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John2

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8. I still don't understand

Reply to libdude (Reply #7)

Sat May 11, 2013, 09:34 AM

May 2013

what the argument is and whom the complainants are seeking redress from? The Ottoman Empire no longer exists. is the complaint against the present Turkish Government, United States or whom? Who are they seeking damages from if any?

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