BUSH SAYS ‘TRAGEDY’ NOT ‘GENOCIDE’ FOR 1915 EVENTS
By Cihan News Agency, Washington

Zaman Online, Turkey
April 25 2006

US President George W. Bush has describe the incidents that took
place in 1915 as “a tragedy”, in the message he prepared for the 91st
anniversary of the so-called Armenian genocide allegations.

The White House announcement reads that the events were a tragedy for
mankind and should never be forgotten. Bush, overlooking the demands
of the Armenian Diaspora, did not term the incidents as “genocide.”

The event is a source of pain for all Armenians, the. President
acknowledged, and Americans feel deeply for this page in history.

Bush invited all parties to take part in dialogue and determine
common understanding, and he praised the parties in both Turkey and
Armenia who examine the happenings of 1915 impartially, accurately
and sensitively.

The Armenian Diaspora alleges a genocide occurred, Armenians were
forced to leave their home in 1915; Turkey, on the contrary, refutes
these allegations and advocates the deaths were caused by difficult
road and weather conditions during the migration.