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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 ,

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  1. NetArménie News (in French), Agence France Presse
  2. RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 5, No. 87, 01-05-07
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