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12. When?

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 06:47 PM

Apr 2013

And do you mean all the Armenians, some of the Armenians, or the few that the Russians and British hired as agitators?

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Mark Geragos blasts media allegations about ‘Armenian’ trace in Boston bombings [View all] LeftInTX Apr 2013 OP

The "Armenian convert to Islam" struck me as odd the first time around jberryhill Apr 2013 #1

Yep, sounds like they just want a scapegoat LeftInTX Apr 2013 #2

Not really. All those places are Ottoman successor states. nt Deep13 Apr 2013 #4

...and rebelled against it something like six times jberryhill Apr 2013 #8

When? Deep13 Apr 2013 #12

Not Turks, Ottomans. Deep13 Apr 2013 #3

What? eissa Apr 2013 #6

Georgian, Kurdish, and Albanian Deep13 Apr 2013 #14

That is simply untrue eissa Apr 2013 #17

The denial is because the genocides against Armenians... Deep13 Apr 2013 #19

There are a handful of Armenians who assimilated with ethnic Turks LeftInTX Apr 2013 #23

yes, the various millets were their own communities... Deep13 Apr 2013 #24

Then what were they??? Then who killed my family??? LeftInTX Apr 2013 #9

The Young Turks started out as a multi-ethnic reform minded group LeftInTX Apr 2013 #25

Why is it insulting treestar Apr 2013 #5

Yeah, I'm more concerned that he doesn't exist... LeftInTX Apr 2013 #11

What difference does it make to note his ethnic lineage? Deep13 Apr 2013 #16

Because it makes as much sense eissa Apr 2013 #18

I see. That explains everything. Deep13 Apr 2013 #21

To understand this eissa Apr 2013 #22

Gerragos doesn't know anything. He speculates. kwassa Apr 2013 #13

If Misha exists, he should be easy to find LeftInTX Apr 2013 #20

adam gadahn is more than likely not a real convert, but an operative. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #27

I think we need to approach anything this family says with LeftInTX Apr 2013 #28