ACCORDING TO AZERI PRESS AGENCY - TWO ARMENIANS RECENTLY ARRESTED IN UNITED STATES FOR ALLEGED ACTS OF "TERRORISM"

Sassna Dzrer just came across two items in the Azeri-Press Agency's (APA) website that deal with the alleged recent arrests of Armenians in the United States due to their past and present criminal actions. It goes without saying that these reports have yet to be verified.

1) The first APA report states that a certain Vigen Patatyan, described as a former lieutenant in the Armenian army who participated in the Nagorno-Karabakh war, was recently detained in San Diego by U.S. Immigration and Customs officials and later returned to Armenia.

The APA report states that Patatyan confessed to the Customs officials that he delivered weapons to soldiers fighting against Azeri forces in Karabakh and that these Armenian soldiers committed terrible massacres against the local Azeri civilian populace.

According to the APA a certain Alan Rabinovich, of the U.S. Customs Enforcement group, stated that his agency, " will not allow criminals who committed terrible massacres against civilians during conflicts to hide in the United States."

The APA does report that Patatyan tried to enter the United States for a second time with forged documents but rather attributes his extradition to his past "criminal activities".

2) The second APA item reports on the arrest of Murad Topalayan, described as the Chief of the Armenian National Committee, by U.S. law enforcement officilas. The APA alleges that Topalayan was caught planning to bomb various offices of Turkish and Azeri diaspora organizations in the United States.