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Hagop Hagopian (or Agop Agopian; (アルメニア語:Յակոբ Յակոբեան); 1951–28 April 1988) was one of the founders and the main leader of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA). == Life == Born in Mosul, Iraq as Harutiun Takoshian, he took the nom de guerre Hagop Hagopian,〔.〕〔(Middle East Information Resource on ASALA ).〕 and moved to Lebanon, where according to some sources he joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.〔Harvey W. Kushner. Encyclopedia of terrorism. SAGE, 2002. ISBN 0-7619-2408-6, ISBN 978-0-7619-2408-1, p. 47〕 In 1975, along with pastor Rev. James Karnusian and writer Kevork Ajemian, and with the support from Palestinian groups, he founded in Beirut the ASALA.〔Leonard Weinberg, Ami Pedahzur. Political parties and terrorist groups. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0-415-26871-0, ISBN 978-0-415-26871-4, p. 153〕 As leader of ASALA, he directed attacks and assassinations of Turkish diplomats and their families in various countries of the world. Following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, Hagopian fled and supposedly set up new bases in Damascus and Athens. He broke with the Palestine Liberation Organization, which had given ASALA training and support, and linked up with the anti-PLO leader Abu Nidal.〔Newsday. October 31, 1986. Jack Anderson, Dale Van Atta. French Refuse of Help Turks Track Terrorist.〕 Hagopian was wanted in France for masterminding the Orly airport attack in July 1983.〔The Times, April 29, 1988. Elusive rebel is killed in Athens.〕 This attack resulted in a split in ASALA, with the splinter group ASALA Revolutionary Movement led by Monte Melkonian condemning "the murderous deviation" of Hagopian.〔The Guardian, April 30, 1988. Turks deny killing Armenian activist: Faction fighting blamed for assassination of Hagopian.〕 Hagopian's more militant faction concentrated in the Middle East and Greece.〔Revolutionary and dissident movements: an international guide, by Guy Arnold, 1991, p. 350〕 In the aftermath of the split, Hagopian executed two of Melkonian's allies within ASALA in retaliation for the assassination of two of Hagopian's closest aides.〔Gavin Cameron. Nuclear terrorism: a threat assessment for the 21st century. Palgrave Macmillan, 1999. ISBN 0-312-21983-0, ISBN 978-0-312-21983-3, p. 50〕 According to the unidentified U.S. official quoted by ''The Washington Post'', in the late 1980s ASALA had grown more mercenary due to financial difficulties, and "Hagopian became a gun for hire".〔.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hagop Hagopian (guerrilla)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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