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Arménichantage ARMÉNICHANTAGE CHRONIQUE DES PRESSIONS INTOLÉRABLES EXERCÉES DANS LE MONDE PAR LES FANATIQUES ARMÉNIENS N° 5 AUTOMNE 2006 — Hiver 2007 Revue éditée par une équipe inter-nationale, non-confessionnelle, faisant partie de la rédaction de l'AAARGH NON AU TOTALITARISME ARMÉNIEN NOUS AIMONS ET RESPECTONS LES ARMÉNIENS EN TANT QUE PERSONNES NOUS SOMMES INDIFFÉRENTS AU NATIONALISME ARMÉNIEN NOUS PENSONS QUE L'HISTOIRE DEMANDE TOUJOURS RÉVISION LEUR "GÉNOCIDE" N'EST QU'UNE RUSE POLITIQUE POUR DÉMANTELER LA TURQUIE ILS NOUS INSTRUMENTALISENT POUR AIDER À L'EXPANSION TERRITORIALE DE L'ARMÉNIE DU CAUCASE. ILS VEULENT LA GUERRE ILS FONT LA GUERRE A LEURS VOISINS TURCS AZÉRIS QU'ILS CRÈVENT ! NOUS RÉSISTERONS AU CHANTAGE ARMÉNIEN LES ARMÉNIENS FONT LA LOI ? FAUT - IL EXPULSER LES ARMÉNIENS ? CHRONIQUES DES ATTEINTES À NOS LIBERTÉS COMMISES PAR LES FANATIQUES ARMÉNIENS LES CRIMINELS LIBERTICIDES AVOUENT : " C’est à l’initiative de l’UDF que la loi reconnaissant publiquement le génocide arménien a pu être adoptée en 2001." André Santini, maire d'issy-les-Moulineaux, un des plus gros repaires d'Arméniens de la région parisienne, un type qui sait toujours de quel côté la tartine est beurrée. Nouvelles d'Arménie, 28 mai 2006 http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=22890 SOMMAIRE Pierre Nora : « Légiférer sur le génocide arménien, c’est stériliser ARMÉNICHANTAGE / 5 / hiver 2007 l’histoire » Pierre Nora Frederic Fritscher, Alexis Lacroix Claude Mutafian répond à l’interview au Figaro de Pierre Nora "Les historiens français ou la liberté de condamner" par René Dzagoyan La problématique du révisionnisme, Yves Ternon SUR YVES TERNON : VOIR Dr. Dugenou, Sur un cas d'arménisme aigu chez un sujet normand, AAARGH Reprints, 9 p. http://www.aaargh.com.mx/fran/livres7/ternon.pdf LES ARMÉNIENS ASSIMILÉS, RESCAPÉS DES MASSACRES, COMPTÉS COMME DISPARUS, MAIS BIEN VIVANTS TWO BOOKS EXAMINE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE Alex van Oss TERRORISME ARMÉNIEN ET BONNES AFFAIRES New Genocide Denial Bill on Agenda in Netherlands Réponse au collectif « Liberté pour l’histoire » Ara Toranian Le CRDA dénonçe le négationnisme de l’association « Liberté pour l’histoire » "Génocide arménien et négationnisme d’État" par Catherine Nay Réflexions sur le génocide des Arméniens par Guy Sorman La Lettre de Vérité pour la Vendée Des pseudos-historiens négationnistes condamnent l’iniative du Parti Socialiste français de pénaliser la négation du génocide des Arméniens La ministre belge de la Justice interrogée à la Chambre sur ses déclarations à propos du génocide arménien Onkelinx et Ahmadinejad même combat contre la pénalisation du négationnisme Mehmet Koksal Mislabeling Genocide? Reviewed by Yücel Güçlü Décès de l'historien Pierre Vidal-Naquet Bruxelles : la FEAJD forme les futurs lobbyistes des groupes nationalistes arméniens Genocidio armenio: La masacre que pocos recuerdan Julia de Diego Qui veut pénaliser la négation du génocide arménien et qui s'y oppose ? par Pierre-Jérôme Adjedj Génocide arménien : 4 députés UMP demandent le réexamen du projet de loi Négationnisme et procès du Consul Général de Turquie : l’audience d’appel se déroulera le 6 septembre prochain Le négationnisme ne passera pas ! Des candidats radiés pour négationnisme au Pays-Bas, Par Sabine Cessou LA PROPOSITION DE LOI VISANT A SANCTIONNER LA NEGATION DU GENOCIDE ARMENIEN SERA DE NOUVEAU PRESENTEE A L’ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE Il movimento “Destra per l’Italia” e “Il Legionario” aderiscono alla petizione degli Armeni d’Europa Visite de Blocher en Turquie: il critique le code pénal suisse Christoph Blocher confirme qu'il va réviser la norme antiraciste Kocharyan also Opposes French Genocide Bill, By Ali Ihsan Aydin Onur Oymen: Armenians bring up false genocide to cover up Khojali genocide Ankara s’oppose violemment au projet de loi français sur la pénalisation de la négation du génocide arménien Bernard Accoyer : "regrette" que le PS légifère sur l’histoire Une loi turque contre le "négationnisme" français ? Génocide arménien et élections communales en Belgique Michèle RIVASI : "La France doit pénaliser le négationnisme du génocide arménien" — 2 — ARMÉNICHANTAGE / 5 / hiver 2007 Vers une adoption du texte PS sur le génocide arménien, par Emile Picy No Immediate Implementation of French Armenian Bill, By Ali Ihsan Aydin Arménie : la France légifère à nouveau sur l'Histoire, Patrick Roger L'Arménie en otage Des historiens ont jugé "affligeante" la proposition de loi socialiste, Jean-Baptiste de Montvalon Le texte sur le génocide arménien vivement critiqué dans l'UE, par Yves Clarisse Génocide arménien: le piège Punir la négation du génocide arménien, une bien mauvaise idée, Pierre Vanrie Génocide arménien : la France contre le reste du monde, par Okan L. Germiyanoglu Génocide arménien: Jacques Chirac a exprimé ses regrets, selon le Premier ministre turc Les députés contre l'histoire, par Michel Wieviorka Armenian Genocide Monument Stolen in France Pamuk kritisiert französisches Armenien-Gesetz Le consensus médiatique du non à la loi sur le génocide arménien ANALYSE DU SCRUTIN N° 1021 - Séance du : 12 octobre 2006 Histoire d’une loi ou négationnisme d’Etat, Par Emile Red US Urges France to Promote Discussion, By Selcuk Gultasli Contestation du génocide arménien : des intellectuels interpellent Jean-Louis Debré contre les « lois mémorielles » Il est grand temps, pour l’Europe, de détruire [ses] tabous, et non d’en créer de nouveaux par Timothy Garton Ash There is No Armenian Genocide Norman Stone Atatürk und die Armenier , Malte Olschewski Négationnisme aux USA : L’historien Taner Akçam insulté Despite Defeat, Bush Administration Determined to Oppose Armenian Genocide Bill By Ali H. Aslan Génocide des Arméniens: les juristes de la Confédération [suisse] dans le flou La condamnation du négationnisme: une nécessité juridique, un devoir humaniste, Par Jules Boyadjian A propos de la proposition de loi pour la pénalisation de la négation du génocide des Arméniens, votée le 12 octobre 2006, Par Carl E. Arkantz Patrick Devedjian : « Parler du Génocide Arménien, c’est mon devoir » « Pourquoi le vote de la loi anti-négationniste a-t-il suscité tant d’animosité ? » par Nathiel Italie : La Ligue du Nord veut pénaliser la négation du génocide arménien LE MISÉRABLE RACCOLAGE DU SECRÉTAIRE CONSORT Après l'assassinat de Hrant Dink Les partisans turcs de l'AAARGH ont participé au cortège funèbre pour marquer leur émotion et leur révulsion devant des actes barbares. « Le négationnisme est une perversion de l’âme et de l’esprit. C’est un crime » (Jacques Chirac) — 3 — ARMÉNICHANTAGE / 5 / hiver 2007 Arménie : loi contre génocide, par Bernard-Henri Lévy Procès pour négationnisme du génocide arménien en Italie Négationnisme turc en France : tromperie en self-service sur le Net, KARMAZINZIN La question du Haut Karabagh vue par la diplomatie américaine, Jim Nichol Négationnisme : un procès test s’ouvrira sous tension mardi à Lausanne Le Quid mis hors de cause pour présentation controversée génocide arménien Procès contre le QUID et les Editions Robert Laffont Missak Manouchian, Les arméniens dans la Résistance en France Le juge et l’historien, couple maudit du procès du négationniste Perinçek Philippe Maspoli Onze heures pour refaire l’Histoire Grégoire Duruz Les opinions s'affrontent sur la réalité du génocide arménien Un procès lourd de questions Luigi Jorio Ne faisons pas de Dogu Perinçek une tête de turc, Antoine Grosjean Un haut militaire prévoit des élections frauduleuses INTERVIEW DU FIGARO Pierre Nora : « Légiférer sur le génocide arménien, c’est stériliser l’histoire » Pierre Nora Frederic Fritscher, Alexis Lacroix Le Figaro, France 17 mai 2006 Membre de l’Académie française, directeur des « Lieux de mémoire » , cofondateur de l’association Liberté pour l’histoire, l’historien Pierre Nora met en garde contre le projet de loi du PS. Le Parti socialiste a déposé une proposition de loi, présentée demain, visant à instituer des sanctions pénales contre la négation du génocide arménien. Qu’en pensez-vous ? Pierre NORA. - Si ce projet passait, un seuil serait franchi. Après toutes les mises en garde contre les dangers des lois sur l’histoire, venues de tous les côtés, ce serait la porte ouverte à toutes les dérives. Un vrai défi. L’intention n’est-elle pas de punir une forme perverse de négationnisme, pratiquée par de célèbres historiens ? Non, vous vous trompez. De la part des historiens auxquels vous faites allusion, que ce soit Gilles Veinstein ou Bernard Lewis, il n’y a jamais eu l’expression du moindre négationnisme. Aucun de ces éminents chercheurs n’a jamais nié l’immensité du massacre subi par les Arméniens. Lewis et Veinstein se sont engagés, tour à tour, dans une discussion critique dont l’enjeu n’était aucunement d’être affirmatifs ou définitifs - mais de mettre en perspective ce que l’on appelle, en termes juridiques, un « génocide ». La tempête déclenchée, il y a quelques années en France, autour de Bernard Lewis relève du terrorisme intellectuel. — 4 — ARMÉNICHANTAGE / 5 / hiver 2007 Quel terrorisme intellectuel ? Bernard Lewis est un très grand historien, dont les analyses sur l’histoire du Proche-Orient et sur l’islam font l’objet de la plus vaste reconnaissance internationale. Eh bien, il a suffi qu’après quinze années de recherches fouillées sur le massacre des Arméniens, il en vienne à écarter la qualification de « crime contre l’humanité », pour qu’en France, la « bien-pensance » le condamne en justice. Il aurait pourtant fallu se souvenir que, dès qu’elle fut forgée, à la Libération, l’appellation de génocide fut une notion intentionnaliste ; il aurait suffi de comprendre qu’elle désigne la décision, prise par un État, de conduire une politique d’extermination. Lorsque des historiens se demandent si le massacre des Arméniens relève de l’intentionnalisme génocidaire, il ne s’agit nullement pour eux de pinailler ou de contester l’existence de ce qui pourrait être un génocide au sens général ou générique du terme. Non. Le problème dont nous avons à débattre aujourd’hui est ailleurs. Où se situe-t-il, d’après vous ? La question est de savoir s’il est opportun d’étendre les pénalisations prévues par la loi Gayssot au génocide arménien.
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