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| Persians Blink - Allow Ship Inspection |
| 2015-05-21 |
| Rooters. UN takes credit.; U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday announced talks between warring Yemeni parties in Geneva on May 28 to end over seven weeks of war, as Iran agreed for international inspections of an aid ship sailing to Yemen. So sez Rooters. So the UN can take credit. They would have done that anyways... "The Secretary-General is pleased to announce the launch of inclusive consultations starting on 28 May in Geneva to restore momentum toward a Yemeni-led political transition process," the U.N. statement issued in New York said. But don't get your hopes up, because - Houthi leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi announced "conditions" for their attendance of the talks in a speech broadcast on Wednesday, including a commitment by parties to a controversial agreement after the Houthis' September takeover of the capital that integrated the militia into all the state's institutions. We say you promised, so now it's a condition to chiseling it in stone. "The only way to solve the political problem is dialogue in a neutral country over what has been agreed upon in advance in the peace and partnership agreement," al-Houthi said. First, you agree to everything, then the UN can arrange the five-star dining. If it's all agreed in advance then there's no point to the meeting... |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #3 Pappy, that's a best case scenario... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2015-05-21 13:50 |
| #2 My concern is that the inspectors' competency will be on a par with those of the IAEA. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-05-21 12:04 |
| #1 Nice try: those weren't UN warships that would've stopped that ship |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-05-21 08:43 |