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Contents 1 under the shadow of? WHAT does that mean? 2 Added some more factual evidence 3 This article needs to be deleted 4 NPOV dispute

[edit] under the shadow of? WHAT does that mean?

I seriously do not undertsnad this statement.

" Armenian resistance was developed under the shadow of Armenian Genocide."

If the previous sentence is correct, "Armenian resistance is the military and political activities of the "Armenian militia" or (Social Democrat Hunchakian Party, Armenakan, Armenian Revolutionary Federation) against the Ottoman Empire during the (remove "the" here) World War One"

then how in the world is "in the shadow of" relevant here? it was APPEARENT and OBVIOUS to everyone that an Armenian resistance existed before, during, and after any "genocide". It was not a secret that the Frecnh, Russian, English, and Americans also funded, supported, supplied, and trained the "Armenian resistance" as well. SO this is completely false. Either A is correct or B is corect, not both.

I'm removing the weasel worded one that's without references. You can say "Armenian resistance developed before the Armenian genocide and was put to use during and after" or something like that. --Oguz1 17:04, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added some more factual evidence

The Armenian resistance occurred before the Armenian Genocide, not under the shadow of. It was created in order to gain independence from the Ottoman Empire, and was motivated by the emerging nationalist movement that occurred throughout the world.

Please do not try and distort history by adding your propaganda by claiming that the resistance was "under the shadow" of the Armenian Genocide when it was clearly before that. Arsenic99 21:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This article needs to be deleted

The very title is ultra-biased, a total distortion of history. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Slntssssn (talk • contribs) 16:01, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV dispute

I agre that the article is a total distortion of history, but for the moment I don't support its deletion. The article should record the examples of Armenian resistance(mostly unsuccessful) during the Armenian genocide, and as such could probably be little more than a list leading to individual entries.

The article as it currently stands appears to seek to propagate the myth of an "Armenian rebellion" during WW1, a myth that is used as a way of denying or excusing the Armenian genocide. There are almost no sources cited within the article, and no sources at all for all of the article's dubious content. Most of the article is simply invention, starting at its first paragraph. Most of the current text is probably unsalvageable and should be deleted, but the subject itself is worthy of note and coverage. Meowy 21:10, 29 February 2008 (UTC)