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Turkish DairyNews
SAtuRDAY, JUNE 24,1995 ~,
Setting their sites: Porter, Gekas, Pallone, Visclosky The act forbids any ~ov.e~ent-to-gove~ent direct
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°dbOll transfer of U.S. humamtartan aid to Azerbaijan. Pallone
target r ey an erb aIJan In J.oreIgnaI, 1 did not mention that 20 percent of Azeri territory is cur-
Turlcish Daily News . said. However, Porter said he was pleased with the $15 rently under Armeni8!l ~upation.~ Armenian attacks
WASHINGTON- The U.S. House ofRepresentatlves million the bill is extending to Greek Cyprus for bicdm- have created over lmIllion AzerbaijanI refugees.
today saw yet another tirade about the sO-called"ongoing munal projects.. A IDN source said that what Porter has Peter 1. Viscl~ ~Im:.oo $8Ïdbe"was "extremely~ '
genocide ~f Ku~ds" in Tu~ey during the ~ous~ debate in ~nd is to leave FMF alone ~ suggest a $25 mill!0n distu~" bY"the provision of the bill th~t would "gut
over th~ Foreign OperatlO.ns! Expo~Fmanc~~g and cut 10 ESF to Turkey, countmg on the cost-cuttmg [Sectionl900. .
Related Programs Appropnatlons Bill, 1996, (H.R. instincts of this Republican Congress. Since ESF are cash He wd the ~reedom Su~rt Act ?nly banned di~t
1868), thanks to Rep. John Edward Porter (R-IL), George transfers the Congress would be more willing to reduce governmental aid to,Azerbaljan and ,did not prevent po-
W. Gekas (R-PA), FrankPallone Jr.(D-NJ) and Peter 1. ESF tha1i FMF the source said. Vale groupsfrom' transferring similar humanitarian aid to
Visclosky (D-IN). ' ' Frank Pallo~e Jr. (D-NJ) targeted the "humanitarian aid Azerbaijan. ' ,
The U.S. legislators h,ad an hour-long debate ôn the corridor act" section of the bilf and asked ~ the amend- As of March 31, 1995, Azerbaijan had received $61.8
bill, witl,tout intra