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ISIS Attacks Nimrud, a Major Archaeological Site in Iraq
March 21, 2015

ISIS Attacks Nimrud, a Major Archaeological Site in Iraq

BAGHDAD — The Islamic State militant group attacked the ancient archaeological site of Nimrud in northern Iraq and damaged it with heavy vehicles, Iraq’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said Thursday. It was the latest in a series of attacks on ancient structures and artifacts in Syria and Iraq that…

Christian Genocide in the Middle East and Public Apathy in America
March 21, 2015

Christian Genocide in the Middle East and Public Apathy in America

Christian Genocide in the Middle East and Public Apathy in America By Dr. Alexandros K. Kyrou Posted 2015-01-07 20:02 GMT One of the last diplomats to leave Smyrna after the Turks set the great Anatolian port city ablaze in September 1922 was the United States’ Consul General, George Horton. Reflecting…

Outcry over Isis destruction of ancient Assyrian site of Nimrud
March 17, 2015

Outcry over Isis destruction of ancient Assyrian site of Nimrud

Outcry over Isis destruction of ancient Assyrian site of Nimrud Militants’ latest assault in Iraq described as war crime by Unesco and condemned as part of systematic campaign to erase millennia of culture A look at the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud before it was looted and bulldozed by Islamic…

Black September: Hellenic Genocide
March 9, 2015

Black September: Hellenic Genocide

BLACK SEPTEMBER HELLENIC GENOCIDE www.greece.org/themis/macedonia The month of September brings with it the end of summer, the beginning of a new year on the Orthodox calendar, and the anniversaries of dates that have ravaged Hellenic civilization and culture. On September 14, we commemorate the Hellenic Genocide. We remember once again…

Mandates or War?
March 3, 2015

Mandates or War?

The following article was submitted to us by Sofia Kontogeorge Kostos. THE NEW YORK TIMES—Magazine, NOVEMBER 9, 1919 M A N D A T E S OR W A R? World Peace Held to be Menaced Unless the United States Assumes Control of the Sultan’s Former Dominion B y H…

One down, Two to Go for Govmt’s Truth Twisters
March 2, 2015

One down, Two to Go for Govmt’s Truth Twisters

By Gene Rossides Published July 26, 2004 Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, former chairman of the Defense Policy Board Richard Perle and Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith, are the persons in the Defense Department primarily responsible for the erroneous statements and policy judgments regarding Turkey to the great…

George Pataki: Press Release for the Holocaust Memorial Observance Committee of Asia Minor
March 2, 2015

George Pataki: Press Release for the Holocaust Memorial Observance Committee of Asia Minor

STATE OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE CHAMBER GEORGE E. PATAKI, GOVERNOR Press Office 518-474-8418 212-681-4640 http://www.state.ny.us FOR RELEASE IMMEDIATE The following proclamation was issued by Governor of New York State, George E. Pataki, in commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastophe presented to the Holocaust Memorial Observance Committee…

Days of Tragedy in Armenia: Personal Experiences in Harpoot
March 2, 2015

Days of Tragedy in Armenia: Personal Experiences in Harpoot

Riggs, Henry H. Days of Tragedy in Armenia: Personal Experiences in Harpoot, 1915-1917, Ed. Ara Sarafian. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Gomidas Institute. 1997. NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The Protestant Reverend Henry H. Riggs a third generation American missionary and his wife, the missionary Mary W. Riggs, served in Harpoot, (Kharpert) of…

Article by author, professor and columnist, Christos Yiannaras
March 2, 2015

Article by author, professor and columnist, Christos Yiannaras

Article by author, professor, and columnist, Christos Yiannaras, in Kathimerini, 24 August 1997. A rather “incidental” item appeared in the magazine Economicos Tachidromos of 14 August 1997. It referred to a speech Henry Kissinger gave some three years prior, during which he said the following: The Greek people are a…

Turkey: Pamuk Trial Tests Commitment to Free Speech
March 2, 2015

Turkey: Pamuk Trial Tests Commitment to Free Speech

Turkey: Pamuk Trial Tests Commitment to Free Speech Judiciary Must Acquit Novelist and Set Firm Precedent for Prosecutors (Istanbul, December 8, 2005)—The Turkish judiciary must promptly acquit the novelist Orhan Pamuk and sharply dismiss the indictment against him if Turkey is to allay serious doubts about its commitment to free…