Zaman Online, Turkey
April 16 2005
US Armenian Lobby Prepares Show of Power
By Anatolia News Agency (aa)
Members of the US Congress belonging to the Armenian lobby will
reportedly organize a large-scale meeting next week in Congress Hall
to commemorate the alleged Armenian genocide.
According to the remark of the Armenian National Committee of America
(ANKA) which gathers the radical Armenian organizations under the
roof, some Congress members and the notables of Armenian society will
make speeches about the so-called genocide. Observers expect a
proposal for the recognition of the so-called Armenian genocide to be
submitted to the US House of Representatives. They think that such a
scheme could be accepted after discussions in May in sub-committee.
However the observers indicate that it is not expected that the Chief
of the House of the Representatives Dennis Hastert will submit the
proposal to the agenda of the general assembly. According to ANKA,
160 Congress members wrote to US President George W.Bush requesting
him to use the term “genocide” in his April 24 statement reached 160.
Diplomatic observers in Washington, however, note that it is not
expected that Bush will use the term.