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    BATTLE OVER ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BEING FOUGHT ON U.S. SOIL
    By Lilly Fowler

    True/Slant
    http://trueslant.com/lillyfowle r/2010/03/01/battle-over-armenian-genocide-being-f ought-on-u-s-soil/
    March 1 2010

    "60 Minutes" aired a segment Sunday night on the Armenian genocide
    of 1915 that is worth watching. It's not a subject that gets a lot
    of media attention and thus, not one a lot of people know about.

    Ottoman Turks deported and killed Christian Armenians, a minority in
    the predominately Muslim region. Moreover, historians argue that the
    genocide served as an example to Hitler. Turkey, however, has long
    said that what happened during World War I under the Ottoman Empire
    does not constitute genocide.

    Today, Congress is debating whether the U.S. government should
    officially recognize the Armenian genocide. It's something they've
    argued about before, and it's an issue President Obama himself has
    taken up, but one that has been left unresolved because of a fear of
    damaging U.S./Turkey relations.
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