Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...grievance peaceably for decades, terrorists began in 1973 to carry out systematic assassinations of Turkish envoys. Their goal: forcing the Turks to acknowledge committing the act of genocide, to pay reparations to the descendants of the victims, and to grant autonomy to the former Armenian-dominated provinces in northeastern Turkey or give them up altogether so they might become a separate nation. The Marxist, Beirut-based ASALA and another group called the Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide have killed 22 Turkish diplomats or members of their families and staffs, and have wounded 15 other envoys or their dependents...
...held the unfounded suspicion that members of the ethnic group were disloyal. The decision to undertake the genocide was communicated to the local leaders by the Interior Minister, Talaat Pasha, in 1915. One of his edicts stated that the government had decided to "destroy completely all Armenians living in Turkey. An end must be put to their existence, however criminal the measures taken may be, and no regard must be paid to age, or sex, or to scruples of conscience...
...miles, over mountains, presumably to a place of deportation in Syria, but actually to their deaths. Forbidden supplies of food and water, they were waylaid by brigands. Turkish gendarmes raped and sometimes disemboweled or cut the breasts off women before finally killing them. While the horrified U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Henry Morgenthau Sr., appealed in vain to the Turks to stop the slaughter, hundreds of thousands of Armenians could be seen, as Morgenthau put it, "winding in and out of every valley and climbing up the sides of every mountain...
...after 23 months of fighting. The vastly superior Iranian navy, which the Ayatullah Khomeini inherited from the late Shah, has effectively sealed off the vital Shatt al Arab waterway. With the exception of military hardware, which is flown in, Iraq's supplies must arrive by land routes from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Result: astronomical consumer prices. A quart bottle of drinking water costs $25. If you are desperate for Scotch, a fifth will cost you $300. One small tomato sells for $12. After a mediocre meal in a Baghdad restaurant the other night, four foreign diplomats split...
Elsie's has served River House residents ably for generations. Regretabbly, the place is entering the 21st century with high tech signs, moderately prompt service, and opperssive video games in an adjacent mini-arcade. But everyone must sample the famous TD (Turkey Deluxe), and Elsie's offers a neat breakfast for under $2. The Kennedys allegedly broke from touch football games in front of Winthrop House for snacks and chow...