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DAY 1,114: THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IS OFFICIALLY ANGRY ABOUT SYRIA
Global Post
April 4 2014
More specifically, Armenians suspect Turkey helped the Syrian rebels
take the Armenian town of Kasab.
Today is Day 1,114 of the Syria conflict, and the new protests to
watch are coming from the Armenian community, worldwide.
You may recall that, nearly two weeks ago, Syrian rebels took the
Armenian town of Kasab in northern Syria, very close to the Turkish
border. You may recall that Kasab was one of the only Armenian towns
in the area to survive the genocide that occurred under the Ottoman
Empire in World War I. And you may also recall that, last weekend,
Kim Kardashian offered some hint of the storm to come when she waded
into all of this on Twitter.
The Armenian community says Turkey made the attack on Kasab possible --
that the Syrian rebels who took Kasab came from Turkey over the border,
"openly passing through a Turkish military base" on the way.
Given that Armenians hold Turks responsible for the Armenian genocide
(which Turkey says never happened, at least not the way Armenia
describes it -- in Turkey it's a crime even to bring up the Armenian
genocide), there's a lot of painful history caught up in this latest
news event. Hundreds of Armenians protested outside the Turkish embassy
in Toronto yesterday, and the Armenian community in Massachusetts
will be protesting outside the Tip O'Neill Federal Building today
"to protest the State Department's failure to condemn the perpetrators
of the invasion."
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/meanwhile-syria/day-1114-the-armenian-community-officially-angry-about-s
From: A. Papazian
Global Post
April 4 2014
More specifically, Armenians suspect Turkey helped the Syrian rebels
take the Armenian town of Kasab.
Today is Day 1,114 of the Syria conflict, and the new protests to
watch are coming from the Armenian community, worldwide.
You may recall that, nearly two weeks ago, Syrian rebels took the
Armenian town of Kasab in northern Syria, very close to the Turkish
border. You may recall that Kasab was one of the only Armenian towns
in the area to survive the genocide that occurred under the Ottoman
Empire in World War I. And you may also recall that, last weekend,
Kim Kardashian offered some hint of the storm to come when she waded
into all of this on Twitter.
The Armenian community says Turkey made the attack on Kasab possible --
that the Syrian rebels who took Kasab came from Turkey over the border,
"openly passing through a Turkish military base" on the way.
Given that Armenians hold Turks responsible for the Armenian genocide
(which Turkey says never happened, at least not the way Armenia
describes it -- in Turkey it's a crime even to bring up the Armenian
genocide), there's a lot of painful history caught up in this latest
news event. Hundreds of Armenians protested outside the Turkish embassy
in Toronto yesterday, and the Armenian community in Massachusetts
will be protesting outside the Tip O'Neill Federal Building today
"to protest the State Department's failure to condemn the perpetrators
of the invasion."
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/meanwhile-syria/day-1114-the-armenian-community-officially-angry-about-s
From: A. Papazian