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Justice Commandos against Armenian Genocide (JCAG) was a militant organization that operated from 1975 to 1982 and sought the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey and the establishment of an independent Armenia. It had a publication named "Yerevan".
It is thought to have been established in 1973 in Los Angeles, USA. The organization has a branch in Paris, France.
Activities are concentrated in European and North American countries targeting Turkish interests. JCAG claimed responsibility for many killings of Turkish diplomats, as they were seen as official representatives of Turkish state denial of the Armenian Genocide. JCAG also uses the name ARA (Armenian Revolutionary Army).
JCAG differs from the other major Armenian terrorist group, the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) in two important respects: First, JCAG is primarily nationalistic rather than Marxist-Leninist. Therefore it relied almost exclusively on private support from Armenian communities rather than state-sponsorship from countries hostile to Turkey. Second, the members of JCAG, being very Westernized nationalists, value Western and world public opinion highly and therefore take pains to avoid harming non-Turkish nationals mindful of the potential harm such actions could render the Armenian cause. Nonetheless JCAG has conducted attacks on Turkish targets within the United States.
In fact, very little is known about the memberships of these groups, their internal structures, or their relations with possible sponsor states or with other guerrilla organizations. What little is known about the Armenian groups indicates that they were involved in factional disputes and internecine fighting in the mid-1980's, which likely led to it being disbanded.
Timeline of attacks
- October 24, 1975 - Turkish Ambassador to France, İsmail Erez, was assassinated in Paris, France. His car's driver Talip Yener was also killed in the attack.
- June 2, 1978 - Turkish Ambassador to Spain Zeki Kuneralp's car was attacked in Madrid, Spain. His wife Necla, the retired Turkish Ambassador Beşir Balcıoğlu and the Spanish driver Antonio Torres lost their lives. Zeki Kuneralp survived since he was not in the car.
- October 12, 1979 - Ahmet Benler, son of the Turkish Ambassador to Holland Özdemir Benler was assassinated in the Hague, Netherlands. The attack was owned at the same time also by the ASALA.
- December 22, 1979 - Turkish attaché for tourism in France, Yılmaz Çolpan, was assassinated in Paris, France.
- February 6, 1980 - Turkish Ambassador to Switzerland Doğan Türkmen was attacked in Bern, Switzerland. Türkmen escaped with minor wounds.
- August 23, 1982 - Atilla Altıkat, Turkish military attaché in Canada was assassinated in Ottawa, Canada.
See also
- Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
- Armenian Genocide
- Denial of the Armenian Genocide