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Man Arrested Setting Fire in CA
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| 10/28/03
| genoman45
Posted on 10/29/2003 10:00:51 AM PST by genoman45
What is the nationality of Dikran Armouchian sounds Turkish - is this a major story, if so, why is not now national? Genoman
Authorities Arrest Suspected Arsonist Hikers In Eaton Canyon Reported Man POSTED: 10:04 p.m. PST October 28, 2003
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST -- A man was arrested Tuesday after deputies caught him setting a fire in a steep, remote canyon filled with dry brush and large trees in the Angeles National Forest, according to sheriff detectives.
Hikers in a remote trail about a half-mile north of the Eaton Canyon Bridge in Altadena saw a man making a fire there and alerted authorities, sheriff's Detective Ed Nordskog said.
Los Angeles County Parks officials and deputies arrived about 10 a.m. as the man was standing next to a fire about four feet in diameter. He warned the deputies to stay away and not extinguish the blaze, Nordskog said.
The man, identified as Dikran Armouchian, 23, of Pasadena, made comments about the fire he had started -- and a smaller one nearby -- as it was extinguished, Nordskog said.
Officials noted that the area was ripe for the fast spread of a fire, he said.
Armouchian, who had been reported missing by his family in Glendale, was booked at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station and held in lieu of $50,000 bail, Nordskog said.
The U.S. Forest Service's Law Enforcement Section and the Sheriff's Arson/Explosives Detail are investigating the case, Nordskog said.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: arsonist; california; captured; fire
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To: Porterville
It could be just about anything at this point. I think John H K is just setting the record straight because, yes, they are roughly Persian, but most people don't know that Armenia is a unique nation in the Middle East. That's not to say this guy ISN'T some kind of recruit -- he could be, but I think Armenians are automatically (and understandably)lumped in with Islamics...
I think he's an ELF, myself. If there's more to it, we'll (hopefully) find out...
To: Rutles4Ever
Well, I hear rumors of two in a van or car... that is a plot... a conspiracy... and it come down to who??? Who want to screw up the economy of the US??? ELF and Al Queda. So naturally we deduce through the background of the one perp caught thus far.
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posted on
10/29/2003 10:51:15 AM PST
by
Porterville
(American First, Human being Second; liberal your derivative lifestyle will never be normalized.)
To: hotpotato
Ha! I can't believe I fell for it!
I thought I remembered reading it out of a credible source.
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posted on
10/29/2003 10:51:16 AM PST
by
Guillermo
( Proud Infidel)
To: Rutles4Ever
I think he's an ELF, myself.
Say it ain't so!
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posted on
10/29/2003 10:54:06 AM PST
by
drjimmy
To: Rutles4Ever
(I am not Armenian, but am married to one)... I am too, and she's scorched my ass a couple of times ;-)
45
posted on
10/29/2003 10:55:03 AM PST
by
tsomer
To: genoman45; Admin Moderator
46
posted on
10/29/2003 10:57:54 AM PST
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: John H K
I agree (with your oponents.) Are you a pre nine-ten vacuum? The guy is obviously a Muslim wetback who crossed illegaly our unprotected border with Armenia which is right in the neighborhood of the world that hates us most.
To: genoman45
I think that this guy might be a few bricks short in the grey matter department.
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posted on
10/29/2003 11:02:17 AM PST
by
Mike Darancette
(No Taxation Without Respiration - Repeal Death Taxes!)
To: John H K
you find out that there are no Muslim Armenians Yeah, well. Let's pretend
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posted on
10/29/2003 11:02:45 AM PST
by
paul51
To: Guillermo
Snopes is your friend :-)
To: genoman45
I've been told that names ending in -ian are Armenian.
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posted on
10/29/2003 11:17:41 AM PST
by
jonatron
To: genoman45
FYI The last time we had a fire go all the way across our San Gabriel Mountains (that was started by a transient btw), they let the guy go free and no charges were brought against him. Some things, I'm told, I'll never understand until after I'm dead, this happens to be one of them.
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posted on
10/29/2003 11:21:58 AM PST
by
Pagey
(Hillary Rotten is a Smug, Holier - Than - Thou Socialist)
To: Egon
He's not. I think it sounds more Armenian.
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posted on
10/29/2003 11:23:19 AM PST
by
Marysecretary
(GOD is still in control!)
To: Bubba_Leroy
Not all of them. Two men were seen throwing flaming objects out the window, starting one of the fires.
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posted on
10/29/2003 11:24:43 AM PST
by
Marysecretary
(GOD is still in control!)
To: Marysecretary
He's not. I think it sounds more Armenian. Sorry, I forgot my < SARCASM > tags. ;>
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posted on
10/29/2003 11:26:10 AM PST
by
Egon
(Safety Tip: You can get AIDS by sitting at a public toilet before the previous person vacates!)
To: Egon
Sounds Armenian or thereabouts. Clearly a nutcase.
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posted on
10/29/2003 11:26:50 AM PST
by
dljordan
To: Egon
I'm Norwegian, you know, and defensive (smile).
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posted on
10/29/2003 11:31:02 AM PST
by
Marysecretary
(GOD is still in control!)
To: dljordan
Most definitely.
BTW, before I get blasted by every Scandanvian here, I was being sarcastic. I'm Norwegian-- this guy's name clearly doesn't come from up "Nord" -- as we say in Minnesota. Nor are there very many 4-year-olds carrying bombs in their carry-on luggage accompanied by their "yuppy" parents-- but you wouldn't know it to walk through an airport today. < /RANT >
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posted on
10/29/2003 11:31:24 AM PST
by
Egon
(Safety Tip: You can get AIDS by sitting at a public toilet before the previous person vacates!)
To: Marysecretary
My apologies-- so am I. My biggest regret is not learning the language from my grandfather.
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posted on
10/29/2003 11:33:12 AM PST
by
Egon
(Safety Tip: You can get AIDS by sitting at a public toilet before the previous person vacates!)
To: tsomer
Further attention, yes. But a lot of those fires are started by crazies, idiots, and incompetents.
http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/armenian.htm Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
Marxist-Leninist Armenian terrorist group formed in 1975
with stated intention to compel the Turkish Government to
acknowledge publicly its alleged responsibility for the
deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915, pay reparations,
and cede territory for an Armenian homeland. Led by Hagop
Hagopian until he was assassinated in Athens in April 1988.
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