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VALERIE BOYER IS THREATENED AND HER WEBSITE IS HACKED BY TURKS
By Amiel Ungar
Arutz Sheva
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/151152
Dec 28 2011
Israel
The threats on Valerie Boyer, an author of the bill criminalizing
denial of the Armenian genocide, has united France's politicians.
The aftershocks of the French National Assembly's law criminalizing
denial of the Armenian genocide continue.
Valerie Boyer, an author of the bill and Vice President of the
France-Armenia Friendship group, has been threatened and the threats
extend to her children and parents. "
Death threats, threats of rape and threats of destruction, name-calling
and insults. I find this very shocking," said the deputy.
She has been receiving police protection.
Boyer's website was attacked by Turkish hackers. Those logging onto
her site received a Turkish flag and a message in Turkish and English
attacking the French government and the Armenian community of France.
The Armenians were accused of cowardice for refusing to open up the
Armenian archives and confront the truth. The site was redirected to
the Turkish hacker site that advised the French to consider their
own crimes against humanity in Algeria rather than discussing the
Armenians.
The threats against Madam Boyer produced a rare solidarity among
French parliamentarians from the right to the left.
The Secretary-General of Madam Boyer's UMP party Jean-Francois Cope
noted that it was unacceptable that an elected person was threatened
"simply because she had the courage to stand for our convictions."
On the opposite side of the spectrum Jean-Michel Baylet of the Radical
Left Party (PRG) said that while he did not share at any of Madam
Boyer's political beliefs, he condemned the threats and intimidation.
As the time approaches when the Senate is to take up the bill passed
in the Assembly, the hackers have attacked the website of the French
Senate and disabled it by generating an infinite amount of requests.
While all this was going on, Turkish ambassadors from the world over
convened in Ankara to discuss ways of preventing the French measure
from spreading worldwide. They are particularly wary of the year 2015
that will mark the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian massacres.
The Turkish diplomats expect an onslaught from the Armenian diaspora
and they recommend preempting it with an information campaign to
provide historical balance. Some Turkish commentators believe that the
solution would be for Turkey to address the issue more openly or else
recognition of the 2005 murders as genocide is a foregone conclusion.
According to the pro government Zaman,Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu told ambassadors on Monday during a session that Turkey is
ready to confront its history but but this history must be handled
with objectivity and mention the tragic losses sustained by both
sides during the World War I.
Historians should discuss Turkish-Armenian history in an intellectual
environment with open archives. This approach was seconded by Swiss
Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey who mediated between turkey and
Armenia. The historians, argued Rey who received a special invitation
to attend the meeting, could dispassionately consider the evidence
and contribute to discussions.
The numbers of Armenians killed in massacres and forced marches to
the border for deportation around the time of WWI is estimated as
between 1 and 1.5 million. However, the Armenians had been fighting
the Turkish government with Russian help while the Jews of Europe
were loyal, law abiding citizens when the Holocaust began, so that
using the word "genocide" for both is inaccurate.
From: Baghdasarian
By Amiel Ungar
Arutz Sheva
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/151152
Dec 28 2011
Israel
The threats on Valerie Boyer, an author of the bill criminalizing
denial of the Armenian genocide, has united France's politicians.
The aftershocks of the French National Assembly's law criminalizing
denial of the Armenian genocide continue.
Valerie Boyer, an author of the bill and Vice President of the
France-Armenia Friendship group, has been threatened and the threats
extend to her children and parents. "
Death threats, threats of rape and threats of destruction, name-calling
and insults. I find this very shocking," said the deputy.
She has been receiving police protection.
Boyer's website was attacked by Turkish hackers. Those logging onto
her site received a Turkish flag and a message in Turkish and English
attacking the French government and the Armenian community of France.
The Armenians were accused of cowardice for refusing to open up the
Armenian archives and confront the truth. The site was redirected to
the Turkish hacker site that advised the French to consider their
own crimes against humanity in Algeria rather than discussing the
Armenians.
The threats against Madam Boyer produced a rare solidarity among
French parliamentarians from the right to the left.
The Secretary-General of Madam Boyer's UMP party Jean-Francois Cope
noted that it was unacceptable that an elected person was threatened
"simply because she had the courage to stand for our convictions."
On the opposite side of the spectrum Jean-Michel Baylet of the Radical
Left Party (PRG) said that while he did not share at any of Madam
Boyer's political beliefs, he condemned the threats and intimidation.
As the time approaches when the Senate is to take up the bill passed
in the Assembly, the hackers have attacked the website of the French
Senate and disabled it by generating an infinite amount of requests.
While all this was going on, Turkish ambassadors from the world over
convened in Ankara to discuss ways of preventing the French measure
from spreading worldwide. They are particularly wary of the year 2015
that will mark the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian massacres.
The Turkish diplomats expect an onslaught from the Armenian diaspora
and they recommend preempting it with an information campaign to
provide historical balance. Some Turkish commentators believe that the
solution would be for Turkey to address the issue more openly or else
recognition of the 2005 murders as genocide is a foregone conclusion.
According to the pro government Zaman,Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu told ambassadors on Monday during a session that Turkey is
ready to confront its history but but this history must be handled
with objectivity and mention the tragic losses sustained by both
sides during the World War I.
Historians should discuss Turkish-Armenian history in an intellectual
environment with open archives. This approach was seconded by Swiss
Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey who mediated between turkey and
Armenia. The historians, argued Rey who received a special invitation
to attend the meeting, could dispassionately consider the evidence
and contribute to discussions.
The numbers of Armenians killed in massacres and forced marches to
the border for deportation around the time of WWI is estimated as
between 1 and 1.5 million. However, the Armenians had been fighting
the Turkish government with Russian help while the Jews of Europe
were loyal, law abiding citizens when the Holocaust began, so that
using the word "genocide" for both is inaccurate.
From: Baghdasarian