The Face of Evil

UN (aka US's puppet) demands Syria cooperate in Hariri probe

By Evelyn Leopold and Irwin Arieff 29 minutes ago

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Monday for a resolution demanding Syria cooperate with a U.N. probe into the death of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri or face possible "further action."

The United States, France and Britain sponsored the measure in response to a tough report earlier this month by a U.N. commission that said Syrian security forces and its Lebanese allies organized the bombing that killed Hariri and 21 others in Beirut on February 14.

The report, by German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, who heads the U.N. probe, also accused Syria of lack of cooperation.

Some 11 foreign ministers or their deputies among the 15 Security Council members traveled to New York for the meeting, underlying the importance of the vote and negotiated the text until the last minute.

"With our decision today we show that Syria has isolated itself from the international community through its false statements, its support for terrorism, its interference in the affairs of its neighbors and its destabilizing behavior in the Middle East," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.

"Now the Syrian government needs to make a strategic decision to fundamentally change its behavior," she said.

The resolution was adopted 15-0 after the principal drafters, the United States and France, agreed to delete a specific reference to economic sanctions. Instead the resolution would consider possible unspecified "further action" if Syria did not comply.

We know what further action implies. Because we know their intentions. The West intend to broaden their influence in the Middle East, and the consequences will be a de-stabilised world. The key players believe this imperialist approach is worth the risk. The risk of widening a war is never worth it.