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Armenian sway over US lawmakers

By Laura Smith-Spark
BBC News, Washington

Despite a direct appeal by US President George W Bush, lawmakers in the US have backed a description of the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks after 1915 as genocide.

Armenian refugees attend a burial in a deportation camp 1915 (picture taken by German photographer Armin Wegner; reproduced here by permission of the Armenian National Institute)
The issue of what ha... Read More

/PanARMENIAN.Net/

Cinemas screening American films are closed in Istanbul. To protest adoption of the Armenian genocide Resolution by the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee dozens of Macdonald’s employees did not appear at work.

Besides, Turkey threatens to restrict the U.S. use of Incirlik base and seems to neglect Washington’s warning against intrusion into Northern Iraq.

An address of the Turkish authorities to the nation was read in Istanbul stre... Read More

By DESMOND BUTLER, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

WASHINGTON, (AP) --

A House panel defied President Bush on Wednesday and approved a measure that he said would damage U.S. goals in the Middle East.

The measure that would recognize the World War I-era killings of Armenians as a genocide had been strongly opposed by Turkey, a key NATO ally that has supported U.S. efforts in Iraq.

The House Foreign Affairs Commit... Read More

/PanARMENIAN.Net/

“The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee will pass the Armenian genocide Resolution October 10, ARF Bureau’s Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director, Kiro Manoyan told a news conference in Yerevan.

“The Turkish lobby has launched an active campaign to block the resolution. Erdogan’s phone conversation with Bush, talks between the Turkish Foreign Minister and Israeli President, and finally, the letter of eight former Secretaries of State... Read More

/PanARMENIAN.Net/

The authors of the Armenian genocide Resolution (H. Res. 106) expressed their confidence that the House Foreign Affairs Committee will pass this important human rights legislation during the Committee markup next Wednesday, October 10, the Armenian Assembly of America reported.

In a press statement issued earlier today, Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA), George Radanovich (R-CA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N... Read More

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