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  • ANKARA: US Congressmen Concerned About Kessab Armenians

    US CONGRESSMEN CONCERNED ABOUT KESSAB ARMENIANS

    Today's Zaman, Turkey
    March 31 2014

    30 March 2014, Sunday /ANKARA, TODAY'S ZAMAN

    Four members of the US House of Representatives who are the leaders
    of the Armenian Caucus in Congress have urged the White House to take
    the necessary measures to safeguard the Christian Armenian community
    of Kessab in Syria.

    In a letter to US President Barack Obama dated March 28, Democrats
    Frank Pallone, Jr., of New Jersey and Adam Schiff of California, and
    Republican Congressmen David Valadao of California and Michael Grimm
    of New York said: "We are writing to express our serious concerns
    regarding credible reports that Islamist rebels entering from Turkey
    this past weekend were involved in attacks in the Latakia region
    of Syria, specifically the town of Kessab, which is a predominately
    Armenian populated area. Such actions shock the conscious and must
    be resoundingly condemned."

    Rebel groups, including the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, seized
    control of Kessab last Sunday.

    The Syrian government as well as several Armenian websites claim that
    the rebels entered Syria from Turkey.

    The letter continued with a report from The Wall Street Journal on
    March 26, saying, "For Armenian-Syrians from the town of Kassab
    [sic] in Latakia, which rebels overran this weekend, the Turkish
    involvement reminded them of a dark chapter in their history: the
    Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman empire in 1915."

    Ankara denies claims that the events of 1915 amounted to genocide,
    arguing that both Turks and Armenians were killed when Armenians
    revolted against the Ottoman Empire during World War I in collaboration
    with the Russian army, which was then invading Eastern Anatolia.

    The congressmen's letter claimed that with the 1915 deportation of
    the Armenian population by the Ottoman Empire, 5,000 Armenians lost
    their lives in Kessab. "Now, 99 years after their initial deportation,
    another expulsion of Armenians is a telling reminder about the dangers
    of genocide denial and Turkey's failure to address its genocidal
    legacy," said the letter.

    It continued, "With the Christian Armenian community being uprooted
    from its homeland, yet again, we strongly urge you to take all
    necessary measures without delay to safeguard the Christian Armenian
    community of Kessab."

    http://www.todayszaman.com/news-343424-us-congressmen-concerned-about-kessab-armenians.html

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