijani state and was actively working towards this end.
Despite this, the passivity of U.S. security forces, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which joined the investigations, is noteworthy. Despite the explosion he caused in the dormitory and the discovery of terror plans at his home, it is surprising that U.S. law enforcement did not arrest him immediately and chose to believe the excuses given by the potential terrorist. As a result of this passivity, Aram Brunson managed to leave U.S. territory and sheltered in Armenia.
He is believed to be in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, where he is studying at an American university.
Another disappointing aspect is that the potential terrorist is only charged with falsifying, concealing, or covering up information, and making false statements to federal officials. Each of these charges carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000. However, the available material evidence and numerous facts indicate that Aram Brunson was planning terrorist acts against Azerbaijan but was unable to carry out his intentions due to reasons beyond his control. Therefore, the fact that the charges brought against him are so mild indicates gaps in the US law enforcement system or other nuances.
The fact that Aram Brunson took shelter in Armenia is further proof of that country's state-level support for terrorism.
Armenia, which presents itself as a democratic state, has been a refuge for terrorists throughout its entire history of independence.
For example, in 2001, France handed over ASALA terrorist Varujan Karapetyan to Armenia after he had served 18 years of a life sentence. At that time, Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan promised that Karapetyan would be rewarded. Varujan Karapetyan was provided with a home and employment in Yerevan.
However, Varujan Karapetyan had previously planted a bomb on a Turkish Airlines passenger plane at Paris-Orly Airport on July 15, 1983. The bomb exploded before the plane took off, resulting in the deaths of eight people, including French citizens.
Despite this, the Armenian leadership rewarded Karapetyan for his acts of terrorism against civilians.
Another recent example of Armenia's embrace of terrorists occurred in January 1982, when ASALA member and Armenian terrorist Hampig Sassounian, convicted for the murder of Türkiye's Consul General in Los Angeles, Kemal Arıkan, was mysteriously released from prison by the United States in October 2021 and relocated to Yerevan.
Unlike his predecessors, the current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who claims to have established a democratic government, accepted this international terrorist, revealing his direct support for Armenian terrorism.
In general, Armenian terrorism differs with its cruelty and targeting of innocent people. Therefore, it is useful to take a brief look at the history of Armenian terrorism.
Although the first Armenian terrorist groups, which emerged in the second half of the 19th century in the territories of the Ottoman and Russian Empires, initially targeted local government and military officials, their main focus soon shifted to civilian Azerbaijanis and Turks.
One of the first actions of Armenian terrorist groups occurred on August 26, 1896, when 25 members of the "Dashnaktsutyun" party, closely linked to terrorism, seized the Ottoman Bank in Istanbul and took hostages. These terrorists were allowed to travel to the city of Marseille, France, under the security guarantees of Western states and Russia. The impunity of this act encouraged Armenian terrorists to become more organized and to expand the scale of their operations. In 1905-1906, Armenian terrorism manifested itself again during the bloody clashes in the Russian Empire, known in history as the Armenian-Muslim massacres, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of people. With the occasional covert and overt support of Tsarist Russia, Armenian armed groups were attacking entire villages and towns populated by Azerbaijanis in Baku, Nakhchivan, Iravan, Tbilisi, Garabagh, and Zangazur.
The “Dashnaksutyun” and “Hnchak” parties were the main organizations of Armenian terrorism in the actions. In the context of the military-political and socio-economic chaos that emerged from the collapse of the Ottoman and Russian Empires during World War I, Armenian terrorism became even more overt. During 1920-1922, a series of assassinations targeted several former state officials of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Ottoman Empire. Armenian terrorists assassinated former Prime Minister of the ADR Fatali Khan Khoyski, former Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hasan bay Aghayev, former Minister of Internal Affairs Behbud bay Javanshir, and former Prime Minister Nasib bay Yusifbayli.
In addition, former Ottoman Minister of Internal Affairs Talat Pasha and former Minister of the Navy Cemal Pasha, among others, were also killed by Armenian terrorist groups.
The next "renaissance" of Armenian terrorism occurred in the 1970s. The "Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia" (ASALA), established in Lebanese capital Beirut, assassinated over 40 Turkish diplomats working in various countries around the world and carried out a terrorist attack at Ankara airport in 1982, killing nine people.
In addition to ASALA, created by the Armenian diaspora, a terrorist group formed in Armenia carried out a series of attacks in 1977 in the Moscow metro, resulting in the deaths of seven people.
The next phase of Armenian terrorism is linked to the aggressive policy that Armenia initiated against Azerbaijan in Garabagh in 1988. Using terrorism as a tool at the state level to achieve its objectives, Armenia, during its independence period, caused the deaths of thousands of Azerbaijanis, including 256 children. Armenian terrorism has continued against the Azerbaijani state until recent times. On September 19-20, 2023, Azerbaijan conducted an anti-terror operation in Garabagh, triggered by a terrorist act. This operation was initiated after the explosion of mines planted for terrorism purposes by Armenian reconnaissance and sabotage groups on the Ahmadbayli-Fuzuli-Shusha highway, which resulted in the martyrdom and injuries of civilians and servicemen of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The chronology of events indicates that Armenia has not yet abandoned the use of terrorism methods to achieve its goals, and suggests that a "new generation" wave of Armenian terrorism could be on the rise.
The most striking example of this is the aforementioned Armenian-origin Aram Brunson. It seems that a new generation of Armenian terrorists is emerging. Armenia's embrace of individuals like Aram Brunson and Hampig Sassounian, having consistently turned terrorism into state policy, clearly exposes the current Yerevan regime's support for terrorist activities.
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