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Varoujan Garabedian (Varadjian Garbidjian) was a Syrian-born member of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA), named as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department . For his role in the July 15, 1983 bombing of the Turkish Airlines office at Orly airpot in Paris, which killed 8 people and wounded 61 , Varoujan Garabedian was convicted by French authorities and sentenced to life in prison on March 3, 1985. After serving 18 years in jail, he was released by French authorities in 2001, on the condition that he be expelled to Armenia .
According to Radio Liberty, "Meeting in Yerevan on May 4, 2001 with Varoujan Garabedian, a former member of ASALA (the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia), Prime Minister Andranik Markarian expressed his "joy" at Garabedian's release from a French jail where he served almost 18 years of a life sentence for his alleged role in the 1983 bombing of the Turkish Airlines Office at Ory airport." According to the French daily "Liberation", upon Garabedian's release "Yerevan Mayor Robert Nazarian had pledged to provide him with employment and accommodation."
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References
- http://www.nps.edu/Library/Research/SubjectGuides/SpecialTopics/TerroristProfile/Prior/ASALA.html The U.S. Department of State, Patterns of Global Terrorism]
- NetArménie News (in French), Agence France Presse
- ^ RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 87, 01-05-07