asala and melkonian below is my posting from arbcom page which lists all relevant links to state department quotes i just wanted to make something clear user artaxiad above said dacy keeps on want to add that he monte melkonian was a terrorist why is this the answer monte melkonian was a member and one of the main leaders of asala armenian secret army for liberation of armenia which was considered as a terrorist organization by the u s state department below are some links in reference so mr melkonian eliminated by azerbaijani armed forces in karabakh was a terrorist without any doubts u s state department patterns of global terrorism u s department of state daily press briefing october us department of state daily press briefing monday december thanks