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BONUS: Monte Melkonian, ASALA, Leftist Militancy, and the PKK in Lebanon

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The Story of Monte Melconian

Monte Melconian was one of the most interesting figures of the late Cold War. His family had Armenian ancestry, but he didn't really think much about it growing up. He went to Japan learned Japanese and martial arts bounced all around East Asia. In 1979 on the other side of the world Hago Pago Pian saw two genocide survivor in California which was very motivated him to action.

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