By Jane Onyanga-Omara and John Bacon
Russia on Monday (click here) said the Israel Air Force was responsible for a missile attack on an air base in central Syria that activists say killed at least 14 people.
Russia's claim came hours after the Pentagon denied Syrian media reports that it conducted the air strikes in Syria in retaliation for an alleged chemical attack on civilians on Saturday.
Israel refused to comment on the allegations, the Times of Israel reported. Israel carried out an airstrike on the T4 base on Feb. 10 after an Iranian operator working there flew a drone into Israeli territory, according to Israeli media reports.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said two Israeli fighter jets launched eight guided missiles at the T4 air base from Lebanon’s air space early Monday....
...Rami Abdurrahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, said 14 people were killed, most of them Iranians or members of Iran-backed groups....
Why am I not surprised Iranians are involved? With the evidence of Iranians involved in chemical weapons that killed civilians in Syria, there is less and less doubt Iran is carrying out a war for religious domination.
The Iranian government needs to speak to it's involvement with the Syrian Civil War and President Assad. It needs to state it's intentions and why this assault with chemical weapons took place. There are Iranians that made the decision, where are they?
Basically, does Iran condemn the use of chemical weapons and denies official involvement in the Syrian Civil War?
Iran hasn't ratified the Geneva Conventions since 1977, the year before the Iranian revolution, however, it does belong to the "Convention of the Rights of the Child."
On 21 December 1976,(click here) the United Nations General Assembly declared 1979 to be the International Year of the Child in commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, proclaimed by it on 20 November 1959 (Resolution 1386 (XIV)). In the course of the preparations for this commemoration the Polish government proposed that a draft Convention on the rights of the child be drawn up....
Declarations: (click here)
"The Islamic Republic of Iran, on the basis of the Islamic principles and beliefs, considers chemical weapons inhuman, and has consistently been on the vanguard of the international efforts to abolish these weapons and prevent their use.
1. The Islamic Consultative Assembly (the Parliament) of the Islamic Republic of Iran approved the bill presented by the Government to join the [said Convention] on 27 July 1997, and the Guardian Council found the legislation compatible with the Constitution and the Islamic Tenets on 30 July 1997, in accordance with its required Constitutional process. The Islamic Consultative Assembly decided that:
The Government is hereby authorized, at an appropriate time, to accede to the [said Convention] - as annexed to this legislation and to deposit its relevant instrument.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs must pursue in all negotiations and within the framework of the Organization of the Convention, the full and indiscriminate implementation of the Convention, particularly in the areas of inspection and transfer of technology and chemicals for peaceful purposes. In case the afore-mentioned requirements are not materialized, upon the recommendation of the Cabinet and approval of the Supreme National Security Council, steps aimed at withdrawing from the Convention will be put in motion....
It is most disappointing to see Iran provide backing to extremists that do not value human life. I am sure their allies in Iraq are outspoken when saying they will attack the Kurds as well. I am confident Iran does not want another war that will once against raise the issues held by Daesh. The methods employed by Daesh were heinous.
It was my clear understanding the countries effected by Daesh and those in the region were working with each other to end the criminal killers. I never expected Iran to rally behind further violence in the Middle East.
The Syrian Civil War now appears to be interested in ethnic and religious killing. I would expect Iran to be a partner to end such violence and not propagate it for any purpose.
I think the United Nations needs to call up the resolutions on Syria and review the good intentions of that resolution and where Syria is today. If Iran and it's backed groups appear to be instilling a greater war with the defeat of Daesh, the resolutions need to reflect those newly discovered intentions, by Assad, Iran and Iraq.
It would seem there are many aspects to current tensions in the Middle East that need to be revealed and documented by the UN. It would be to everyone's best interest to resolve the tensions, hold those responsible accountable, before extremists in places like Libya join the fray.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran, on the basis of the Islamic principles and beliefs, considers chemical weapons inhuman, and has consistently been on the vanguard of the international efforts to abolish these weapons and prevent their use.
1. The Islamic Consultative Assembly (the Parliament) of the Islamic Republic of Iran approved the bill presented by the Government to join the [said Convention] on 27 July 1997, and the Guardian Council found the legislation compatible with the Constitution and the Islamic Tenets on 30 July 1997, in accordance with its required Constitutional process. The Islamic Consultative Assembly decided that:
The Government is hereby authorized, at an appropriate time, to accede to the [said Convention] - as annexed to this legislation and to deposit its relevant instrument.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs must pursue in all negotiations and within the framework of the Organization of the Convention, the full and indiscriminate implementation of the Convention, particularly in the areas of inspection and transfer of technology and chemicals for peaceful purposes. In case the afore-mentioned requirements are not materialized, upon the recommendation of the Cabinet and approval of the Supreme National Security Council, steps aimed at withdrawing from the Convention will be put in motion....
It is most disappointing to see Iran provide backing to extremists that do not value human life. I am sure their allies in Iraq are outspoken when saying they will attack the Kurds as well. I am confident Iran does not want another war that will once against raise the issues held by Daesh. The methods employed by Daesh were heinous.
It was my clear understanding the countries effected by Daesh and those in the region were working with each other to end the criminal killers. I never expected Iran to rally behind further violence in the Middle East.
The Syrian Civil War now appears to be interested in ethnic and religious killing. I would expect Iran to be a partner to end such violence and not propagate it for any purpose.
I think the United Nations needs to call up the resolutions on Syria and review the good intentions of that resolution and where Syria is today. If Iran and it's backed groups appear to be instilling a greater war with the defeat of Daesh, the resolutions need to reflect those newly discovered intentions, by Assad, Iran and Iraq.
It would seem there are many aspects to current tensions in the Middle East that need to be revealed and documented by the UN. It would be to everyone's best interest to resolve the tensions, hold those responsible accountable, before extremists in places like Libya join the fray.
