Moon of Alabama.png U.S. Ignores Own UNSC Resolution Tells Russia: "Stop Bombing Al-Qaeda!" "b", Moon of Alabama, 20 February 2016 (shortened) UN Security Council Resolution 2254 calls for a "ceasefire" in Syria. A "ceasefire", unconditioned according to the resolution, would be for the whole country but would exclude certain groups: [r]eiterates its call in resolution 2249 (2015) for Member States to prevent and suppress terrorist acts committed specifically by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as Da'esh), Al-Nusra Front (ANF), and all other individuals, groups, undertakings, and entities associated with Al Qaeda or ISIL, and other terrorist groups, [...] and to eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Syria, and notes that the aforementioned ceasefire will not apply to offensive or defensive actions against these individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, as set forth in the 14 November 2015 ISSG Statement. The resolution also underlines Syria's sovereignty. The UNSC is: Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic, and to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, ... The whole UNSC, including the U.S., France and Britain, agreed to this resolution. But the U.S., France and the UK now want to erase these significant parts of the resolution. They no longer want a ceasefire but only a "cessation of hostilities". They demand that under such a "cessation" all bombing of al-Nusra/al-Qaeda and its associated entities should stop. They now want to ignore Syria's just-reaffirmed sovereignty. As the former Indian ambassador to Turkey M K Bhadrakumar remarks: Whereas a ceasefire brings in legal obligations, which would commit the US to sit across the table and meet the Russian - and, more importantly, Syrian - military counterparts and draw up detailed modalities of implementation, UN Security Council supervision and so on, the 'cessation of hostilities' can be punctuated at will without breaking international law. Meanwhile, US and its allies are keen to gain access to all nooks and corners of Syrian territory, which will eventually help to mobilize any military operations under Plan B, especially ground operations. The humanitarian missions provide the cover for reconnaissance and ground work. The West has let loose a massive propaganda barrage against the Russian operations. Equally, the refugee crisis moulds the western opinion. The NATO is inching towards the conflict zone. . a humanitarian intervention in Syria may be just what President Barrack Obama needs to salvage his reputation. U.S. rhetoric and propaganda over alleged Russian human rights violations in the war has since increased. Despite Russia's concern over the low level of a "cessation of hostilities", it insisted on common meetings at the working level to lay out the rules for the "cessation". The first meeting only took place yesterday, the day the "cessation" was originally supposed to begin. It was the U.S., especially the Pentagon, that had dragged out the start of the talks. At the meeting the U.S. inserted a new condition, copied from the Saudis string puppet opposition, into the talks. The U.S. now demands, contrary to the UNSC resolution, that the terrorist group al-Qaeda in Syria should no longer be fought. The Washington Post reports: Jabhat al-Nusra, whose forces are intermingled with moderate rebel groups in the northwest near the Turkish border, is particularly problematic. Russia was said to have rejected a U.S. proposal to leave Jabhat al-Nusra off-limits to bombing as part of a cease-fire, at least temporarily, until the groups can be sorted out. Read that again. The U.S. supports opposition that "intermingles" with al-Qaeda? Are these not "entities associated with Al Qaeda" which the UNSC 2254 explicitly excludes from any ceasefire? And the U.S., which over the years killed thousands of civilians while droning alleged al-Qaeda personnel, now demands that all bombing of al-Qaeda in Syria stops? Full article at: <http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/02/us-ignores-own-unsc-resolution-tells-r ussia-stop-bombing-al-qaeda.html#more> http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/02/us-ignores-own-unsc-resolution-tells-ru ssia-stop-bombing-al-qaeda.html#more -- -- You are subscribed. 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