House Passes Resolution Declaring WWI Slaughter of 1.5 Million Armenians a 'Genocide'

Michael Foust : Oct 30, 2019
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The resolution passed, 405-11.

[ChristianHeadlines.com] The US House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday calling the Ottoman Empire's World War I-era slaughter of 1.5 million Armenian Christians a "genocide"—an historic vote that marked the first time in more than three decades that either body of Congress has used the term. (Image: Armenian Genocide /Wikipedia)

Turkey, which was formed out of the fall of the Ottoman Empire, acknowledges atrocities took place but has pushed back on the use of the word "genocide," arguing they weren't systematic. Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire either were killed or forced to flee.

Although the mass killings took place a century ago, leaders from both parties—including former Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton—often have blocked Congress from using the term because... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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