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2005-04-13 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by tu3031 2005-04-13 2:59:06 PM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The treaty makes it a crime for any person to possess radioactive material or a radioactive device with the intent to cause death or injury, or damage property or the environment."

Read that a couple of times and see if any bells go off.

Posted by .com 2005-04-13 3:21:31 PM|| 2005-04-13 3:21:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The U.N. General Assembly approved a global treaty Wednesday aimed at preventing nuclear terrorism by making it a crime for would-be terrorists to possess or threaten to use nuclear weapons or radioactive material.

Sooo.....have these guys fixed what is ailing their organization yet?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-13 3:35:12 PM|| 2005-04-13 3:35:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Damn,now what am I going to do with that Tactical nuke I baught at the flea market?

Posted by raptor 2005-04-13 4:04:52 PM|| 2005-04-13 4:04:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Where's the amendment that sez: "Especially Israel. So there."

Posted by Snolulet Clusing8242 2005-04-13 4:11:32 PM|| 2005-04-13 4:11:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Russiaâs deputy U.N. ambassador Alexander Konuzin, whose country sponsored the resolution, hailed itâs approval. "Itâs the first time that an anti-terrorist convention has been developed on the basis of preventing â that is not after the fact but before the terrorist acts which are criminalized by this convention," he said.

So they're being pre-emptively ineffective?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-04-13 4:15:42 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-04-13 4:15:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 They (the UN) still haven't defined terrorist or terroism. This isn't just meaningless, it double plus meaningless.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-13 6:14:25 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-13 6:14:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Sue they have:

Terrorism = Israel | United States;

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-04-13 6:20:28 PM|| 2005-04-13 6:20:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 "The treaty makes it a crime for any person to possess radioactive material or a radioactive device with the intent to cause death or injury, or damage property or the environment."

It does no such thing. This just Tranzi wishful thinking. The next paragraph says what it actually does. At best it harmonizes national laws, although with the lowest common denominator effect.

Posted by phil_b 2005-04-13 6:22:10 PM|| 2005-04-13 6:22:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 SURE they have....

(damn keyboard....).

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-04-13 6:22:52 PM|| 2005-04-13 6:22:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Gadzooks, I feel so much safer now!

Posted by Tom 2005-04-13 7:26:31 PM|| 2005-04-13 7:26:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Folks---This goes beyond meaningless! Meaningless is just a start. Let us review what these UN ~~clowns~~ er diplomats have done:

1. They have collaborated to wordsmith a treaty document together that criminalizes the possession or threatened use of nuclear weapons or radioactive material, ostensibly for would-be terrorists.

2. Would-be terrorists still have to be defined. It could include be anybody. It could be Binny, or Hek, or Omar, or it could be Iran (0.00001% chance), or it could be persons in Israel (99-44/100% chance), or the US, or the UK, or France, couldn't be Russia (after all, it was their idea).

3. What is the criminal punishment for this crime, assuming that Inspector Clouseau nabs him or her? Three hots in a cot in the Hague? Real shake-em-in-their-boots deterrant to a suicide bomber.

All this proposed treaty does is put another brick in the transnational government framework. What this really is in the short term is a way to further isolate Israel but calling the Israeli government leader a terrorist who possesses a nuclear device. In the long term, the treaty will serve as a tool for anything the Tranzis want it to be to stick it to some country, like the US.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-04-13 8:02:25 PM|| 2005-04-13 8:02:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Hmmmmmmm. I have some low-level sources (for testing Geiger counters and such). Am I "harming the environment" and thus subject to having the Blue Helmets come in and rob and rape My family?

Posted by Jackal 2005-04-13 10:56:26 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-04-13 10:56:26 PM|| Front Page Top

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