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Armenian Genocide

Internal Documents Reveal UK Officials Misled Parliament on Armenian Genocide

Harut Sassounian | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Benjamin Whitaker, Armenian Genocide, 1915, Geoff Hoon, France, Armenia, Joyce Quin, Great Britain, Russia, Thorda Abbott-Watt, Freedom of Information Act, Geoffrey Robertson, UN Genocide Convention, British Parliament, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hmg, World News
Harut Sassounian

A prominent legal expert, Mr. Geoffrey Robertson, exposed this week the false and inaccurate statements on the Armenian Genocide made by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Turkey Exposed: Cannot Pretend to be Both Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli

Harut Sassounian | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Syria, Turkey, Italy, Anti-Semitism, Npr, United States, Armenian Genocide, Turkish Embassy, Jerusalem Post, Erdogan, Tel Aviv, Silvan Shalom, Im Tirtzu, Haaretz, Avigdor Lieberman, Racism, Israel, Holland, Ottoman Empire, Palestininan, World News
Harut Sassounian

Playing the skillful political games of their Ottoman predecessors, Turkey's current masters present their country under various guises -- as European...

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Rewarding Hope: Why Barack Obama Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Norwegian Nobel Committee, Nobel Peace Prize, Armenian Genocide, Barack Obama, World News
Menachem Rosensaft

Words matter. Speeches matter. President Obama recognizes that our form of government and our way of life should be an inspiration but may not be the template for every other country in the world.

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Turkey And Armenia Sign Historic Accord, Establishing Diplomatic Relations

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 10.11.2009 | World

Read More: Genocide, Turkey, Turkey Armenia, Armenia, Armenian Genocide, Turkey Accord, International Relations, World News

ZURICH — Turkey and Armenia signed a landmark agreement Saturday to establish diplomatic relations and open their sealed border after a century ...

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Who Will Blink First, Armenia or Turkey?

Harut Sassounian | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Armenia, Switzerland, Azerbaijan, Uninted States, Hillary Clinton, Armenian Genocide, Pres. Obama, Serzh Sargsyan, Karabagh, April 24, World Cup, Artsakh, Ilham Aliyev, Davutoglu, Protocols, World News
Harut Sassounian

For more than a year, many Armenians, both in Armenia and the Diaspora, have vigorously complained to the government about the wisdom of negotiating an agreement with Turkey.

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FBI Whistleblower: Hastert, Burton, Blunt, Other Members of Congress 'Bribed, Blackmailed'

Brad Friedman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Douglas Feith, Turkey, Valerie Plame Wilson, Lobbyists, Roy Blunt, Ohio, State Secrets, Sibel Edmonds, Dan Burton, Fbi, Valerie Plame, Blackmail, Tom Lantos, Bribery, Armenian Genocide, Dennis Hastert, Paul Wolfowitz, Whistleblowers, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, State Secrets Privilege, Marc Grossman, Stephen Solarz, Jean Schmidt, FBI Surveillance, Politics News
Brad Friedman

The broad criminal conspiracy is said to have resulted in, among other things, the sale of nuclear weapons technology to black market interests including Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, Libya and others.

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Turkey, Armenia Agree To Establish Diplomatic Ties For First Time

AP | AVET DEMOURIAN | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Ankara, Turkey Armenia, Armenia, World War I, Armenian Genocide, Armenian Diaspora, World News

YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation Monday by announcing they would launch final...

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Formerly-'Gagged' FBI Whistleblower Details Congressional Blackmail, Bribery, Espionage, Corruption in Remarkable Videotaped Deposition

Brad Friedman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Douglas Feith, House of Representatives, Turkey, Valerie Plame Wilson, Roy Blunt, State Secrets, Dan Burton, Sibel Edmonds, Fbi, Blackmail, Valerie Plame, Justice Department, Armenian Genocide, State Department, Dennis Hastert, Paul Wolfowitz, Whistleblowers, National Security, State Secrets Privilege, Marc Grossman, Stephen Solarz, Nuclear Proliferation, Jean Schmidt, Politics News
Brad Friedman

Just over two weeks ago, FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds was finally allowed to speak about much of what the Bush Administration spent years trying to keep her from discussing publicly.

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Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths

Bruce Fein | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Armenian Genocide Bill, Istanbul-Turkey, Turkey, Armenian Genocide, President Obama, Genocide, World News
Bruce Fein

After statehood was lost, Armenians turned to their genocide playbook exploiting Christian bigotries and contempt for Ottoman Muslims.

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German Scholar Exposes Turkish Propaganda about Jews

Harut Sassounian | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Protocols of Elders of Zion, Turkey, Nazi Germany, Germany, Holocaust, Third Reich, Kurds, Greeks, Corry Guttstadt, Mein Kampf, World War II, Wealth Tax, Armenian Genocide, World News
Harut Sassounian

German scholar Corry Guttstadt exposes the oft-repeated lie that Turkey provided a safe haven to many European Jews during the Holocaust.

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Germany and Turkey: Similar in Crime; Different in Penance

Harut Sassounian | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Germany, Holocaust, American Jewish Committee, Armenia, Armenian Genocide, Israel, Ajc, World News
Harut Sassounian

I could not help but make a mental comparison between the remorseful way the German Federal Republic has reacted to the Holocaust and the Turkish government's incessant denials, lies and distortions of the Armenian Genocide.

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British House of Commons: Demanding Justice For Armenians, Not Just Genocide Recognition

Harut Sassounian | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Baroness Cox, BBC Radio, European Court of Human Rights, Genocide Denial, World Court, United Nations, British-Armenian All-Party Parliamentary Group, Feeding a Crocodile, Appeasement, London, Armenia, House of Lords, Winston Chruchill, British Parliament, Greece, Ottoman Empire, Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem, New York Life Insurance, House of Commons, Turkey, Serbia, Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul, Holocaust, European Parliament, United States, Armenian Genocide, Sultan Abdul Hamid, 1955 Istanbul Pogroms, U.S. Federal Courts, Kuwait, International Association of Genocide Scholars, Pres. Reagan, Great Britain, Varlik Vergisi, Slovenia, German Banks, Dr. Israel Charny, Istanbul-Turkey, Adana, Genoci, Axa, Genocide, World News
Harut Sassounian

This continuum of massacres, genocide and deportations highlights the existence of a long-term strategy implemented by successive Turkish regimes from the 1890's to more recent times.

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Obama: Squaring the Circle on the Armenian Genocide

James Zogby | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Meds Yeghern, Armenian Remembrance Day, Turkey, Armenian Genocide, World News
James Zogby

As the White House now turns its attention to the challenges of the Middle East, there are lessons in the president's handling of the Turkish-Armenian conundrum for all to learn.

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Witness to Fire: Survivors of the Armenian Genocide

Janet Kinosian | Posted 06.23.2009 | World

Read More: Genocide, Turkey, Armenia, Genocide Survivors, Survivors of the Armenian Genocide, Armenian Genocide, Turkish Denial, Barack Obama, Survivor Stories, Turkish-Denial-of-the-Armenian-Genocide, Turkey-Armenia Conflict, Turkish-Armenian Conflict, Turkey Armenia, Armenian Genoicde Bill, World News
Janet Kinosian

This holocaust is like a long, dark arm that continues to stretch out over the Armenian people.

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Et Tu Obama? Letter from a Former Admirer

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Ronald Reagan, Afghan War, Azerbaijan, George W. Bush, politifact.com, Armenian Americans, Washington DC, Ankara/Turkey, Iraq, Armenian Genocide, Karabagh, Campaign Promises, 1915, Yerevan, Pope John Paul II, April 24, Obameter, Iran, Armenia, Armenian Diaspora, George H.W. Bush, Raphael Lemkin, Israel, Pres. Obama, Armenian-Genocide-Bill, Arf, World News
Harut Sassounian

Mr. President, we are now terribly disappointed because you acted not much differently than your predecessors on the Armenian Genocide issue.

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Obama Avoids Term "Genocide" In Statement On Armenian Massacre

LA Times | Christi Parsons | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Genocide, Genocide, Armenian Massacre, Obama, Armenia, Armenian Genocide, Obama Armenia Genocide, Obama Armenia, World News

Reporting from Washington -- President Obama chose not to use the word "genocide" today in commemorating the deaths of more than a million Armenians d...

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It Was 94 Years Ago Today

Jane Wells | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Armenian Genocide, 3 Generations, Genocide, President Obama, World News
Jane Wells

April 24th is the 94th Anniversary of The Armenian Genocide. On this day we honor those who perished in the first genocide of the 20th century.

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Armenians Mark Anniversary Of Mass Killings As Tensions With Turkey Begin To Ease

AFP | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Armenia Turkey, Turkey Armenia, Armenia, Turkey Armenia Conflict, Armenian Genocide, Armenian Genocide Anniversary, Genocide, World News

Armenians on Friday marked the 94th anniversary of mass killings of their kin under the Ottoman Empire amid signs that decades-old tensions with Turke...

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Obama Undermines His Credibility by Not Saying "Genocide" in Ankara

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Campaign Promises, White House, Turkey, Turkish Parliament, Azerbaijan, Istanbul, Iraq, Ankara, Armenian Genocide, 1915, Karabagh, Alliance of Civilizations, politifact.com, April 24, Artsakh, Erdogan, Armenia, Gul, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Pres. Obama, Obameter, Natural Gas, Aliyev, Yerevan, World News
Harut Sassounian

It is not clear if Pres. Obama was deceived by the Turks' warnings to third parties not to interfere in the Armenian-Turkish negotiations.

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April Showers Bring... Genocide?

James Boyce | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Darfur, Bosnia, Holocaust, Genocide Prevention Month, Documentary, Cambodia, The Last Survivor, Armenian Genocide, Armenia, Turkey, World News
James Boyce

Survivors of genocide have joined together and declared April "Genocide Prevention Month" and are observing the 30-day span to remember those they lost in their struggle to escape systematic extinction.

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Do the Right Thing, President Obama

Carla Garapedian | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Holocaust, Turkey, Genocide, Armenia, Turkey Armenia, Armenian Genocide, World News
Carla Garapedian

Recognizing the Armenian genocide is about more than simply saying one word. It is about creating a climate of opinion in the world that censures all genocide denial.

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Genocide in April

Heidi Kingstone | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: April, Coincidences, Genocide, Rwanda, Iraq Kurds, Holocaust, War, Genocide Memorial, Armenian Genocide, Rwanda Genocide, Bosnia, Ts-Elliot, Hutus, Tutsis, Sarajevo, Israel, World News
Heidi Kingstone

I mention April because that month kept coming up as I toured room after room in the genocide museum. One by one 20th century genocides, like the stacks of the bodies of their victims, piled up.

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Turkey's Delay Tactics in Opening the Border with Armenia

Harut Sassounian | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Turkey, Blockade, Lobbying, Washington, Azerbaijan, George MItchell, Iraq, Ankara, Congress, American-Jewish Organizations, Armenian Genocide, April 24, Hilary Clinton, Erdogan, Davos, Gaza, Shimon Peres, Lobbying Firms, Israel, Afghanistan, Pres. Obama, Football Diplomacy, Ambassador of Turkey, Ali Babajan, Armenian Genocide Resolution, Karabagh, Artsakh, Armenia, World News
Harut Sassounian

While some people are dismissing Pres. Obama's solemn campaign pledge to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, Turkish leaders have taken the president's promise very seriously.

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U.S. Prefers to Leave Iraq Through Jordan and Kuwait, Rather than Turkey

Harut Sassounian | Posted 04.05.2009 | World

Read More: Wag the Dog, Jordan, Turkey, Turkish Parliament, War, Associated Press, Ankara, Iraq, Today's Zaman, Armenian Genocide, Marine Corps, U.S. Troops, Kuwait, Nato, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Afghanistan, Terry Moores, Pres. Obama, Torture, World News
Harut Sassounian

Turkish officials have been salivating at the opportunity of presenting the United States with a series of demands in return for allowing U.S. troops to leave through Turkey.

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"Obameter" Keeps Track of President's Campaign Promises

Harut Sassounian | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Promises, Cnn, Action Not Words, Public Scrutiny, politifact.com, Pres. Obama, Armenian Genocide, Campaign Promises, Obameter, World News
Harut Sassounian

Visitors to politifact.com can find out the status of Obama's campaign promises by checking the "Obameter" which is divided into three categories: No Action, In the Works, or Stalled.

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