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ARMENIANS REMEMBER MASS SLAUGHTER ON 98TH ANNIVERSARY
NBC News. Los Angeles
April 24 2013
Millions honor victims on April 24 every year
By Jason Kandel
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013
Millions of Armenians and their supporters around the world honored
on Wednesday victims on the 98th anniversary of their mass slaughter
by Ottoman Turks.
Participants in Los Angeles included genocide survivors, politicians,
activists and Armenian-American community leaders. Thousands of
protesters were also expected to march to the Turkish Consulate on
Wednesday afternoon.
Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by
Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I. Turkey denies that the
deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated and
those who were killed were victims of civil war and unrest.
President Barack Obama is honoring Armenian victims on the anniversary
of their massacre in Turkey nearly a century ago.
Obama, in a statement he releases annually on this date, stopped
short of calling the slaughter "genocide," but said it was "one of
the worst atrocities of the 20th century."
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Armenians-Remember-Mass-Slaughter-on-98th-Anniversary-204511291.html#comments
NBC News. Los Angeles
April 24 2013
Millions honor victims on April 24 every year
By Jason Kandel
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013
Millions of Armenians and their supporters around the world honored
on Wednesday victims on the 98th anniversary of their mass slaughter
by Ottoman Turks.
Participants in Los Angeles included genocide survivors, politicians,
activists and Armenian-American community leaders. Thousands of
protesters were also expected to march to the Turkish Consulate on
Wednesday afternoon.
Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by
Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I. Turkey denies that the
deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated and
those who were killed were victims of civil war and unrest.
President Barack Obama is honoring Armenian victims on the anniversary
of their massacre in Turkey nearly a century ago.
Obama, in a statement he releases annually on this date, stopped
short of calling the slaughter "genocide," but said it was "one of
the worst atrocities of the 20th century."
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Armenians-Remember-Mass-Slaughter-on-98th-Anniversary-204511291.html#comments