Posted on 01/15/2018 8:08:53 AM PST by nuconvert
Iran’s missile program has been the target of criticism by the US and the European Union for quite some time. When Yemeni Houthi rebels launched a missile toward Saudi Arabia on November 5, 2017, Iran was accused of having supplied it to them, a charge Iranian officials categorically denied. But on Friday, January 12, a United Nations panel concluded that the Islamic Republic had violated a UN arms embargo by directly or indirectly providing missiles and drones to the Shi'ite rebels in Yemen.
In the 79-page report, the panel accuses Iran of violating UN Security Council Resolution 2216, passed in July 2015, which imposed an arms embargo on Yemeni combatants. In effect, the report not only traces the missiles back to Iran, it also makes clear that the missiles were provided to Houthis after the resolution was passed. In other words, Iran cannot escape responsibility by claiming that it had armed the Houthis before the passage of the resolution.
The report also specifically mentions that Iran has not observed Article 14 of the resolution. The article states: “All Member States shall immediately take the necessary measures to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer …of arms and related materiel of all types…and technical assistance, training, financial or other assistance, related to military activities” to Houthis, whether directly or indirectly. This means the report prevents Iranian officials from using the excuse that the Houthis had received the armaments “indirectly”.
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To many cops patrolling the area.
After all, if Gwenn Moore can pay her sons with taxpayer dollars to flatten all the tires of the RNC in Milwaukee, I can't see the problemmo?
Post of the day!
Make me king of the world and watch how easily I fix things, and then relinquish the throne. The problem would be, where do I start?
There are probably more UN resolutions against Israel than all others combined.
Gee, Obama’s cash-fueled terrorist state of Iran keeps maching on....
Who could have foreseen that? Oh yeah, we did.
Liberals think Obama fixed a problem. Yeah, that’s what he did.
Brother Dave Hunt (RIP) noted in “Israel, Islam and Armageddon” that about 1/3 of all United Nations resolutions were against Israel, in one form or another.
The fact that Resolution 181 passed is a miracle.
/sarc
( No criminal intent, no weapons involved )
Not nearly as scary as stern letter from Congressman Issa.
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Trap? It's a learning moment. Demonstrating to Iran that violating agreements have no consequences.
Iran is also building IRBMs and trying to build ICBMs.
You do not put a HE warhead on an IRBM or ICBM; only nucs.
Case closed.
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