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| UK fails to win UN support for Iran statement |
| 2007-03-30 |
| Britain failed to win Security Council support Thursday for a statement that would "deplore" Iran's detention of 15 British sailors and call for their immediate release, council diplomats said. A senior Iranian official suggested Iran may put the British captives on trial. After more than four hours of closed-door talks, ambassadors from the 15 council nations were still trying to agree on a watered-down press statement. "It doesn't look like we're going to come to agreement today - perhaps we'll take this up again tomorrow," US deputy ambassador Jackie Sanders said. One compromise that would note the council's concern about the detention of the naval personnel and call for their immediate release was rejected by Russia, the diplomats said. Russia proposed instead that the statement take note of the general situation and call for humanitarian access, the diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the discussions were private. Britain asked the 14 other Security Council members on Wednesday to approve a statement which would "deplore the continuing detention by the government of Iran" of the 15 naval personnel who "were operating in Iraqi waters" as part of the US-led multinational force in Iraq under a council mandate. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 It is always a mistake to underestimate a credible foe. Remember the old saying "Better your enemies think you a fool". |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-03-30 20:39 |
| #9 It's always the West that goes to the UN, while Russia does what they want. |
| Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087 2007-03-30 17:56 |
| #8 Re: females on patrol Aren't we required by the "religion of peas" to have a female tag along in case some muslim women needs to be frisked? Or the jahdibi's would all dress up in womens cloths. Our own attempts at sensitivity being projectile vomited back at us again. |
| Posted by: Capsu 78 2007-03-30 10:58 |
| #7 Caracas, soon to become Carcas, considering at how things are going there with Hugo's ZimBobification. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-03-30 10:57 |
| #6 And why are we supporting this organization? Deport the whole bunch and let them set up shop in Paris, Havana, Caracas, etc. They have finally devolved into the League of Ninnies. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-03-30 10:15 |
| #5 If we are going to get dainty about the fate of female captives then women should under no circumstances be placed in harm's way. Not that this will do them any good once the rapists march up the Mall and fly the black banner from Buck House. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-03-30 08:51 |
| #4 All the 'clear-eyed Brit these days' are leaving the country or have left . I personaly wouldnt have allowed negitiations to be split between 1 woman and 14 men . We should have demanded the full release of all 15 together. Now we have 15 'bargaining chips' to worry about .. Once they release the woman , they will try and release the others one by one . This is a perfect example of why women should not serve on the front-line . I am not saying they are incabale , no ... what I am saying is that the enemy we face today has got no quarms about playing on our sensibilities . I am sick to the back teeth of this , f*ck the UN , and f*ck Iran . I would be more than happy to see Blair and co show some spine . |
| Posted by: MacNails 2007-03-30 05:23 |
| #3 I wouldn't count Britain out yet. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they participated in retalitory action of a meaningful sort. They fought well in Iraq. They are a force to be reckoned with - if they so choose. It is always a mistake to underestimate a credible foe. |
| Posted by: Fester Jomons8988 2007-03-30 01:37 |
| #2 Looks like the Russkis are once again an enemy gangster state. Meanwhile, howz that brilliantly clever effort going to "isolate" Iran as our fiendishly sophisticated response to their piracy? I'm guessing the idiots will release the captives when they've had their fun, and while in the end all of this will avail the doomed mullah-cracy nothing, it certainly indicates the UK continues to move closer to "lost cause" category. It's awful enough being a thinking American today and having to put up with the idiocy and cowardice in the political class and much of the electorate - can't imagine what it's like to be a clear-eyed Brit these days. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2007-03-30 01:31 |
| #1 What say the UN Human Rights Council? |
| Posted by: ed 2007-03-30 00:40 |