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| 2007-03-29 |
| Britain has failed to win UN support for a statement deploring Iran's detention of 15 UK sailors and marines and calling for their immediate release. A senior Iranian official suggested Iran may put the British captives on trial. After three hours of talks, ambassadors from the 15 UN Security Council nations were still trying to agree on a watered-down press statement. One compromise that would take note the council's concern about the detentions and call for their immediate release was rejected by Russia, diplomats said. Russia proposed instead that the statement take note of the general situation and call for humanitarian access. Russia-Humanitarian: They fit together like, say, Yankees-Red Sox The nation, which has strong commercial links with Tehran, raised serious objections to the thrust of the original British statement. Well, Blighty, you know you've hit bottom as a respected military power when even the Kremlin's kleptocrats call you fibbers. The sailors and marines were seized after they allegedly went into Iranian waters - but Britain has insisted the servicemen and woman were in Iraqi waters. The UK had wanted the council to say it deplores Iran's actions, to state that the incident took place in Iraqi waters, and demand the Britons' immediate release of the Britons. Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, said only that he had made "constructive suggestions" and hoped members could agree on a statement. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #11 Way past time to sent these UN idiots packing. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-03-29 22:02 |
| #10 UN Will Not 'Deplore' Iran I'm sure that the irony of such a deplorable institution as the UN refusing to deplore a moral cesspool like Iran is entirely lost upon the UNSC members. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-03-29 21:55 |
| #9 3dc, just make them pay traffic tickets and they will self-deport |
| Posted by: RWV 2007-03-29 21:13 |
| #8 Its long past time we gave the UN and all the embassies to it in NYNY a 2 weeks notice to exit stage left from the United States. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-03-29 21:09 |
| #7 Rest assured the US and/or the UK will have to veto the statement "deploring" their use of force against Iran |
| Posted by: RWV 2007-03-29 20:56 |
| #6 What's the difference between a statement of 'grave concern' and the 'watered-down' statement? About a bucket full of spit either way. Does anyone expect 'strongly worded statements' by the UN or anyone else to do any good about getting the hostages released? This is too much like the kid saying to dad, 'He's doing it again - make him stop it!" Except there ain't no dad to slap the other one upside the head. When /if Blair finds his cajones and starts bombing Iran or blockading ports, then we might have reason for hope. |
| Posted by: WTF 2007-03-29 20:48 |
| #5 "After three hours of talks, ambassadors from the 15 UN Security Council nations were still trying to agree on a watered-down press statement." And that, ladies and gentlemen, will be the epitaph of our times. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2007-03-29 19:43 |
| #4 i think the US House of Representatives can give them a real run for (somebody else's) money, Steve. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-03-29 19:35 |
| #3 Tsk. The United Nations. Is there a more wretched hive of scum and villainy in the entire solar system? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-03-29 19:01 |
| #2 Can we send out a search party for the Balls and Backbones of the unsc. u - unicks n - ninnies s - scared c - criminals That about describes them. Yes I know I spelled eunuch wrong but it fits this group. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-03-29 18:47 |
| #1 Sky News has updated the original post. A watered-down statement of 'grave concern' was approved by the UN Security Council late this afternoon. |
| Posted by: mrp 2007-03-29 18:24 |