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    NUMBER OF OPPONENTS TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION DECREASED AT US CONGRESS

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    05.02.2010 19:16 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Recently some changes occurred in Capitol Hill that
    will likely impact Turkey's ability to block Congressional recognition
    of the Armenian Genocide.

    As Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) director Aram
    Hamparian reported, Congressman Robert Wexler, the Chairman of the
    Turkish Caucus and a leading Armenian Genocide denier, has retired
    from Congress.

    Congressman John Murtha, who led attacks against the 2007 Armenian
    Genocide Resolution, has fallen ill in recent days. The Washington
    Post's political blog reports that his political future may be
    in doubt.

    Congressman Dan Burton, the most vocal Armenian Genocide denier in
    the U.S. House, is facing a powerful primary challenge from Dr. John
    McGoff. Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, the number #1 recipient of funds
    from Armenian Genocide deniers, is set to face David Krikorian,
    a talented public servant and proud Armenian American, in this
    November's general election.

    Congresswoman Jane Harman, who, while she was a cosponsor of the
    Armenian Genocide Resolution in 2007 secretly sought to torpedo the
    adoption of this human rights measure, is facing a solid primary
    challenge from Marcy Winograd.

    Congressmen John Tanner and Marion Berry (both have received F-
    ratings from the ANCA) are both retiring from Congress.

    The Armenian Genocide resolution (H.Res. 106) was submitted to the
    House of Representatives by Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), during
    the 110th United States Congress. It is a non-binding resolution
    calling upon the US President to ensure that the foreign policy of
    the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity
    concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing,
    and genocide documented in the United States record relating to
    the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes. The resolution was
    introduced on January 30, 2007.

    The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic
    destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during
    and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres, and
    deportations involving forced marches under conditions designed to
    lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths
    reaching 1.5 million.

    The date of the onset of the genocide is conventionally held to be
    April 24, 1915, the day that Ottoman authorities arrested some 250
    Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople.

    Thereafter, the Ottoman military uprooted Armenians from their homes
    and forced them to march for hundreds of miles, depriving them of
    food and water, to the desert of what is now Syria.

    To date, twenty countries and 44 U.S. states have officially recognized
    the events of the period as genocide, and most genocide scholars
    and historians accept this view. The Armenian Genocide has been also
    recognized by influential media including The New York Times, BBC,
    The Washington Post and The Associated Press.

    The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the
    Genocide survivors.
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