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Acrylic-bob · 19-12-2004, 10:50

During last week I was astonished at the lengths Blair and his side-kick Straw were prepared to go to in making sure that the cause of the admission of Turkey into the EU was pushed ahead. In my humble opinion this move would be one of the most serious and threatening errors the EU has yet made. One is moved to wonder why Blair and Co are so keen for it to come to pass?

We are all familiar with Turkey's reputation in the field of Human Rights thanks to the Oliver Stone film "Midnight Express". But what some of you may not be familiar with is that Turkeys record is far longer and a good deal bloodier.

This from 1915.

The first genocide of the 20th century is one that has gone by largely unnoticed. Still denied by many Turks, the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1916 accounts for the death of one and a half million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.

The first step in this annihilation was to disarm the Armenians in the army, place them into labour battalions and then kill them. Then, on April 24, 1915, the Armenian political and intellectual leaders were gathered and killed. Finally, the remaining Armenians were called from their homes, often in a house by house search. Many men were shot immediately or thrown into prison, only to be tortured to death later. The rest of the men, and the women and children were told they would be relocated, and then marched off to concentration camps in the desert between Jerablus and Deir ez-Zor. Here, they would starve and thirst to death in the burning sun. Prisoners were starved, beaten, raped and murdered by unmerciful guards.

During the march, Armenians were denied food and water. They were driven along by the soldiers day after day, all on foot. They were beaten or left to die if they could not keep up with the caravan. The authorities in Trebizond, on the Black Sea Coast, sometimes loaded Armenians on barges and threw them overboard. Some of the women on the march were forced to strip naked and walk in this condition under the burning sun.

Many other women were seized by Turkish officers or civilian officials and made a part of their harems. Others were sold in the market as were many children, but only to a Moslem purchaser....

...The Turkish government today denies that there was an Armenian genocide and claims that Armenians were only removed from the eastern "war zone." The genocide, however, occurred all over Anatolia (present-day Turkey), and not just in the so-called "war zone." At the time, the genocide was condemned by representatives of the United States, British, French, Russian, German, and Austrian governments.

Source: http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/MiddleEast/ArmenMassacre.html

We already have one genocidal nation in the European Union, do we really want to play host to another?

19-12-2004, 10:50	#1
Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	Welcome Turkey ? During last week I was astonished at the lengths Blair and his side-kick Straw were prepared to go to in making sure that the cause of the admission of Turkey into the EU was pushed ahead. In my humble opinion this move would be one of the most serious and threatening errors the EU has yet made. One is moved to wonder why Blair and Co are so keen for it to come to pass? We are all familiar with Turkey's reputation in the field of Human Rights thanks to the Oliver Stone film "Midnight Express". But what some of you may not be familiar with is that Turkeys record is far longer and a good deal bloodier. This from 1915. The first genocide of the 20th century is one that has gone by largely unnoticed. Still denied by many Turks, the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1916 accounts for the death of one and a half million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The first step in this annihilation was to disarm the Armenians in the army, place them into labour battalions and then kill them. Then, on April 24, 1915, the Armenian political and intellectual leaders were gathered and killed. Finally, the remaining Armenians were called from their homes, often in a house by house search. Many men were shot immediately or thrown into prison, only to be tortured to death later. The rest of the men, and the women and children were told they would be relocated, and then marched off to concentration camps in the desert between Jerablus and Deir ez-Zor. Here, they would starve and thirst to death in the burning sun. Prisoners were starved, beaten, raped and murdered by unmerciful guards. During the march, Armenians were denied food and water. They were driven along by the soldiers day after day, all on foot. They were beaten or left to die if they could not keep up with the caravan. The authorities in Trebizond, on the Black Sea Coast, sometimes loaded Armenians on barges and threw them overboard. Some of the women on the march were forced to strip naked and walk in this condition under the burning sun. Many other women were seized by Turkish officers or civilian officials and made a part of their harems. Others were sold in the market as were many children, but only to a Moslem purchaser.... ...The Turkish government today denies that there was an Armenian genocide and claims that Armenians were only removed from the eastern "war zone." The genocide, however, occurred all over Anatolia (present-day Turkey), and not just in the so-called "war zone." At the time, the genocide was condemned by representatives of the United States, British, French, Russian, German, and Austrian governments. Source: http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/MiddleEast/ArmenMassacre.html We already have one genocidal nation in the European Union, do we really want to play host to another? __________________ Enough is ENOUGH Get Britain out of Europe Last edited by Acrylic-bob; 19-12-2004 at 12:50.