Band of Armenian Descent Demands the Speaker Keep His Pledge http://www.armenya.com for more!
Batavia, IL -- System of a Down singer Serj Tankian, leaders of the Armenian National Committee (ANC) and the Armenian Youth Federation headed up a rally in front of Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert's district office in Batavia, IL, urging the Speaker to "Do the right thing" and schedule a vote on Armenian Genocide legislation currently before the House of Representatives.
With the street in front of Hastert's office blocked off by a police cordon, hundreds of people of all ages listened to Tankian and John Dolmayan and Armenian National Committee representatives Aram Hamparian and Greg Bedian address the crowd, thanking them for their support and urging them to continue to build momentum for the legislation. http://www.armenya.com for more!
System of a Down's four band members - Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan -- are of Armenian descent and have made awareness of the genocide, and genocide around the world, a central message of the band. All lost family members to the Armenian Genocide.
Tankian and Armenian American community representatives passed on to Hastert's aides a letter urging the Speaker to move the legislation forward and presented hundreds of letters from community members calling for a vote. In a personal letter delivered to Speaker Hastert's office, Tankian stated "My grandfather, Stepan Haytayan, is a 97 year-old survivor of the genocide. He's my only link to this past. I promised him that I would try to reach you and explain how important American recognition is to the surviving children of the first genocide of the 20th century." http://www.armenya.com for more! "You've taken the time to stand up for justice about Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide, the precursor to the Holocaust and many other instances of mass slaughter. The U.S. government today must set its record straight by reaffirming the fact that Turkey committed genocide when it exterminated 1.5 million Armenians. America must send the message to governments around the world that the crime of genocide will neither be forgotten nor treated with impunity."
The rally was organized by the popular rock band System of a Down, Axis of Justice, the Armenian National Committee of America and the Armenian Youth Federation. In addition to members of the Armenian-American community of Greater Chicago, attendees traveled from Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, California and Washington, DC to take part in the event. The numbers of Armenian Americans were buoyed by the participation of throngs of fans of System of a Down and supporters of the Axis of Justice.
Demonstrators from the Armenian National Committee of Illinois had picketed Speaker Hastert's "Mobile Office Tour 2005" on Wednesday, July 20, demanding that he honor his five-year-old pledge to move the Armenian Genocide Resolution forward in the House of Representatives.
Hastert made the pledge to have the full House vote on Armenian Genocide legislation in August of 2000, but reneged in October of 2000 citing pressure from then President Clinton. He also prevented a similar resolution from reaching the floor in 2004. Staffers committed to provide the Speaker's feedback to the constituents very soon regarding the current bill. http://www.armenya.com for more!
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okay, so your grandad says we were very bad guys with weapons, and the Armenian genocide is accepted by the entire world, except for 3 historians paid money by Turkiye...and you are saying WHAT exactly? The Armenian soldiers in the Ottoman turkish army wer ekilled by Russians? No--they wer ekilled by TURKS! Turks are 85% Armenian--so the word Turk should be eliminated from your disctionary. You are an Armenian by blood.
yes true they i dont know i was not born in that time my granddad told me u were very bad guys with weapons but as i said how can i know i just know tr opened their documents for all world and u guys didnt :(( thats a fact comon and the world says the so called geno. never happened like u want to have it to be the pooor poor jews :(( its so bad to hurt someone in his back when he fights at all fronts
Oghlan, yavrum: To boot, Turkey even has no only DENIED the Armenian Genocide but also claims that Armenians were the "baby killers" and Turks were the innocent ones! This is not only false but also an inversion of the truth. It is a double insult. Turks can go to hell. But leave the 85% of you which is genetically Armenian for purgatory. Hagop Martaian did your alphabet and codifed your language. Armenians made many of your most beautiful mosques. Armenians helped make your music, laws, food..
Au contraire. I read the Quran/koran and think it is very violent and evil. It said, "Idolatry is worse than carnage" or "Carnage is better than idolatry." So if I watch and idolize a golen calf, it is better to slaughter me? Jesus says "love thy neighbor as you love thyself." Paul wrote, "forgive your enemy if he repents and asks for forgiveness." Turkey neither has repented NOR asked for forgiveness for the Armenian Genocide.
sorry but i dont think so i read the bible i dontlike i can understand this book and when i ask questions people dont answer or say aaaGHHHHH ur MUSLIMUSATAN AAAhhh i say hei i dont missionary u i ask u about christianaty AHAHAHAHAHAH u killwomen böabla koran says böabla i say noooo why are u saying this i read both books lol xD and then ...no more respond i think christs are crazy people they dont know their own faith even a priest couldnt asner me O.o
haha this gay ermenis xD dont fuck with a turk or he fucks u really hard tzz and now they cry like bitches this bastards tried to hurt us from the back be happy itr was against prud turks and not babykiller usa+allys
Hey JERK! The "Ottoman army" was FULL of ARMENIAN SOLDIERS who were assigned to dig ditches and be the front line-men. They were the first to die, and since a few ran away due to the Genocide, the rest were killed EN MASSE. Yes. You BACKSTABBING TURKS killed the ARMENIAN MEN after signing them up as soldiers! You then MURDERED women and children. DO NOT TRY TO INVERT AND REVERSE THE TRUTH, you LIAR SCUM brainwashed by your TURK government kids!
haha yes :)) we love all world i like ur women now too i could marry one its no problem for me what do u think man its ok when we get wild its love =)
As long as you return to your Christian roots. Then feel free. Your ancestors are all Christians, even Circassians, Bosnians, Arabs, Albanians and Greeks were once Christians. Oh, wait, Greeks still are, but Circassians, etc. were converted to neo-Arabic Turcic :( Islam.
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