Armenian Revolutionary Army

The Armenian Revolutionary Army (ARA) (in Armenian Հայ Յեղափոխական Բանակ (ՀՅԲ)—pronounced Hay Heghapokhagan Panag) was an Armenian militant organization that attacked at least seven times resulting in at least six fatalities and eight injuries.[1] The group took responsibility for the gunning down of Turkish Embassy attache Dursun Aksoy in Brussels (1983), an attack on Turkish embassy in Lisbon (1983), and the attack on the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa (1985).

Armenian Revolutionary Army is thought to be the continuation of the organization Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide (JCAG)[1] under a different name. As JCAG stopped taking responsibility in communiques from 1983 on, it was the Armenian Revolutionary Army that carried on with the military activities.

## Operations

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A library in Lisbon, Portugal was bombed in 1970. This was the first attack claimed by the ARA. But as the next attack claimed by the same-named organization occurred only in 1983, many have questioned if this was actually related to the organization established in the 1980s as a continuation of JCAG or whether they were two different organizations happening to use the same name ARA.[2]

In 1983, Armenian Revolutionary Army claimed responsibility for an attack on the Turkish Embassy attache Dursun Aksoy who was gunned down in Brussels.

ARA took responsibility for the 1983 Turkish embassy attack in Lisbon against the Turkish embassy in Lisbon on 27 July 1983. It resulted in the death of 7 people, including all 5 attackers known in Armenian sources as "The Lisbon five" (Setrak Ajamian, 19 years old; Ara Kuhrjulian, 20; Sarkis Abrahamian, 21; Simon Yahniyan, 21, and Vache Daghlian, 19).

On 12 March 1985, ARA claimed responsibility for the attack on the Turkish Embassy in Ottawa. Three ARA gunmen who attacked the Turkish embassy in Ottawa, Canada were Kevork Marachelian, 35, of LaSalle, Quebec, Rafi Panos Titizian, 27, of Scarborough, Ontario, and Ohannes Noubarian, 30, of Montreal. They surrendered to police.

ARA's last attack occurred in 1985.

## See also

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* Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
* Justice Commandos Against Armenian Genocide

## References

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1. ^ a b MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base Archived March 27, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "START: Terrorist Organization Profile: Armenian Revolutionary Army". Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2011-12-14.

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Defunct Armenian armed groups

Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
(ASALA)|

* ASALA List of attacks

* Founders: Hagop Hagopian
* James Karnusian
* Kevork Ajemian

* Other personalities: Varoujan Garabedian

* Affiliated organizations: New Armenian Resistance Group (NAR)

Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide
(JCAG)|

* JCAG List of attacks

* Personalities: Mourad Topalian

* Affiliated organizations: Armenian Revolutionary Army (ARA)

Armenian Revolutionary Army
(ARA)|

* JCAG-ARA List of attacks

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* Affiliated organizations: Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide
(JCAG)

Red Armenian Army
(RAA)|

* Assassination attempt on Kemalettin Demirer (only attack)

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Armenian nationalism

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Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar)
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnak)
Hosank
National Agenda Party
National Revival of Artsakh
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Social Democrat Hunchakian Party (Hunchak)

Defunct parties
Armenakan Party
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Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia
Army of Independence
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Armenian Revolutionary Army

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Khachatur Abovian
Mikayel Nalbandian
Raffi
Mkrtich Khrimian
Shahan Natalie
Garegin Nzhdeh
Siamanto
Avetis Aharonian
Hayk Asatryan
Kevork Ajemian
Silva Kaputikyan
Rafayel Ishkhanian
Monte Melkonian

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Arabo
Aghbiur Serob
Kevork Chavush
Andranik
Aram Manukian
Armen Garo
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Hagop Hagopian
Movses Gorgisyan
Monte Melkonian
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