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Despite Dubya's disgraceful attempts to discourage recognition of this important tragedy in history, Congress has done the right thing and has made a positive first step towards recognizing Turkey's mass murder of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915:
Update: and while we're on the subject of Dubya, check out the following comment someone at Dhimmi Watch found that Dubya made in 2000 (via Pedestrian Infidel).
Update 2: So Turkey's recalled its US ambassador (also via Dhimmi Watch). That's fine. Nobody needs villains who won't admit their wrongs. Hugh Fitzgerald writes them a note.
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Turkish Dep PM Emrullah Ishler: "Armenians killed over one million Turks" From Will at THE OTHER NEWS: Turkish Dep PM Emrullah Ishler: "Armenians killed over one million Turks"(Taz). Over one million Turks were killed in Turkey by Armenian gangs, Turkish...
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- Video: Jihad: The Genocide Of The Armenians (6 Parts)
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- U.s. State Department: Armenian Genocide Didn't Happen
Here's a ahistoricality event of interest, according to the State Department reminding the Turks of their nation's past crimes, which the Turkish government denies ever happened, is grounds for dismissal. While America is supposed to bear the...
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Victory for Armenians: Congress has passed resolution to recognize Armenian Holocaust
Despite Dubya's disgraceful attempts to discourage recognition of this important tragedy in history, Congress has done the right thing and has made a positive first step towards recognizing Turkey's mass murder of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915:
A U.S. House committee on Wednesday defied President George W. Bush by passing a resolution calling the 1915 massacre of Armenians genocide, a step the White House warns could damage U.S. goals in the Middle East.That disgraceful man can keep going with his obscenities that show nothing more than hatred for innocent people. The Turkish president, the first one from a Muslim background in many years, has only shown the true colors of people of his standing in Turkey, and why, contrary to the stupidity they blurt out about sanctions, they're the ones who're really asking for sanctions imposed by other countries, and not the other way around. I think a boycott of Turkey is in order here.
The measure, passed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee by a 27-21 margin, will be sent to the House floor, where Democratic leaders say there will be a vote within weeks.
Turkey, a key NATO ally that has supported U.S. efforts in Iraq, has strongly opposed the measure and warned it could damage relations between the two countries.
At issue is the killing of as many as 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks around the time of First World War. Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, says the toll has been inflated and insists that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest. It has threatened sanctions against countries that use the term genocide.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul called the measure's passage "unacceptable," said Reuters.
"Unfortunately some politicians in the United States of America have closed their ears to calls to be reasonable and once again sought to sacrifice big problems for small domestic political games," state news agency Anatolian quoted Gul as saying.
Update: and while we're on the subject of Dubya, check out the following comment someone at Dhimmi Watch found that Dubya made in 2000 (via Pedestrian Infidel).
Update 2: So Turkey's recalled its US ambassador (also via Dhimmi Watch). That's fine. Nobody needs villains who won't admit their wrongs. Hugh Fitzgerald writes them a note.
- George Clooney Pays Respects To Armenia
If there's anything positive an actor like Clooney's been doing, it's to recognize the Armenian Holocaust at an official commemoration: Hollywood star and rights advocate George Clooney on Sunday led thousands of Armenians on a march to a...
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Turkish Dep PM Emrullah Ishler: "Armenians killed over one million Turks" From Will at THE OTHER NEWS: Turkish Dep PM Emrullah Ishler: "Armenians killed over one million Turks"(Taz). Over one million Turks were killed in Turkey by Armenian gangs, Turkish...
- And The World's Smallest Violin To..... Turkey
Image via WikipediaBBC: Turkish anger at 'genocide' vote Turkey has reacted angrily to a US congressional panel's resolution describing as genocide the killings of Armenians in World War...
- Video: Jihad: The Genocide Of The Armenians (6 Parts)
The Armenian Genocide — also known as the Armenian Holocaust, Great Calamity or the Armenian Massacre — was the forcible deportation and massacring of hundreds of thousands to over 1.5 million Armenians during the government of the Young Turks from...
- U.s. State Department: Armenian Genocide Didn't Happen
Here's a ahistoricality event of interest, according to the State Department reminding the Turks of their nation's past crimes, which the Turkish government denies ever happened, is grounds for dismissal. While America is supposed to bear the...