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ARMENIAN STUDENTS PROTEST AGAINST SENDING TROOPS TO IRAQ

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 13, ARMENPRESS: Some Armenian youth organizations voiced today their protest against a decision to send a 50-member non-combat platoon to Iraq to join US-led coalition forces for post-war reconstruction of that country, saying it would pose a serious risk to local Armenians. The protest was announced by Nikol Aghbalian student organization, closely affiliated with Armenian Revolutionary Federation, a member of the ruling coalition.

A statement issued by the organization says the news about sending an Armenian contingent to Iraq has already spoiled relations between the 20,000- strong Armenian community and Arabs, though Armenia said it would send to Iraq doctors, sappers and truck drivers. The statement says Iraqis look at this decision as “treachery” of Armenians.

One of the leaders of the organization, who was present at an Armenian youth gathering in Lebanon recently, said Armenian participants from Iraq held that Arabs’ attitude towards local Armenians has changed.

“Armenia’s emergence in the US-led coalition puts at higher risks the lives of Iraqi Armenians and draws the interest of Islamic terrorists to Armenia,” the statement says. It was signed by representatives of 29 youth organizations, who will send it to the president.

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