A UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED A RESOLUTION THAT DESCRIBES THE MASSACRE OF ARMENIANS BY OTTOMAN TURKS DURING WORLD WAR I AS "GENOCIDE"
Radio New Zealand
Oct 11 2007
The White House has warned that the resolution risks seriously
damaging relations with Turkey, a country that handles most of the
US air freight to Iraq.
Turkey is also considering ordering its armed forces to carry out
operations in northern Iraq to tackle Kurdish extremists.
Turkey has described the resolution as an "insult" and strongly denies
that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed between 1915 and 1918.
The White House has urged Turkey not to take any "concrete" action.
US Under Secretary of State, Nicholas Burns, says the administration
is deeply disappointed by the vote.
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