Samuel Weems
Samuel A. Weems (December 12, 1936 – January 25, 2003) was an Armenian genocide denialist, the writer of the book Armenia: The Secrets of a "Christian" Terrorist State,[1] and a disbarred lawyer[2][3][4] from Hazen, Arkansas.
He was disbarred while holding the office of prosecuting attorney for mixing his clients' money with his own. A year later he was convicted of arson and conspiring to defraud an insurance firm, but was not immediately removed from the office, despite the disbarment decision.[2] He unsuccessfully ran for the position of mayor of the very small town of Hazen in 1994 and 1998.[5][non-primary source needed]
He made various controversial remarks such as "the Armenians have never been known as truth tellers" and "the number one export of Armenia is terrorism". Weems' book Armenia: The Secrets of a "Christian" Terrorist State[1] was condemned by the Armenian Assembly of America as "outrageous and racist anti-Armenian propaganda".[6] The book was subsequently published in Azerbaijani[7] and Turkish.[8]
In March 2002, Weems visited Turkey on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the assassination of
Weems died of a heart attack on January 25, 2003, and was survived by his Turkish wife, Gülnur, and a son.
References
- ^ ISBN 9780971921238.
- ^ a b 98-801 Archived August 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Arkansas Legal Ethics". Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- ^ "EX PARTE SAM WEEMS - Laserfiche WebLink". Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- ^ 99-010 Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Assembly Exposes Latest Attempt at Genocide Denial – Discredited Author of Soon-To-Be-Published 'Armenia: The Great Deception' Sinks Denier Category to New Low" (Press release). Armenian Assembly of America. February 8, 2002. Archived from the original on July 10, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- OCLC 961097967.
- ISBN 9789756288825.
- ^ ISSN 1043-0164. Archived from the originalon April 25, 2003.