US lawmakers back Armenian 'genocide' bill
Sphere: Related Content
US officials voiced concern over possible damage to ties with ally Turkey after lawmakers voted to label the Ottoman Empire's World War I massacre of Armenians as "genocide."
To cheers and applause from emotional Armenians, including elderly wheelchair-bound survivors, the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee defied warnings from President George W. Bush and Turkey and voted Wednesday for the resolution by 27 votes to 21.
The US State Department quickly expressed regret, and said it hoped the move would not interfere with relations with Turkey whose president, Abdullah Gul, denounced the vote as "unacceptable" and accused the House members of sacrificing US interests to "petty games of domestic politics."
Powered by ScribeFire.
2 Comments:
The placement of genocide in quotes is inappropriate, given that the Armenian genocide is a well established historical fact.
I think it isn't your fault. It looks like you are just quoting someone else's error.
I agree, libhom, that the Armenian genocide is a fact. I quote from news reports.
Post a Comment