As a former infantryman and licensed security guard in the state of Florida with specialized counterterrorism training in “Improvised Explosive Devices” (IED’s) recognition skills – l’m an expert on how to spot and deal with IED’s. Its a sad fact today that the number one cause of casualties during the wars in Iraq and currently […]
Armenia: Young Author Faces Military Censorship
Written by Onnik Krikorian Hovhannes Ishkhanyan, a 24-year-old computer programmer and, like many others, a former conscript in the Armenian military has found himself in hot water in the former Soviet republic after penning a literary work detailing life in the country’s army. Despite a print run of just 300, the Armenian military prosecutor says the […]
Armenian Oligarch’s Staff Allegedly Implicated in Animal Cruelty Scandal
Facebook users today posted links to a video shot at what is alleged to be the private zoo of oligarch MP Gagik Tsarukian. Better known to most Armenians by his nickname, Dodi Gago, Tsarukian is believed to be Armenia’s wealthiest citizen even if his tax returns reportedly suggest the contrary. The former world arm-wrestling champion […]
Nagorno Karabakh Independence Marked, Anti-Turkish Protests Planned
While the international media concerns itself with the two breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia, Armenia Discovered reminds its readers that yesterday marked the 17th anniversary of the declaration of independence by another self-declared republic in the South Caucasus — Nagorno Karabakh. September 2 is the 17th anniversary of adoption of Declaration […]
When You Act Like a Jerk, You’re Gonna be Treated Like a Jerk
It would be one thing if John Edwards’ big boo-boo stood alone. But it isn’t working out that way. Enough by now has been written about the bimbo eruption itself, the charismatic married Democrat and the “other woman,” the betrayed wife, the irate and brokenhearted supporters. Hmm… sounds familiar. Didn’t we just go through this […]
LGBT Blogs Emerge in Armenia
Posted by Onnik Krikorian to Global Voices Online With blogs fast becoming synonymous with heated online political debate of late, there is the danger that the much larger potential for blogging in Armenia is missed. That is, while most political blogs simply duplicate the views of an already polarized media, the voices of those stuck […]