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  • ANKARA: Bush Says 'Tragedy' Not 'Genocide' For 1915 Events

    BUSH SAYS 'TRAGEDY' NOT 'GENOCIDE' FOR 1915 EVENTS
    By Cihan News Agency, Washington

    Zaman Online, Turkey
    April 25 2006

    US President George W. Bush has describe the incidents that took
    place in 1915 as "a tragedy", in the message he prepared for the 91st
    anniversary of the so-called Armenian genocide allegations.

    The White House announcement reads that the events were a tragedy for
    mankind and should never be forgotten. Bush, overlooking the demands
    of the Armenian Diaspora, did not term the incidents as "genocide."

    The event is a source of pain for all Armenians, the. President
    acknowledged, and Americans feel deeply for this page in history.

    Bush invited all parties to take part in dialogue and determine
    common understanding, and he praised the parties in both Turkey and
    Armenia who examine the happenings of 1915 impartially, accurately
    and sensitively.

    The Armenian Diaspora alleges a genocide occurred, Armenians were
    forced to leave their home in 1915; Turkey, on the contrary, refutes
    these allegations and advocates the deaths were caused by difficult
    road and weather conditions during the migration.
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