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Turkey's Pissed
The House Foreign Relations Committee voted yesterday to condemn the killings of Armenians during World War I as an act of genocide on the part of the Turkish government. The vote was non-binding and so is largely symbolic, but it's really ticked off the Turks, who have said they will reconsider their support of the Iraq War if the measure passes in the main body of the House.
What I don't understand is why the House is making an issue of this right now. We're talking about something from World War I. If it's waited this long, probably not going to be a big problem to put it off a couple more years. Unless they're trying to make the war in Iraq harder to sustain by straining relations with Turkey? That seems way too sneaky to be the case, and it would probably hurt our troops more than bring an end to the war. The House Foreign Relations Committee voted yesterday to condemn the killings of Armenians during World War I as an act of genocide on... more -
Bush pushes for denial of Armenian genocide
The 1915 genocide of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians in the dawn of the Ottoman Empire is widely accepted as such by most of the world. However, efforts to pass a bill in Congress that would officially recognize the event as a genocide by the United States has been met with opposition by George Bush, who fears that it would result in a straining of relations with Turkey. The New Republic makes some other interesting observations about the bill, which goes to vote before Congress today. The 1915 genocide of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians in the dawn of the Ottoman Empire is widely accepted as such by most of the wo... more
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We Remember
As second and third generation survivors feel the impact of the Armenian Genocide, they remember the immeasurable loss of life and shed light on this injustice through commemoration events and music. As second and third generation survivors feel the impact of the Armenian Genocide, they remember the immeasurable loss of life and she... more
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