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| Russia demands U.N. terror suspect list |
| 2004-09-24 |
| Russia took its case for expanding the global war against terrorism to the United Nations, demanding the Security Council draw up a new list of terror suspects who would be subject to extradition. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, whose country has denounced Western countries for granting asylum to Chechen leaders it has linked to violence, said there can be no double standards in defining terrorists. "Those who slaughtered children in Beslan and hijacked airplanes to attack America are creatures of the same breed," he said in a forceful speech to the U.N. General Assembly. "Harboring terrorists, their henchmen and sponsors undermines the unity and mutual trust of parties to the anti-terrorist front, serves as a justification for their actions and actually encourages them to commit similar crimes in other countries," he added. Russia circulated a draft resolution stressing the need for the 15 member nations to "cooperate fully" in tracking down the perpetrators and organizers of terrorist attacks. The proposed text also asks the committee monitoring what governments are doing to fight terrorism to consider how to draw up a new list of "individuals, groups and entities involved in or associated with terrorist activities." |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #8 If the UNSC does not come through, then they lose their legitimacy and we can be rid of them. Not to be too contentious, AP, but when has the UNSC ever "come through?" These featherbed f&%ks have been farting through silk for so long that the concept of actually promoting functional diplomacy is as foreign to them as declaring terrorism a crime against humanity. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-24 11:42:01 PM |
| #7 The UNSC needs to have its feet held to the fire. Terrorists need to have no sanctuary. Also, the UNSC frauds need to be exposed for who they are. If the UNSC does not come through, then they lose their legitimacy and we can be rid of them. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul in Bethel, AK 2004-09-24 7:11:26 PM |
| #6 Zen has the idea. Certain UN members, and their UN "embassy staff", are synonymous with terrorist watch list. Thank you, BigEd. However much Rwanda should have been the telling event (not to mention their Lucullen menu for the World Hunger convention), Darfur was a final death knell for the UN's ostensible value to civilization. Their overt defense of terrorism, tacit anti-Semitism and outright refusal to confront genocide, even when it is thrust in their collective face, leave no doubt vis their moral bankruptcy. The UN needs to be dismantled and its more benign organs parted out for restaffing and reapplication elsewhere. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-24 6:05:26 PM |
| #5 Zen has the idea. Certain UN members, and their UN "embassy staff", are synonymous with terrorist watch list. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania, Yemen, Syria, etc etc etc etc |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-24 12:22:34 PM |
| #4 *snicker* |
| Posted by: 2B 2004-09-24 12:07:12 PM |
| #3 He's right, there can be no double standard. Or lies, like Iran and thier nuclear games. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2004-09-24 11:02:55 AM |
| #2 Russia demands U.N. terror suspect list Easy enough, ask for their employee roster and Rolodex. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-24 10:17:25 AM |
| #1 "UN terror suspect list"?? Compiled by...? The Syrian delegate who heads the UN Human Rights Commission? |
| Posted by: lex 2004-09-24 9:37:50 AM |