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May 17 2013
Armenian 'genocide' bill introduced in US Congress
17 May 2013 /TODAY'S ZAMAN, Ä°STANBUL
Two Republican and two Democratic congressmen have introduced a bill
in the US House of Representatives to recognize the mass killings of
Armenians at the hands of the Ottomans in 1915 to coincide with Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an's official visit to Washington for talks
with US President Barack Obama over the recent developments in the
Middle East.
The `Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Act," introduced by
representatives Michael Grimm, Adam Schiff, David Valadao and Frank
Pallone, calls on the US administration to recognize Armenian claims
that they were victims of a genocide at the hands of the Ottoman
Empire during World War I. President Obama had promised to recognize
the Armenian claims during his election campaign but has so far failed
to do so, referring to the events in annual presidential statements as
`Meds Yeghern,' which means `great tragedy' in Armenian, instead.
`The time for the U.S. to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide
is long overdue,' Congressman Pallone was quoted as saying by Armenian
news website Panorama. `The U.S. has tirelessly defended justice and
human rights throughout the world, and we have a solemn duty to
recognize, once and for all, the injustices of the Armenian Genocide,"
Grimm was also quoted as saying by the site.
Turkey categorically denies the Armenian charges of genocide, saying
that there were deaths on both sides when Armenians revolted against
the Ottoman Empire in collaboration with the Russian army and invaded
eastern Anatolia to gain independence.
From: Baghdasarian
May 17 2013
Armenian 'genocide' bill introduced in US Congress
17 May 2013 /TODAY'S ZAMAN, Ä°STANBUL
Two Republican and two Democratic congressmen have introduced a bill
in the US House of Representatives to recognize the mass killings of
Armenians at the hands of the Ottomans in 1915 to coincide with Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an's official visit to Washington for talks
with US President Barack Obama over the recent developments in the
Middle East.
The `Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Act," introduced by
representatives Michael Grimm, Adam Schiff, David Valadao and Frank
Pallone, calls on the US administration to recognize Armenian claims
that they were victims of a genocide at the hands of the Ottoman
Empire during World War I. President Obama had promised to recognize
the Armenian claims during his election campaign but has so far failed
to do so, referring to the events in annual presidential statements as
`Meds Yeghern,' which means `great tragedy' in Armenian, instead.
`The time for the U.S. to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide
is long overdue,' Congressman Pallone was quoted as saying by Armenian
news website Panorama. `The U.S. has tirelessly defended justice and
human rights throughout the world, and we have a solemn duty to
recognize, once and for all, the injustices of the Armenian Genocide,"
Grimm was also quoted as saying by the site.
Turkey categorically denies the Armenian charges of genocide, saying
that there were deaths on both sides when Armenians revolted against
the Ottoman Empire in collaboration with the Russian army and invaded
eastern Anatolia to gain independence.
From: Baghdasarian