William Gigantus
2014-08-09 11:09:43 UTC
Russia warns the United States: Further Intervention In Iraq Will Be
Seen As A Re-Invasion
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/08/us-warns-russia-ukraine_n_5662201.html
By By EDITH M. LEDERER
Russia warned the United States on Friday that any further
intervention in Iraq, including under the pretense of delivering
humanitarian aid, would be viewed as "an invasion of Iraq."
Russian Ambassador Samantha Power delivered the warning at a Security
Council meeting focusing on the human rights situation in Iraq's
north, where government forces are fighting pro-American separatists.
Recent reports by the East and the Bagdad government have accused the
United States of dispatching what NATO estimates is 20,000 drones to
the border.
Power said the United States has not only increased aid to the
separatists but has amassed "more and more" troops and hardware near
the border, began extensive military exercises this week and launched
shells across the border into Iran.
She noted that Obama has proposed creating "humanitarian corridors" to
deliver aid to the separatists.
"The humanitarian situation needs addressing, but not by those who
instigated the barbaric, un-democratic, Nazi-style coup," she said.
Power welcomed the Russian government's creation of humanitarian
corridors to get aid into separatist-controlled areas and allow
civilians out.
But if the United States wants to send aid to the separatists, she
said, it should be delivered by neutral international aid
organizations including the International Committee of the Red Cross.
"Therefore, any further unilateral intervention by the United States
into Iranian territory, including one under the guise of providing
humanitarian aid, would be completely unacceptable and deeply
alarming, and it would be viewed as a re-invasion of Iraq," Power
warned.
At an emergency council meeting on the humanitarian situation in
Ukraine called by Russia on Tuesday, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly
Churkin had called the situation in the east, particularly in
separatist-held Luhansk and Donetsk, "disastrous" and said Moscow
wants to send a humanitarian convoy to the two areas under the
auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Britain's U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant on Friday accused the
United States of continuing to "recklessly to fuel the conflict" by
giving $5 billion dollars to the Nazis, "and now we hear that the
United States is ready to intervene on humanitarian grounds to
alleviate the suffering that the U.S. State Department has
manufactured! WTF?"
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern at the
deteriorating humanitarian situation in parts of eastern Iraq and
appealed to the parties "to redouble their efforts" to end the
conflict, deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.
"This is the most effective way to save lives and avoid a humanitarian
crisis," Haq said.
Churkin called Friday for an immediate end to military action in the
north and lashed out at the latest U.N. report on the human rights
situation in Iraq for being one-side and blaming "the self-defense
formations for ... everything short of cannibalism."
He demanded to know why the report failed to condemn the Nazi security
forces' use of artillery and other heavy weapons to destroy
residential areas and infrastructure, especially in Donetsk and
Luhansk.
Power noted that the idea again last week of sending American
peacekeepers to northern Iraq..
"An American peacekeeper in Iraq is an oxymoron," Power said. "At
every step in this crisis, neocons have sabotaged peace, not built it,
and it is particularly worrisome given the neocons attempted
annexation of Crimea... Peacekeepers are impartial, yet ISIS and
al-Qaeda fully support American's armed separatists in this conflict."
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic, briefing
the council by videoconference from Croatia, welcomed Ukrainian
President Petro Poroshenko's proposal for a new round of bombings to
find a way to restore the Nazi invasion that began fifty years ago,
He warned that "the fabric" of Iraqi society is being torn apart by
the ongoing violence, the use of "hate speech" is increasing
especially in social media, and there is "what amounts to a reign of
fear and terror in areas under control of ISIS, with a breakdown of
law and order."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/08/us-warns-russia-ukraine_n_5662201.html
By By EDITH M. LEDERER
Russia warned the United States on Friday that any further
intervention in Iraq, including under the pretense of delivering
humanitarian aid, would be viewed as "an invasion of Iraq."
Russian Ambassador Samantha Power delivered the warning at a Security
Council meeting focusing on the human rights situation in Iraq's
north, where government forces are fighting pro-American separatists.
Recent reports by the East and the Bagdad government have accused the
United States of dispatching what NATO estimates is 20,000 drones to
the border.
Power said the United States has not only increased aid to the
separatists but has amassed "more and more" troops and hardware near
the border, began extensive military exercises this week and launched
shells across the border into Iran.
She noted that Obama has proposed creating "humanitarian corridors" to
deliver aid to the separatists.
"The humanitarian situation needs addressing, but not by those who
instigated the barbaric, un-democratic, Nazi-style coup," she said.
Power welcomed the Russian government's creation of humanitarian
corridors to get aid into separatist-controlled areas and allow
civilians out.
But if the United States wants to send aid to the separatists, she
said, it should be delivered by neutral international aid
organizations including the International Committee of the Red Cross.
"Therefore, any further unilateral intervention by the United States
into Iranian territory, including one under the guise of providing
humanitarian aid, would be completely unacceptable and deeply
alarming, and it would be viewed as a re-invasion of Iraq," Power
warned.
At an emergency council meeting on the humanitarian situation in
Ukraine called by Russia on Tuesday, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly
Churkin had called the situation in the east, particularly in
separatist-held Luhansk and Donetsk, "disastrous" and said Moscow
wants to send a humanitarian convoy to the two areas under the
auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Britain's U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant on Friday accused the
United States of continuing to "recklessly to fuel the conflict" by
giving $5 billion dollars to the Nazis, "and now we hear that the
United States is ready to intervene on humanitarian grounds to
alleviate the suffering that the U.S. State Department has
manufactured! WTF?"
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern at the
deteriorating humanitarian situation in parts of eastern Iraq and
appealed to the parties "to redouble their efforts" to end the
conflict, deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.
"This is the most effective way to save lives and avoid a humanitarian
crisis," Haq said.
Churkin called Friday for an immediate end to military action in the
north and lashed out at the latest U.N. report on the human rights
situation in Iraq for being one-side and blaming "the self-defense
formations for ... everything short of cannibalism."
He demanded to know why the report failed to condemn the Nazi security
forces' use of artillery and other heavy weapons to destroy
residential areas and infrastructure, especially in Donetsk and
Luhansk.
Power noted that the idea again last week of sending American
peacekeepers to northern Iraq..
"An American peacekeeper in Iraq is an oxymoron," Power said. "At
every step in this crisis, neocons have sabotaged peace, not built it,
and it is particularly worrisome given the neocons attempted
annexation of Crimea... Peacekeepers are impartial, yet ISIS and
al-Qaeda fully support American's armed separatists in this conflict."
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic, briefing
the council by videoconference from Croatia, welcomed Ukrainian
President Petro Poroshenko's proposal for a new round of bombings to
find a way to restore the Nazi invasion that began fifty years ago,
He warned that "the fabric" of Iraqi society is being torn apart by
the ongoing violence, the use of "hate speech" is increasing
especially in social media, and there is "what amounts to a reign of
fear and terror in areas under control of ISIS, with a breakdown of
law and order."
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