Armenian Genocide Resolution Passes US Congress Committee
VOA / VOA
04-Mar-2010 (3 comments)

A resolution calling the World War I -era killing of Armenians genocide
has narrowly passed a key committee of the U.S. Congress.  Turkey has
responded by recalling its ambassador from Washington for consultations.

Over
the objections of the Obama administration, the House of
Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee (Thursday) passed the
nonbinding resolution by a vote of 23 to 22.

The legislation
declares that the killing of Armenians during the Ottoman Empire was
genocide.

Almost immediately, Turkey's government ordered its
ambassador to the United States to return to Ankara for consultations.

U.S.
President Barack Obama had made a campaign promise in 2008 to declare
the killings genocide.  But the U.S. has been working with Turkey and
Armenia in their reconciliation efforts, which White House officials say
have made progress.  The administration urged the committee not to
offend Turkey by passing the resolution.

Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton told reporters in San Jose, Costa Rica (Thursday)
passage of the resolution could disrupt that reconciliation process.

"Both
President Obama and I have made clear, both last year and again this
year, that we do not believe any action by the Congress is appropriate,
and we oppose it," said Hillary Clinton.

Turkey and Armenia
signed an agreement in Octob... >>>

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The Jewish congressmen take revenge!

by IranMilitaryForum.net on Thu Mar 04, 2010 07:09 PM PST

Remember Erdogan,s himon Pres humiliation in G-8 summit last year for the Israeli genocide against defenseless Palestinians?

Well, here is the revenge of the Jewish congressmen against turkey. You want more details, then click the following:

//www.internationalrelations.house.gov/press_display.asp?id=714

 



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Israel?

by DW Duke on Fri Mar 05, 2010 07:46 AM PST

I am not sure follow your link of Israel to the allegations of genocide in Turkey.  What does one have to do with the other? 

The UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group." 

This has been loosely interpreted to mean efforts to annihilate an ethic group in its entirety.  The definition of genocide carries serious ramifications including the possiblity of military intervention.  That is the reason the UN has been so slow (too slow in my opinion) to declare genocide in Darfur.    


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  As the world leader in

by IranMilitaryForum.net on Thu Mar 04, 2010 09:50 PM PST

 

As the world leader in promoting human rights, the United States has a
moral responsibility to join them.

At some point, every nation must come to terms with its own history.
And that is all we ask of Turkey.

Germany has accepted responsibility for the Holocaust. South Africa set
up a Truth Commission to look at Apartheid. And here at home, we
continue to grapple with the legacies of slavery and our horrendous
treatment of Native Americans. 

This will most likely be a difficult and painful process for the Turkish
people, but at the end of the day, it will strengthen Turkish democracy
and put the U.S.-Turkey relationship on a better footing. 

 

I am sure the congressman would never expect Israel to abide by "all that jazz" , would he?

 

 


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