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2006-10-01 Europe
Turkey stumbles on WWI genocide
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Posted by Oztralian 2006-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Turks are not Arabs, if they were Chirac would spare no effort to get them in to the EU asap on in kissing their rear ends.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-10-01 00:22|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]  2006-10-01 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 The statement took Le Balls.
Posted by newc">newc  2006-10-01 00:44||   2006-10-01 00:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Just like Hamas and its recognition of Israel, Turkey's admission of complicity in the 1915-1917 Armenian genocide must also be a prerequisite to any possible EU admittance.

For those of you unfamiliar with this sad page of history, please consider reading Franz Werfel's book, "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh". It is a stirring fictional yet accurate account of how 5,000 Armenians led by a handful of trained officers held off overwhelming Turkish military forces for over a month through harrowing assaults, desperate heartbreaks and surprise victories.

This is a disturbing narration of what would eventually become known as "The 21st Century's First Genocide". It served as a template for the impending Jewish Holocaust and even Adolph Hitler was recorded as having remarked:

"Afterall, who today speaks of the annihilation of the Armenians?"

From the following source:

Albert Miller, "Neue Zurcher Zeitung", May 5, 1979

I have laid flowers at Yerevan's Genocide Memorial. It is a somber stone enclosure encircling an eternal flame. Almost a century later, Turkish denial of the genocide is a fresh, rankling wound in Armenia's collective consciousness. As I have become more aware, in this post 9-11 era, of Muslim atrocities and the imperious manner in which they are conducted, I have a much deeper appreciation for exactly why Armenia is so unforgiving and unforgetting.

Holocaust denial appears to be a particularly favorite sport of Islam's genocidal fascists. Those who are fond of participating in this grisly and mendacious pastime have long outlived any usefulness in modern society.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2006-10-01 01:05||   2006-10-01 01:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Bah! Of course, that should read, "The 20th Century's First Genocide".
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2006-10-01 01:07||   2006-10-01 01:07|| Front Page Top

#5 
the topic is rightous, but the messenger? E-GAD what an irritating pissant..

Jacques-strap pisse fourmi.
Posted by RD 2006-10-01 01:29||   2006-10-01 01:29|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm curious, what's the Official EU cut-off date for doing baaaad things?

I'm not defending Turkey by any means, but shit, the Eurochumps have as much to answer for, themselves. Get Carla suited up, there's plenty of fish to be fried bored to death - and some are much closer to home...
Posted by .com 2006-10-01 03:48||   2006-10-01 03:48|| Front Page Top

#7 After reading the Fjordman article in the opinion page, I find it hard to believe that Chirac has the balls to say anything so confrontational to one of his future masters.
Posted by Proud Southern Son 2006-10-01 10:56||   2006-10-01 10:56|| Front Page Top

#8 The Turks aren't Arabs and they haven't any oil. Finally, instead of demanding that Europe accomodate their least whims, they are willing to change to accomodate Europe's demands. Of course Bully Jack isn't going to kowtow to them.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-01 11:57||   2006-10-01 11:57|| Front Page Top

#9 Source: www.armeniapedia.org

Musa Dagh (Dagh is Turkish for mountain) or Musa Ler (Ler is Armenian for mountain) is a small mountain on the Mediterranean coast, today on the Turkish side of the Turkish-Syrian border. The Armenian villagers put up a famous defense of their lives, which was immortalized in the best-selling fictionalized? account by Franz Werfel, The Forty Days of Musa Dagh.

The true events are the inhabitants of six villages on the slopes of Musa Dagh, chose to resist in 1915 and set up fortifications on the mountain. For 53 days they repelled onslaughts by Turkish troops until French sailors sighted a banner the Armenians had tied to a tree on the mountain emblazoned with the words: “Christians in Distress: Rescue.” French and British naval ships then evacuated some 4,200 men, women and children from Musa Dagh to Port Said in Egypt. From there groups of these refugees settled in different places, and many returned after WWI, only to leave permanently in 1939 when this area was transferred from Syria to Turkey. Today, only the tiny village of Vakifli remains Armenian on Musa Ler. In fact, this is the only Christian Armenian village left anywhere in Turkey.

Many of those who were resettled after the handover to the Turks, were moved to Anjar village in Lebanon. This village remains almost wholly Armenian today. Others settled in Musa Ler Village in Armenia, just minutes west of Yerevan. There is a memorial built in the village, and each year 40 huge pots of Harisa are cooked on the anniversary of the escape to celebrate, and shared free with any visitors to their village.
Posted by RD 2006-10-01 12:06||   2006-10-01 12:06|| Front Page Top

#10 Look! Isn't that Morgan Fairchild?...
Posted by Jise Ebbump7503 2006-10-01 14:00||   2006-10-01 14:00|| Front Page Top

#11 Turkey is occupying a piece of Europe, specifically northern Cyprus. They aren't worthy.
Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-10-01 21:23||   2006-10-01 21:23|| Front Page Top

#12 And iff ANTI-SECULAR Radical Iran takes over the whole of the ME-Asia Minor, is a SECUALR + SUNNI HOLOCAUST possible???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-10-01 23:34||   2006-10-01 23:34|| Front Page Top

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