CONGRESS POSTPONE ‘GENOCIDE’ MOVE
PRESS TV
Oct 26 2007
Iran
Branding the Ottoman Empire’s alleged killing of Armenians as genocide
has been called off tentatively by its advocates at the Capitol. The
four congressmen, Adam Schiff, Brad Sherman, Anna Eshoo and Frank
Pallone who were the undeterred supporters of the scandalous measure
have buckled under unabated pressure from the White House and postponed
the action for the time being. Deeming that the pursuit of the issue
called for a "more favorable timing", the four House members wrote
to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking her not to put the censure
of Turkey’s alleged World War 1 killing up for debate. The move
represents a climb-down for Democrats and comes in the wake of their
bitter foreign policy rows with the White House over Turkey’s backing
for US’s Iraq operations which Dems regarded as at stake. President
George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, wary of the
damage, the vote could cause the US-Turkey relations, recurrently
demanded that it be called off. The matter has aroused Turkey’s ire
and furious response and given rise to speculations that the country
could refuse US access to Turkey-based supply lines.