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• Nationalism - the rationale of the ASALA's existence
• Separatism - a prerequisite for self determination of a national minority
• Self determination - national autonomy
• Sovereignty - the result of self determination and the goal of the ASALA

• Diaspora - An internal link would contextualize Armenian nationalism within circumstances of political and social dispersal.

DJ Silverfish 20:24, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Terrorism - killing innocent diplomats in order to reach political claims

During a 16-year period from 1973 to 1986, various Armenian terrorist organisations claimed responsibility for about 200 attacks on Turkish diplomatic and non-diplomatic institutions and murdered 55 Turkish and 16 non-Turkish people and wounded hundreds of others. Armenians also targeted their own people who refused to make financial contribution to Armenian terrorism. Below is a chronological list of Armenian terrorist activities from 1973 to 1986.

http://www.atmg.org/ArmenianTerrorism.html

Mkltkn I suggest you consult the archives or comment here rather than continuing to edit war (t · c) buidhe 17:08, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Buidhe I suggest you consult the archives or comment here rather than continuing to edit war. Mkltkn (talk) 12:25, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In view of the evidences presented in the recognition section of this article itself, it seems like that especially taking action against identifying the organization as a terrorist organization seems to be an active breech of Wikipedia's neutrality stance. 46.2.220.90 (talk) 16:35, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

why yall avoiding using the word terrorist in this page ? Asala is a terrorist organization that killed innocent people and yall just calling it a 'militant organization' while their opponent Grey Wolves is described as 'racist and ultranafionalist terror organization' in wikipedia?

Cut the bullsht they are literally the same sht, 2 terrorist organization. ~2025-31276-54 (talk) 08:37, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In the info box of the Article, there is a black and white flag depicted, which is sourced from an Azerbaijani Media Outlet, showing a flag flying in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in 2016 (ASALA ceased operations in 1991). The two other sources are obviously not of the time period either. However, looking at actual sources, publications, interviews of ASALA members, and pictures, it can be concluded that the actual flag of ASALA is a Square/Rectangle Red Flag with a White disk in the centre (ASALA's emblem). In every single video depicting ASALA soldiers, if there is a flag, it is always the mentioned red one. Please pay attention to material listed below. ASALA was also described as a "Marxist-Leninist" organization by the US Department of State, which also provides obvious reasoning as to why the flag utilized red.

Sources: (In order to assert neutrality of this claim I also use Azerbaijani sources)

Explosions in Turkey, and ... Not Only: ASALA from Within by Karo Vardanyan

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/members-of-the-armenian-secret-army-for-the-liberation-of-news-photo/542362162

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/close-up-of-a-soldier-in-the-armenian-secret-army-for-the-news-photo/542362170

https://aqreqator.az/ru/politika/1455077

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuQ2j0R9Cds

https://westernarmeniatv.com/en/society_en/on-the-occasion-of-the-asala-formation-day-representatives-of-western-armenia-visited-the-yerablur-pantheon/

https://regionplus.az/en/articles/view/2772

https://lratvakan.am/details/3259/am/

http://zham.ru/categories/heritage/1509--.html

http://zham.ru/categories/heritage/1509--.html

https://www.asala.army/ (Possibly fake website claiming to be ASALA denouncing usage of Black flag)

https://medianews.site/72371/

https://www.panarmenian.net/m/eng/photoset/8697/80179

https://parliament-wa.info/hy/archives/15554

https://lratvakan.am/details/2275/am/

https://oragir.news/hy/material/2023/05/21/80212

https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/armenian-secret-army-for-the-liberation-of-armenia-continuing-international-threat-nbsp/

https://tudpam.org/analysis-of-the-asala-terrorist-organization-from-the-perspective-of-armenian-terrorist-organizations-from-past-to-present/ Yeghishedaviti (talk) 01:08, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

https://alchetron.com/Armenian-Secret-Army-for-the-Liberation-of-Armenia

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ASALA_logo_white_on_red.svg - Wikimedia Commons file which is the correct depiction of the flag

It pains me to see that this false depiction of the flag has grown in popularity - especially in Armenian social spheres, where they use a flag similar to that of the aesthetics of Daesh and Al-Qaeda, while ignoring the actual banner. Yeghishedaviti (talk) 01:14, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]