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2004-02-10 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by JerseyMike 2004-02-10 7:04:34 AM|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 UNSC Resolution 1441 was passed -- 15-0 with Russia voting YEA -- under Chapter VII of the UN Charter which authorized the use of FORCE by UN member states to bring the target nation into compliance. UNSC Resolution 1441 further explicitly promised SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES -- defined for all Council members as the use of FORCE -- for the failure of the Saddamite regime to immediately, proactively and unconditionally comply with the terms of UNSC Resolution 1441. PM Blair -- after failure to win a resolution stating Saddam had not complied with UNSC Resolution 1441 -- told the House of Commons his team of international law experts had determined USSC Resolution 1441 was all the authority needed to use FORCE to conduct free and unfettered inspections in Iraq proper. Member states which upheld the "honor" of the UN by enforcing UNSC Resolution 1441 gave a victory to that "august" international body. Conversely, Russia slithered away from her international obligations under UNSC Resolution 1441 and by doing so soiled her panties.

Posted by Garrison 2004-2-10 7:27:26 AM|| 2004-2-10 7:27:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, if that's the case, then I think Putin should let Kofi handle the Chechen crisis - no?

"He said Russia and many other Security Council members relied on the conclusions of U.N. weapons inspectors who returned to Iraq in November 2002 ~~to distribute their free barrels of oil~~ and reported to the council that Iraq had finally started to cooperate fully and had provided immediate access to sites."

Posted by B 2004-2-10 7:41:53 AM|| 2004-2-10 7:41:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 if that's the case, then I think Putin should let Kofi handle the Chechen crisis - no?

Well said!

Posted by phil_b 2004-2-10 8:03:06 AM|| 2004-2-10 8:03:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Si'Hefe.

Posted by Raptor 2004-2-10 8:51:25 AM|| 2004-2-10 8:51:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 ONE BILLION barrels...

Posted by mojo 2004-2-10 10:51:37 AM|| 2004-2-10 10:51:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe Putin forgot about the leader of Guini who chose to consult his psychic friend to decide the proper fate of Sadaam. The Butcher of Baghdad's future depended on whether the gullet contained an even or an odd number of pebbles and whether Chicken Little ate bugs for breakfast or opted for the salad bar.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-10 11:19:49 AM|| 2004-2-10 11:19:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe the Guinean leader can pass along Dionne Warwick's phone number to Putin as a gesture of goodwill....

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-2-10 11:55:05 AM|| 2004-2-10 11:55:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 and no signs of a resumption of weapons of mass destruction programs which had existed before the 1991 Gulf War," Lavrov said.

Not true: Kay's group found evidence of WMD programs in a semi-dormant state that the UN inspectors missed, and that were calculated to implement a fast-restart capability. There was an active missile program that even the inspectors caught.

Posted by Ptah 2004-2-10 1:51:07 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-2-10 1:51:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 No, I suppose the UN's credibility did NOT suffer; the meter bottoms out at zero.

Posted by Jackal 2004-2-10 8:08:20 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2004-2-10 8:08:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 a new blog maybe? www.iraniansforkerry.com

Posted by Jarhead 2004-2-10 8:41:43 PM|| 2004-2-10 8:41:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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