ARMENIAN GROUP IN US LAUNCHES FRESH SALVO FOR ‘GENOCIDE’ RESOLUTION
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Sept 7 2007
Turkey
A number of US congressmen supporting a resolution upholding
Armenian allegations of so called ‘genocide’ in 1915 increased to
225, well above the half of total members in the 435-seat House of
Representatives required for its passage, according to a nationalist
Armenian diaspora group in the United States.
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) urged the Armenian
community on its Web site to take action and increase pressure on
their representatives in Congress to support the resolution, which
says Armenians were subject to genocide in eastern Anatolia during
World War I.
ANCA also says 31 senators in the 100-member Senate support a separate
resolution to the same effect.
In remarks published in the newspaper The Jewish Advocate, Turkish
Ambassador to the United States Nabi ªensoy called on American
Jewish groups to oppose what he called an "act of grave injustice"
against Turkey.
ªensoy said a recent decision by an influential US Jewish group,
the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), to endorse the Armenian claims
surprised and disappointed the Turks.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
