An Open Letter To My Fellow American-Armenian Brothers And Sisters

October 31, 2012
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An Open Letter To My Fellow
American-Armenian Brothers And Sisters
By: DR. ANI KALAYJIAN
My cousin, a 60 years of age diabetic male, has been kidnapped from his own mechanic shop in
Aleppo, Syria, by the Syrian opposition. For the last five months the opposition has been targeting the
Armenian Christian minority in Aleppo, Damascus, Azez, and Der Zor. They have systematically
destroyed Armenian churches, Armenian schools, nursing homes, and Armenian neighborhoods. I
called my other cousin and could hear the bombs blasting at any hour of the day and night. The
opposition is waging war against the Assad government, but Armenians have nothing to do with this
war. Although loyal to their country's government, Armenians are also loyal to their neighbors, and
humanity at large. My other cousin has been hiding in the basement of her daughter's house, in fear,
with the house shaking from the blasts, afraid they can no longer live there. Just a day ago they blasted
a huge truck in the middle of a courtyard in Aleppo, killing many innocent people. The government is
not the force behind all this destruction—it is the Syrian opposition that we Americans are supporting.
Aleppo now Masbah Farook, Boostan Pasha
In 1915 Syria opened its arms when Ottoman Turks were annihilating Armenians and throwing them
out of their homes of 3,000 years. One-and-a half million Armenians were systematically annihilated,
and others walked through the Arabian deserts to make it to Syria. Since 1915 Armenians have been
building Aleppo, Azez, Latakia, Damascus, Kesab, Der Zor, and other parts of Syria. Armenians have
their own private schools, churches, and community centers. Now in 2012, 97 years after the
Genocide, Armenians are being subjected to another mass trauma of murder, destruction, ransacking,
kidnapping, and torture. The Syrian opposition is backed by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey. Turkey
has been selling arms to the opposition and finding any excuse to attack the border in northern Syria,
which is populated by Christian minority Armenians. Turkey has taken advantage of this chaotic war
situation and has destroyed the Genocide memorial and the Armenian Church in Der Zor.
The opposition also threw elderly Armenian residents out of the Armenian Elders Home in
Bostampasha and turned it into their headquarters to send bombs and missiles to destroy the rest of the
Armenian community. These Armenian older adults had been thrown out of their homes at the
beginning of their lives by Ottoman Turks, and now, once
again, at the last stage of their lives, they are being thrown
out of their homes by Syrian opposition forces and Turkish
criminals.
I am a humanitarian worker and President of the
Meaningfulworld, a charitable organization, servicing the
world in over 45 countries, and it hurts me in the core to
not being able to go to Syria and help the surviving
community that is in shell shock, experiencing severe
trauma.
Where is the UN Declaration for Human Rights? When we
contacted the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, their response was that their office is in the
dark and cannot help. Where is justice? What can we do to
stop this madness? Why is the opposition destroying the
Armenian community? If they want to lead Syria, they
should oppose the Syrian government and not attack
innocent Armenian people who are the Christian minority.
How many times does a nation gets displaced? Armenian Quarter of Nor Kyoogh
Armenian Old Age Home, Boostan Pasha
Please help in any way you can, pray for the Christian Armenian minority that is innocently being
targeted by the Syrian opposition, hold prayer circles, send donations to help feed our Armenian
family, talk with your congressional representative, tell him or her what is REALLY going on in
Syria—a totally different story than what the opposition and mainstream media are broadcasting to
convince the world.
Please educate your circle of Americans and others so they will stop supporting and sponsoring the
opposition.
Cliffside Park, New Jersey, U.S.A

Ramgavar Mamoul