``The Ottoman Empire will not find freedom and honor until cleaned up of the Armenians and the Lebanese. We have destroyed the former by the sword, we shall destroy the latter through starvation``. Comments made by the leader of the Ottoman forces, Enver Pasha*. In his latest book, Professor Antoine Boustany sees as a moral and national duty, to point out the horrible drama of early last century (1915 and 1918) the responsibility of Enver Pasha in killing by famine 150 000 deaths out of 400 000 inhabitants of Mount Lebanon. * Enver Pasha 91981-1922), was a Turkish military officer and a leader of the Young Turk revolution. He was held highly responsible for the Armenian Genocide and was tried in absentia in the Turkish Courts-Martial of 1919-20 for crimes of plunging the country into war without a legitimate reason, forced deportation of Armenians and leaving the country without permission and condemned to death lorientlejour/article/893861/antoine-boustany-sort-des-oubliettes-le-drame-de-la-grande-famine-de-1915-au-mont-liban.html
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:03:42 +0000
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