Secret army is modern even today (video)
The society doesn’t have complete information about Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA). “We have a notion that the Secret Army is purely terrorist organization, yet it isn’t true, terrorism was only a small part of its activities,” says historian Vladimir Petrosyan. The scholar also used the sources, which haven’t been published until today, “I used the sources of ASALA, I met with the chief ideologist of the Secret Army Gevorg Achemyan.” Vladimir Petrosyan decided to write a book about ASALA taking into account the modernity of the organization’s ideology nowadays. “ASALA thought that the demand of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is theatrical performance, it is not the key issue, the key issue is to regain the lost homeland.” Nowadays ASALA doesn’t carry out active work, but it doesn’t mean that the organization has nothing to do. “Maybe its style of fighting is not modern nowadays taking into account today’s international situation, but the name secret army itself is always modern,” notes ASALA fighter Vazgen Sislyan. “Secret army, its ideology” book was written during 7-8 years and has been published in 500 copies. The book still won’t be put up for sale. Those, who are interested, can find the book at libraries of Yerevan.
