 The act was part of the group's global terrorism campaign against Turkey for the recognition and reparations for the Armenian Genocide.After the bombing, the French police raided ASALA strongholds, confiscating arms and detaining 50 Armenians believed to have links to the ASALA.One of the arrested, Garabedian, confessed to being a leader of ASALA in France and for planting the bomb at the Orly airport.