After long silence, the peoples of Tunisia and Egypt stand up to fulfill freedom and justice.
It seems that the same scenario, which happened in Iraq during the occupation, is happening in Egypt now, except that there is still a government in Egypt! Prisoners and criminals are freed, museums and public buildings are looted. It is obvious that there are local and international forces that try to abort the Egyptian People's revolution. I think the movement will continue till the Oppressor is removed.
The blog contains articles and thoughts in English, Armenian and Arabic about Armenian issues, Artsakh-Karabakh issue, Armenian Genocide as well as the life of Armenians and Christians in Iraq and the Middle East.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
وزير خارجية أرمينيا لقناة تلفزيونية روسية: وهمٌ كبير أن يحل نزاع بالقوة
Public Radio of Armenia: "وزير خارجية أرمينيا لقناة تلفزيونية روسية: وهمٌ كبير أن يحل نزاع بالقوة"
رئيس أساقفة كنتربري يذكّر بضرورة الإعتراف بجميع المجازر
Public Radio of Armenia: "رئيس أساقفة كنتربري يذكّر بضرورة الإعتراف بجميع المجازر"
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Archbishop of Canterbury recalls Armenian Genocide-My E-mail
http://news.am/eng/news/46060.html
I sent the following e-mail to To His Eminence the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams:
To His Eminence the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams,
I sent the following e-mail to To His Eminence the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams:
To His Eminence the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams,
Your Eminence,
Thank you so much for reminding the world of the Armenian Genocide.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
وزارة خارجية جمهورية غاراباغ تصدر بياناً ترحب فيه بالإستفتاء حول تقرير المصير في جنوب السودان
Public Radio of Armenia: "وزارة خارجية جمهورية غاراباغ تصدر بياناً ترحب فيه بالإستفتاء حول تقرير المصير في جنوب السودان"
رئيسة الوفد الأرمني في الجمعية البرلمانية للمجلس الأوروبي نايرا زورابيان تنقل إلى ممثلي الدول الأعضاء رسالة اللاجئين الأرمن من أذربيجان
Public Radio of Armenia: "رئيسة الوفد الأرمني في الجمعية البرلمانية للمجلس الأوروبي نايرا زورابيان تنقل إلى ممثلي الدول الأعضاء رسالة اللاجئين الأرمن من أذربيجان"
هل زيارة ساكاشفيلي إلى أرمينيا لاسترضاء الأرمن في جورجيا
AZG Daily: "هل زيارة ساكاشفيلي إلى أرمينيا لاسترضاء الأرمن في جورجيا"
تركيا تعترف بالارمن و اليهود و لا تعترف بالكاثوليك و الآشوريين و البروتستانت
AZG Daily: "تركيا تعترف بالارمن و اليهود و لا تعترف بالكاثوليك و الآشوريين و البروتستانت"
German Insurance Companies Should Stop Cheating their Armenian Clients
By Harut Sassounian
Publisher, The California Courier
German firms filed a petition for a rehearing by the full 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, after a panel of three judges of that court had ruled that heirs of Armenian Genocide victims could seek payment from life insurance companies operating in the Ottoman Empire.
Rather than spending a fortune on high-powered lawyers, German insurance companies should promptly settle this case and pay the compensation owed to heirs of perished Armenian policy-holders. Many Armenian residents of the Ottoman Empire trusted these European companies and dutifully paid their premiums so that someday, when they passed away, their families would receive the proceeds of their policies.
This lawsuit has nothing whatsoever to do with genocide recognition or rights of states vis-a-vis the federal government. These German companies have violated their contractual agreements and failed to live up to their promises to Armenian policy holders. Their heirs are entitled to receive the payments owed to them, regardless of whether their ancestors were killed by genocidal maniacs or drunk drivers! The only relevant issue here is that upon their deaths, the heirs should have been promptly paid in keeping with the terms of the life insurance policies.
Instead, these German companies have avoided meeting their financial obligations for almost a century, and shamefully use Turkish denialist propaganda as their cover. Their lawyers even quote from revisionist materials posted on the Turkish Embassy’s website. If these companies had filed a similar motion denying the Jewish Holocaust and quoting from neo-Nazi websites, they would have been out of business within 24 hours!
The lawyers argue that recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the U.S. government would “cause great harm to the nation’s foreign policy interests.” It is preposterous that German insurance companies are using such irrelevant arguments in order to continue enriching themselves. Safeguarding the interests of this nation is the responsibility of the U.S. government, not that of German companies.
In their appeal, the lawyers for the German firms cleverly start their recitation of the record on U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide by citing only the last three American Presidents, because during their term in office the House of Representatives did not adopt new congressional resolutions on the Armenian Genocide.
Fortunately, U.S. history does not start with the year 2000. The lawyers conveniently ignore the fact that the U.S. government first acknowledged the Armenian Genocide back in 1951 in a document it submitted to the International Court of Justice (World Court). Since then, the House of Representatives on two occasions -- 1975 and 1984 -- adopted resolutions commemorating the Armenian Genocide, and in 1981, Pres. Reagan issued a Presidential Proclamation mentioning the Armenian Genocide. Furthermore, 42 U.S. states and scores of American cities have acknowledged the Armenian Genocide during the past 50 years. The federal government has never objected to or expressed disagreement with any of those actions. If recognizing the Armenian Genocide is not in the best interest of the United States, as these lawyers contend, then Pres. Reagan, the U.S. Justice Department, hundreds of House members who voted for the Genocide Resolution, thousands of legislators in 42 states, and scores of Mayors and Governors must be anti-American!
In fact, these historic affirmations are far more relevant to this case than the politically-motivated and morally bankrupt pronouncements of the last three U.S. Presidents. When California adopted a law in 2000 extending the statute of limitation on insurance claims by Armenian Genocide victims, it did so on the basis of the extensive record of U.S. recognition up to that time. Since then, no new resolutions were adopted and no votes cast contradicting this historical record. No U.S. official has ever denied the truthfulness of the Armenian Genocide. In reality, that record has been strengthened considerably by the fact that during the terms in office of the last three Presidents, successive House committees, on at least four occasions -- 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2010 -- have adopted resolutions acknowledging the Armenian Genocide.
The most ridiculous aspect of the German companies’ appeal is their attempt to justify their irresponsible behavior by citing this writer as an “authority” and quoting from one of my articles in which I criticize Pres. Obama for referring to the Armenian Genocide as “Meds Yeghern.” Ken Hachikian, Chairman of the Armenian National Committee of America, is also listed as an “authority.” He too had complained about Obama’s use of that term. Pres. Obama’s choice of words has no relevance to the fact that these companies have cheated their Armenian clients and their heirs by not paying the payments owed to them.
Rather than filing an appeal, it is high time for German life insurance companies to stop playing games with the legitimate claims of their perished clients, and promptly pay what they owe to their descendants.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
خبير في علم النفس: الدعاية التركية مضللة أكثر من الدعاية الأذربيجانية
Public Radio of Armenia: "خبير في علم النفس: الدعاية التركية مضللة أكثر من الدعاية الأذربيجانية"
وزارة الخارجية الغاراباغية: يجب على أذربيجان التخلي عن سياستها غير البناءة
Public Radio of Armenia: "وزارة الخارجية الغاراباغية: يجب على أذربيجان التخلي عن سياستها غير البناءة"
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Ruben Safrastyan: Turkey’s policy of Neo-Ottomanism has no perspective
Public Radio of Armenia: "Ruben Safrastyan: Turkey’s policy of Neo-Ottomanism has no perspective"
الطفل الشهيد آدم قال كلمته للتأريخ / بقلم : الشيخ علي القطبي الموسوي
الطفل الشهيد آدم قال كلمته للتأريخ / بقلم : الشيخ علي القطبي الموسوي: "الطفل الشهيد آدم قال كلمته للتأريخ / بقلم : الشيخ علي القطبي الموسوي"
مصدر أمني لـ (اور): خطة سرية لاستحواذ بعض المسؤولين على منازل المسيحيين في الكرادة والجادرية
وكالة اور الاخبارية: "مصدر أمني لـ (اور): خطة سرية لاستحواذ بعض المسؤولين على منازل المسيحيين في الكرادة والجادرية"
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Turkish Prime Minister Shoots Himself in the Foot Again
By Harut Sassounian
Publisher, The California Courier
Prime Minister Erdogan embarrasses himself and his government just about every time he opens his mouth! His angry statements, often bewildering and insulting, give Turkey a black eye internationally and provide fresh ammunition to his domestic opponents.
A year ago, the Prime Minister threatened to deport 100,000 Armenians from Turkey, thereby reminding everyone around the world that Ankara’s present leaders are not much different from their bloodthirsty forefathers who deported and killed 1.5 million Armenians during the Genocide of 1915-23. After he was roundly condemned at home and abroad, Erdogan explained that he had meant to deport only undocumented workers from Armenia. When told that the 100,000 figure included both native and foreign Armenians, the Prime Minister blamed his aides for giving him faulty population figures!
Erdogan made another faux pas early this month during a visit to Kars, when he called for the demolition of a gigantic monument symbolizing "Armenia-Turkey Friendship." The 100-foot, 1,500-ton unfinished statue was commissioned by the city’s former mayor who believed that reconciliation and open borders with Armenia would boost his city’s sluggish economy. The monument depicted the figure of a man sliced into two, extending a hand of friendship to his other half. Calling the statue "freakish" or "grotesque," the Prime Minister urged the new mayor to have the $1.5 million monument torn down before his next visit.
By calling the Kars monument an "ugly" work of art, Erdogan unleashed a torrent of criticism and triggered a chain of events that made him the laughing stock of the world:
-- Erdogan’s political opponents accused him of pandering to the city’s Azeri voters who vehemently oppose any reconciliation with Armenia. They attributed the Prime Minister’s demolition order to crass electoral motives rather than to his artistic taste.
-- Turkey’s Culture Minister tried to come to Erdogan’s rescue by claiming that the Prime Minister had called the surrounding shanty houses "freakish," rather than the statue itself. Undeterred. Erdogan embarrassed his Minister by rebuking him and repeating his earlier statement. Next, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc jumped into the fray by wishing that "God would spare him from finding himself in the same awkward situation as the Culture Minister."
-- Even Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey’s much-touted Foreign Minister, got into the act, vainly trying to make his Prime Minister look good. Davutoglu claimed that the real problem with the monument was that it "fails to blend into the Seljuk, Ottoman and Russian character" of Kars. In a sarcastic retort, The Economist of London accused Davutoglu of conveniently erasing the city’s "Armenian legacy," adding that "a long-abandoned tenth-century Armenian church recently reopened -- as a mosque!"
-- Mehmet Aksoy, the well-known sculptor of the monument, compared Erdogan’s order to the Taliban’s demolition of ancient Buddha statues in Afghanistan. Aksoy warned that Turkey’s image would suffer terribly should the monument be blown up. He threatened to sue the Prime Minister for insulting his artwork.
-- The international media excoriated Erdogan by ridiculing his artistic taste and exposing his crass political motives. The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, the Associated Press, Radio Free Europe, Reuters, BBC, the Washington Post, Liberation, and hundreds of other media outlets, condemned Erdogan’s destructive directive.
-- Several Turkish journalists questioned the Prime Minister’s right and authority to have a statue removed and destroyed.
-- Armenia’s Foreign Minister reacted indignantly to Erdogan’s statement and urged him to build a new foundation for normalizing bilateral relations, rather than damaging them. Most commentators interpreted the Prime Minister’s detrimental words as the last nail in the coffin of the unconsummated Armenia-Turkey Protocols.
Not surprisingly, Mubariz Gurbanli, a member of Azerbaijan’s Parliament, expressed his pleasure with Erdogan’s order to demolish the "Armenia-Turkey Friendship" statue. Gurbanli was correct in pointing out: "There is no need to erect a monument to the non-existent friendship with Armenia."
Of course, tearing down monuments is nothing new for Azeri and Turkish officials. A few years ago, Azerbaijan demolished thousands of historic Armenian khatchkars (cross-stones) at a cemetery near Julfa, Nakhichevan, seeking to emulate the Turkish government’s wholesale destruction of hundreds of Armenian churches and monuments ever since the Genocide. Indeed, Erdogan himself is continuing the age-old tradition of his predecessors in ordering the destruction of the Kars "friendship" statue.
If Davutoglu and Erdogan are truly sincere in promoting Armenian-Turkish friendship, they should promptly demolish the monstrous "genocide monument" built in Igdir in 1997, consisting of five 130-foot swords thrust towards the sky, intended to perpetuate the great lie about Armenians killing Turks!
عقد إجتماع حاشد غداً أمام السفارة التركية في لندن تضامناً مع جميع ضحايا المجزرة الأرمنية
Public Radio of Armenia: "عقد إجتماع حاشد غداً أمام السفارة التركية في لندن تضامناً مع جميع ضحايا المجزرة الأرمنية"
لكاتب التركي الحائز على جائزة نوبل في الآداب أورهان باموك في حديث صحفي
Public Radio of Armenia: "لكاتب التركي الحائز على جائزة نوبل في الآداب أورهان باموك يعلن في حديث صحفي"
Sunday, January 16, 2011
VOA | Armenian Awakening: Revival of a Church | News | English
VOA | Armenian Awakening: Revival of a Church | News | English: "Armenian Awakening: Revival of a Church"
Saturday, January 15, 2011
إردوغان يطالب ألمانيا بالاعتذار لاتهام تركيا بعرقلة توحيد قبرص -تعليق
http://www.elaph.com
تعليق
يتكلم اردوغان مرة أخرى بلغة العجرفة العثمانية ويطالب المستشارة الألمانية انجيلا ميركل بالاعتذار٠ ودعا اردوغان في السابق برلمانات الدول التي اعترفت بالحقيقة التاريخية للابادة الأرمنية لعام ١٩١٥ الى الاعتذار وهو لا يزال ينكر أو يسوغ هذه الابادة ولا يعترف أو يعتذر للجرائم المرتكبة بحق الأرمن والآشوريين والسريان والعرب واليونانيين والأكراد إبان حكم الدولة العثمانية وتركيا الكمالية ناهيك عن عدم الاعتذار لغزو قبرص عام ١٩٧٤ وتقسيم الجزيرة٠
تعليق
يتكلم اردوغان مرة أخرى بلغة العجرفة العثمانية ويطالب المستشارة الألمانية انجيلا ميركل بالاعتذار٠ ودعا اردوغان في السابق برلمانات الدول التي اعترفت بالحقيقة التاريخية للابادة الأرمنية لعام ١٩١٥ الى الاعتذار وهو لا يزال ينكر أو يسوغ هذه الابادة ولا يعترف أو يعتذر للجرائم المرتكبة بحق الأرمن والآشوريين والسريان والعرب واليونانيين والأكراد إبان حكم الدولة العثمانية وتركيا الكمالية ناهيك عن عدم الاعتذار لغزو قبرص عام ١٩٧٤ وتقسيم الجزيرة٠
Thursday, January 13, 2011
اليوم هو يوم ذكرى عمليات القتل الجماعية للأرمن في عام 1990 في باكو عاصمة أذربيجان
Public Radio of Armenia: "اليوم هو يوم ذكرى عمليات القتل الجماعية للأرمن في عام 1990 في باكو عاصمة أذربيجان"
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
أردوغان يأمر بهدم نصب رمز الصداقة بين أرمينيا و تركيا
AZG Daily: "أردوغان يأمر بهدم نصب رمز الصداقة بين أرمينيا و تركيا"
محلل سياسي: دمشق مهتمة بفتح الحدود بين أرمينيا وتركيا
AZG Daily: "محلل سياسي: دمشق مهتمة بفتح الحدود بين أرمينيا وتركيا"
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
تهجير مسيحيي العراق هدفه التغيير الديموغرافي وإقامة دولة إسلامية
تهجير مسيحيي العراق هدفه التغيير الديموغرافي وإقامة دولة إسلامية: "تهجير مسيحيي العراق هدفه التغيير الديموغرافي وإقامة دولة إسلامية"
Obama’s Appointment of Ambassadors To Baku and Ankara Must Be Challenged
By Harut Sassounian
Publisher, The California Courier
Armenian-Americans must strongly challenge Pres. Obama’s unilateral appointments of Matthew Bryza as Ambassador to Azerbaijan and FrankRicciardone as Ambassador to Turkey. The President circumvented the U.S. Senate by taking advantage of the holidays to make these "recess appointments" on December 29.
While Pres. Obama has the legal authority to make such temporary appointments when the Senate is not in session, his unwise decision could have several serious consequences:
-- Undermining the legitimacy and credibility of the new U.S. Ambassadors in the eyes of their host countries due to their appointment through an archaic loophole in the law rather than proper Senate confirmation.
-- Antagonizing two prominent Senators of his own party – Barbara Boxer of California and Robert Menendez of New Jersey – who had placed a "hold" onBryza’s nomination. Having already lost the Republican-controlled House, Obama now desperately needs every single vote in a Senate with a razor thin Democratic majority.
-- Alienating the entire Senate by depriving the Senators of their mandate to confirm ambassadorial nominees.
-- Burning all bridges between himself and Armenian-Americans who were some of his staunchest supporters in the last presidential election, having already broken his pledge on the Armenian Genocide, Artsakh’s self-determination, and financial assistance to Armenia.
Fortunately, Pres. Obama’s recess appointments are of a temporary nature and not considered full-term ambassadorships. They are only valid for one year rather than the usual three years. In order for Bryza and Ricciardone to serve as Ambassadors beyond 2011, Pres. Obama has to resubmit their names to the Senate and have them properly considered.
The Senate and the Armenian-American community have ample time to take all necessary steps to ensure that the President’s slap in their face does not go unnoticed and unchallenged. Both ambassadors should be sent back home by the end of this year.
Here are the steps that could be taken to derail Bryza’s Senate confirmation in the coming months:
-- Closely scrutinize Bryza’s public statements, press conferences, and interviews in Baku to ensure that he is properly representing the interests of the United States in Azerbaijan rather than Azerbaijan’s interests in Washington.
-- Publicize the documents submitted to the European Court of Human Rights by an Azeri journalist who claims that Azerbaijan’s former Minister of Economic Development had paid the expenses for Bryza’s lavish 2007 wedding in Istanbul. During the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings, Bryza testified under oath that his family had paid for his wedding. Should the European Court find that the government of Azerbaijan had indeed financed Bryza’s wedding, he would be indicted for lying under oath, not reporting to the IRS the gifts as income, and violating U.S. government’s gift acceptance and disclosure policy.
-- Investigate all his oral and written statements made to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last year in order to verify their truthfulness.
-- Search for evidence of conflict of interest related to the employment of his Turkish-born wife, Zeyno Baran, as Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy at the Hudson Institute, a Washington-based think tank that has received funding fromExxonMobil and other energy companies doing business in the Caspian region. The Armenian National Committee of America has accused Bryza of violating federal ethics rules because of his wife's connections to Turkish and Azerbaijani business interests.
-- Contact Senators Boxer and Menendez who had placed a "hold" on Bryza’s nomination last year, urging them to block his confirmation once again, when Pres. Obama resubmits his name to the Senate. By doing so, the two Senators would be reaffirming their initial conviction that Bryza is not qualified to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
The Armenian community had not originally objected to Ricciardone’s nomination. However, since Pres. Obama has opposed several major Armenian initiatives and broken his promises on all of them, Armenian-Americans may consider expanding their opposition to the Obama administration on many fronts. They should support those Senators who may be inclined to place a "hold" against Ricciardione’s confirmation later this year. In view of Republican Senator Sam Brownback’s "hold" on Ricciardone’s nomination last year and the objection of leading conservative spokesmen to his recess appointment, Armenian-American organizations now have a unique opportunity to work closely with Republicans in opposing his confirmation later this year.
Should the Armenian-American community flex its political muscle and show that it is ready and able to defend its interests, it is likely that U.S. government officials would then be more attentive to Armenian issues.
Monday, January 10, 2011
القنصل التركي يزور مطرانية الكلدان في كركوك ـ تعليق
تعليق
السؤال الذي يتبادر الى الذهن هنا هو: ما اهداف هذه الزيارة المريبة للقنصل التركي لمطرانية الكلدان في كركوك؟ ان التعبير عن التضامن مع المسيحيين في العراق هو أمر مشكوك فيه في ظل تصاعد الظروف لاضطهاد المسيحيين في تركيا ذاتها٠ ففي قائمة المراقبة التي اعلنتها منظمة ـاوبن دورزـ الدولية في كانون الثاني ـ يناير٢٠١١ احتلت تركيا المرتبة ٣٠، في حين احتل العراق المرتبة الثامنة في قائمة الدول الخمسين، حيث اضطهاد المسيحيين هو الأسوأ٠
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Thursday, January 06, 2011
النجيفي يهنئ ابناء الطائفة الارمنية في العراق والعالم
النجيفي يهنئ ابناء الطائفة الارمنية في العراق والعالم بمناسبة عيد ميلاد السيد المسيح (عليه السلام ) وعيد الغطاس - منتدى باطنايا نت: "النجيفي يهنئ ابناء الطائفة الارمنية في العراق والعالم"
الحكومة العراقية: 5 آلاف عائلة مسيحية نزحت من مناطقها بسبب الاعمال المسلحة
الحكومة العراقية: 5 آلاف عائلة مسيحية نزحت من مناطقها بسبب الاعمال المسلحة: "الحكومة العراقية: 5 آلاف عائلة مسيحية نزحت من مناطقها بسبب الاعمال المسلحة"
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
تفكيك عبوات ناسفة زرعت اما منازل مسيحين في الكرادة
تفكيك عبوات ناسفة زرعت اما منازل مسيحين في الكرادة: "تفكيك عبوات ناسفة زرعت اما منازل مسيحين في الكرادة"
الكنيسة الرسولية الأرمنية تحتفل في ليلة كل يوم 5 يناير كانون الثاني بعيد ميلاد السيد يسوع المسيح
Public Radio of Armenia: "الكنيسة الرسولية الأرمنية تحتفل في ليلة كل يوم 5 يناير كانون الثاني بعيد ميلاد السيد يسوع المسيح"
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Monday, January 03, 2011
Saturday, January 01, 2011
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