“This is a tactics to solve the available problems and to periodically remind them and to advance their problems,” – said the expert in Arabic studies, Hayk Kocharyan, in an interview with Aravot.am, referring to the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq and Pakistan. Note that on March 26, about 40 kilometers south from Baghdad, near Al-Iskandariya, a terrorist explosion occurred which killed 30 and injured 65 people. The explosion occurred after the match of the Iraqi Football Championship, near the field where the winners were awarded prizes. On March 27, in the center of Lahore, Punjab province, Pakistan, a terrorist explosion occurred which resulted, according to various sources, in killing of 65 to 72 people and more than 300 people had received various degrees of injuries.
The incident occurred at one of the playgrounds in the city of Lahore where many families were spending their leisure time together with their children. Mostly Christians are victims of this terrorism who were celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Easter Holiday. We were curious to know whether the attack in Pakistan was connected with the Christian holiday, he replied that it is possible to have such a coincidence, “Specifically, observing the available information, I do not see such parallels, it is very extreme.”
To our observation that in both cases, women, children and youth were targeted, the expert on Arabic studies said that actions have a tendency to intimidate and the most vulnerable groups are women and children, therefore, it is no coincidence that these groups are targeted. He noted that the terrorist network works everywhere, in their words, against internal and external enemies, “The connection of terrorist attacks in Europe and the East can be seen but they are solving different problems in different continents, different countries – different problems to solve.”
Ami CHICHAKYAN
