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  • Turkish army accuses Armenia, tensions rise

    10/13/2006 2:04:05 PM PDT · by a_Turk · 18 replies · 773+ views
    Reuters ^ | 10/13/2006 | N/A
    ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military said on Friday Armenian soldiers fired into its territory two days ago amid an escalation in tensions after France's passage of a law making it a crime to deny Armenians suffered genocide by Ottoman Turks. The powerful General Staff called on the Foreign Ministry to investigate the incident on the border on October 11, which it said caused no injuries or material damage. "Turkish soldiers came under harassing fire from Armenian territories on the Turkey-Armenia border on October 11, 2006," the Turkish General Staff said in a statement. Turkey closed its border with the ex-Soviet...
  • Look beyond religion to find some reasons for honour killings (it has nothing to do with Islam!)

    01/25/2005 7:18:55 AM PST · by dead · 27 replies · 2,431+ views
    Sydney Morning Herald ^ | January 26, 2005 | Waleed Aly
    It is dangerous to write off such barbarism as merely being a flaw of Islam, writes Waleed Aly. You are familiar with the horror stories. A woman is suspected of a premarital relationship or refuses an arranged marriage, and is blamed for bringing shame and dishonour to her family. Her relatives rule that family honour can be restored only with her blood, and assault or kill her. Sometimes she is beheaded, burned to death, or driven to suicide. Sometimes she is maimed, disfigured by acid, beaten or raped. Sometimes she is as young as seven. Called honour killings, there is...