Uk Fm Admits Over A Million Armenians Were Killed During Massacres

[Lev7]

UK Foreign Minister admits over a million Armenians were killed in the

massacres of 1915/1916

 

 

The first cracks appear in the UK government's wall of silence and

denial of the Armenian genocide

 

Following representations from the M.P. of an "Armenia Solidarity"

member, the Rt Hon Geoff Hoon M.P. the Foreign 0ffice Minister

responsible for UK/Armenia relations, admitted in a letter that during

1915/1916 "over a million ethnic Armenian citizens of the 0ttoman

Empire were killed. Many were massacred....."

He went on " The massacres of 1915....1916 were an appalling

tragedy, which the British government of the day condemned"obviously

refering to the joint declaration by France, Great Britain and Russia

on 24th may 1915 which mentions "massacring Armenians with the

connivance and often assistance of 0ttoman authorities" and which refers

to "those new crimes of Turkey against humanity and civilisation" "We

fully endorse that view", he continued.

This position is certainly at variance with the official Turkish

position that the Armenian deaths resulted from" a bitter confrontation

instigated by Armenian radicals in colloboration with or in the service

of invading foreign forces.....in the form of rebellion,conspiracy,

sabotage, large scale atrocities, and the massacre off an estimated

three million Turkish and other Muslim civilians in Anatolia by Armenian

militants and armed gangs" (K.Haktanir, Turkish Ambassador to UK

27/11/2002)

We recognise that genocide recognition will have to be fought for

clause by clause, comma by comma,and so this change of tone in the

British government's reply is believed to be signifigant. A book of

evidence on the genocide,"Remember," compiled by John Torosyan of the

Armenian/Welsh Friendship Society, was presented to Prime Minister Tony

Blair at the Annual Conference of the Labour Party in september.

While again not using the term Genocide, this is a less ambiguous

statement than previous attempts to bury the issue by successive UK

government ministers.

[Arpa]

Dear Lev, could you please tell us the source, where (place) and when(date) the above was said, lest it be an item from the 1920's. Edited November 27, 2006 by Arpa

[Lev7]

Dear Lev, could you please tell us the source, where (place) and when(date) the above was said, lest it be an item from the 1920's.

 

http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg170232.html

[Arpa]

http://groong.usc.edu/news/msg170232.html

Good!

Thank you.

I read Groong, but by now you must realize that I don't read anything or any item dealing with the Gen....

My excuse?

The Big G is exactly where the Turks wants us to stay, waste our intellect and our finances until the day when we "cry uncle" and invite them to once again repeat their act.

There has to be another way!!