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CONGRESSWOMAN JACKIE SPEIER CONDEMNS DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN CHURCH IN DEIR EZ-ZOR
12:20 25.09.2014
Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo Counties) today
released the following statement in response to the destruction of
the Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Deir ez-Zor, Syria by the
Islamic State, or ISIL.
"ISIL's actions can only be viewed as a barbaric act of terrorism.
Hundreds of thousands of Armenians were forced to march to the deserts
of Der Zor, where they lived in concentration camps until their brutal
extermination. The Armenian Genocide Memorial Church commemorates
these men, women, and children, along with the more than 1.5 million
Armenians who were systematically annihilated by the Ottoman Empire.
As a proud member of the Armenian community, my relatives and ancestors
are included in this figure. If my mother had been born in the Ottoman
Empire instead of Fresno, she too may have been a target.
This consecrated church stood as a reminder of the terrible
consequences of hateful ideology and violence. We must remember
these lessons as ISIL threatens Armenians, Kurds, Jews, Muslims,
and Christians today."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/09/25/32895/
From: Baghdasarian
12:20 25.09.2014
Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo Counties) today
released the following statement in response to the destruction of
the Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Deir ez-Zor, Syria by the
Islamic State, or ISIL.
"ISIL's actions can only be viewed as a barbaric act of terrorism.
Hundreds of thousands of Armenians were forced to march to the deserts
of Der Zor, where they lived in concentration camps until their brutal
extermination. The Armenian Genocide Memorial Church commemorates
these men, women, and children, along with the more than 1.5 million
Armenians who were systematically annihilated by the Ottoman Empire.
As a proud member of the Armenian community, my relatives and ancestors
are included in this figure. If my mother had been born in the Ottoman
Empire instead of Fresno, she too may have been a target.
This consecrated church stood as a reminder of the terrible
consequences of hateful ideology and violence. We must remember
these lessons as ISIL threatens Armenians, Kurds, Jews, Muslims,
and Christians today."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/09/25/32895/
From: Baghdasarian