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ARMENIANS TO RALLY IN NYC TO MARK MASSACRE ANNIVERSARY
Bend Bulletin
http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20110501/NEWS0107/105010438/
May 2 2011
By Bulletin wire reports
Published: May 01. 2011 4:00AM PST Members of New Jersey's sizable
Armenian community are expected to turn out in droves today for a
ceremony in Times Square commemorating the 96th anniversary of the
massacre of more than 1 million Armenians in what is now Turkey during
World War I.
The killings were carried out by the Ottoman Empire. The Republic of
Turkey, the successor state of the empire, has steadfastly denied the
word "genocide" is an accurate description of the events. Armenians
say their ancestors were rounded up and brutally forced into exile
in what today is Syria. Many died along the way.
In the U.S., a powerful Armenian community centered in Los Angeles has
been pressing for years for Congress to condemn the Armenian massacre.
Turkey, which cut military ties to France over a similar action,
has reacted with angry threats. A bill to that effect nearly passed
in the fall of 2007, gaining a majority of co-sponsors and passing
a committee vote. But the Bush administration, noting that Turkey is
a critical ally pressed for the bill to be withdrawn, and it was.
From: A. Papazian
Bend Bulletin
http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20110501/NEWS0107/105010438/
May 2 2011
By Bulletin wire reports
Published: May 01. 2011 4:00AM PST Members of New Jersey's sizable
Armenian community are expected to turn out in droves today for a
ceremony in Times Square commemorating the 96th anniversary of the
massacre of more than 1 million Armenians in what is now Turkey during
World War I.
The killings were carried out by the Ottoman Empire. The Republic of
Turkey, the successor state of the empire, has steadfastly denied the
word "genocide" is an accurate description of the events. Armenians
say their ancestors were rounded up and brutally forced into exile
in what today is Syria. Many died along the way.
In the U.S., a powerful Armenian community centered in Los Angeles has
been pressing for years for Congress to condemn the Armenian massacre.
Turkey, which cut military ties to France over a similar action,
has reacted with angry threats. A bill to that effect nearly passed
in the fall of 2007, gaining a majority of co-sponsors and passing
a committee vote. But the Bush administration, noting that Turkey is
a critical ally pressed for the bill to be withdrawn, and it was.
From: A. Papazian