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It’s long past time that the US Senate does the same. Make former Senator Bob Dole happy. Bob Dole’s life was saved in WWII by an Armenian MD who survived the genocide and who told him about it. When Dole became a senator he brought forth a resolution every year to recognize the genocide. It [...] More than 90 years after the Armenian genocide, the U.S. is deadlocked in a humiliating linguistic debate. The L.A. Times has an excellent backgrounder on why D.C. still refuses to call it genocide. The primary reason is they don’t want to upset Turkey where they have an air base, among other things. No [...] “For those who aren’t aware, there was a genocide that did take place against the Armenian people. It is one of these situations where we have seen a constant denial on the part of the Turkish government and others that this occurred. It has become a sore spot diplomatically.” – Barack Obama April 25 will [...] A Swiss court found a Turkish politician guilty Friday of denying that mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 amounted to genocide, the first such conviction under Swiss law. It was a token fine and a suspended jail sentence but still, this represents a major step forward in recognizing that the [...] Turkish nationalist, leader of the Turkish Labor Party Dogu Perincek will stand trial in Switzerland. The legal proceedings launched over violation of Swiss anti-racist law on the Armenian Genocide denial may cause tension in the Swiss-Turkish relations. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-CA has introduced a bill (HR 195) asking President Bush to recognize the Armenian genocide. However, US officials more worried about Turkish feelings than genocide. Armenian Americans are more insulted by the offensive attitude of the Bush administration toward the Armenian Genocide than they are by Turkey’s refusal to acknowledge it. LA [...] By Appo K. Jabarian (via listserv) Managing Editor / Executive Publisher USA Armenian Life Magazine As several world political, religious and other civic leaders condemn the January 19, 2007 Turkish premeditated murder of an innocent Armenian journalist Hrant Dink (1954-2007), many optimists expressed hope that as a result, a blanket positive change will take place [...] A reader comments in our post Honoring Hrant Dink Hrant Dink was an honest intellectual,a man of dignity, a father of three children, a man who has been raised in an orphanage and endured the difficulties of life in an early age. As a Turk I do not view him from his ethnic origin but [...] There have been large demonstrations in Turkey and vigils in Los Angeles to honor the memory of Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor who was murdered yesterday. He was a leader in the movement to have the Armenian genocide recognized as such in Turkey, something which got him a six month suspended sentence for insulting [...] Given the draw of Sylvester Stallone, the movie could easily push recognition of the Armenian genocide onto the front pages. Stallone says that the flick will be “an epic about the complete destruction of a civilisation. (But) talk about a political hot potato. The Turks have been killing that subject for 85 years.” Thank you, [...] |  | ||||
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