Armenians accuse Obama on `genocide`
Armenians have criticized US President Barack Obama
for the recent court ruling that refused to compensate descendants
of the victims of alleged World War I-era genocide in Ottoman
Turkey. Kiro Manoyan, who heads a political research center at the
nationalist Dashnaksutyun Party, claimed that Obama was to blame
for the decision of the appeals court that overruled a ruling by a
California court on paying out life insurance benefits to relatives
of the alleged genocide victims. He believes that if Obama had used
the term "genocide" in his address this April - the month Armenians
commemorate a date marking the alleged massacres - the higher court
would not have invalidated the previous decision.
The judge at the California court of appeal who handed down the ruling said the state bears no responsibility for the developments that took place miles away from the United States, emphasizing that the US government has not reached a decision to recognize the alleged genocide.
Armenians, who say Ottoman Turks killed 1.5 million people in 1915, a claim strenuously dismissed by Turkey, are seeking passage of a "genocide" bill in the US Congress.
The judge at the California court of appeal who handed down the ruling said the state bears no responsibility for the developments that took place miles away from the United States, emphasizing that the US government has not reached a decision to recognize the alleged genocide.
Armenians, who say Ottoman Turks killed 1.5 million people in 1915, a claim strenuously dismissed by Turkey, are seeking passage of a "genocide" bill in the US Congress.
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