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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Action Alert

CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSPERSON NOW! The Armenian lobby and its supporters in Congress have introduced a new "Armenian Genocide Resolution," H.Res. 252. TCA launched another campaign and urges…

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Armenian Terrorism on 3.9.1983

On this day, in 1983, two Armenian gunmen assassinate the Turkish Ambassador to Yugoslavia, Galip Balkar, and seriously wound his chauffeur, Necati Kayar, in central Belgrade. One of the gunmen, Antranig Boghosian (a.k.a. Harutiun Levonian), also opens fire on and seriously wounds a Yugoslav Colonel, other gunman, Raffi Elbekian, opens fire on the civilians, killing a young male student and wounding a young girl.

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Chicago Seminar

Professor Ataöv's Chicago seminar will be held at Northwestern University - Kellogg (downtown), Room 250, 340 E. Superior St, Chicago, IL, 60611 on March 6, at 6 PM.  The event is…

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Action Alert

CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSMAN NOW! The Armenian lobby and its supporters in Congress have announced that Representatives Adam Schiff (R-CA) and George Radanovich (R-CA) along with Armenian Caucus co-chairs Frank Pallone…

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Rep. Frank Pallone and the “Armenian Genocide Resolution”

Posted by Lincoln McCurdy*
NJ Voices Guest Blogger March 02, 2009
blog.nj.com

 
Recently, a letter seeking cosponsors for a renewed drive to secure the adoption of an "Armenian Genocide Resolution" was circulated on Capitol Hill. The lead authors of the proposed legislation included four members of congress from districts with sizable Armenian constituents. They included Armenian Caucus Co-Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ).

Rep. Pallone has turned his office in the U.S. Congress, home also to tens of thousands of New Jerseyans of Turkish descent, into an anti-Turkey nerve center.

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