Russia, China veto UN resolution demanding Aleppo truce

[FarCenter]

UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) (AFP) -
Russia and China on Monday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a seven day ceasefire in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo.

Venezuela also voted against the text presented by Spain, Egypt and New Zealand, while Angola abstained.

http://www.france24.com/en/20161205-russia-china-veto-un-resolution-demanding-aleppo-truce

This is odd -- IIRC, China has usually abstained rather than joining in Russia's veto. They must be pissed about something.

[lonestarnot]

1. There's part of yam's good job, doing a heck of a job already there orangie. Brownie/Orangie both

simpletons of the highest order.

[TubbersUK]

2. BBC has further info

Russia and China have vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council that called for a seven-day ceasefire in Syria's embattled city of Aleppo.
Russia said the document infringed the council rule allowing countries 24 hours to consider the final wording.
The US dismissed this as a "made-up alibi", saying Russia wanted to preserve recent military gains by Syrian government troops in Aleppo.
The army are reported to have seized more parts of rebel-held east Aleppo.

On Monday, Russia and China - both veto-wielding council members - voted against the draft submitted jointly by Egypt, New Zealand and Spain.
Venezuela also voted "No", while Angola abstained.
The other 11 UN Security Council members backed the resolution.

US deputy envoy to the UN, Michele Sison, accused Russia of using a "made-up alibi".
"We will not let Russia string along the Security Council," she added.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38216969

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Opening Salvo against

El Presidente' to be. This was not missed by the whole World. So it begins.

[wcmagumba]

4. The Yam...

wouldn't want a cease fire in Aleppo (even if he knew where it was)...he's all in with his master Puty...

[FarCenter]

6. Aleppo will be retaken from the rebels by Syria before Trump is in office.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

5. Guess what Chna is pissed off about!

space

Pentagon Reports On China’s Satellite Killers
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on May 11, 2015 at 3:39 PM

WASHINGON: From space weapons to armed drones, Chinese technology is accelerating into worrying new arenas, warns the Pentagon’s annual report on Chinese military power. But that doesn’t mean China is overtaking the US, a leading space expert cautioned, and a panicked over-reaction could drive bad policy.

“Perhaps the most worrying part of the report from a US perspective is the section talking about Chinese counterspace capabilities,” said Brian Weeden, the Secure World Foundation‘s technical advisor. “The tough question is what to do, [and] some of the potential options could make the situation worse instead of better.”

The report discusses three apparent tests of Chinese anti-satellite systems (ASAT), not just the well-known two. Everyone knows about China’s 2007 test when it destroyed its own defunct satellite, scattering debris that continues to orbit the planet and threaten space assets of every country. A fair number of people know that in 2014, China conducted what the Pentagon called a “successful” test of the same system, albeit without actually destroying a target, to everyone’s relief.

But very few people know that in May 2013, China launched something else: a mysterious object that nearly reached geosynchronous orbit, the ultra-high altitude where crucial communications satellites hang out. Based on its trajectory, the system couldn’t have been intended to launch satellites or traditional research missions. Instead, the Pentagon report says and Weeden’s own analysis confirms, it could have been an anti-satellite system able to reach altitudes three times higher than the weapon tested in 2007 and 2014.
http://breakingdefense.com/2015/05/pentagon-reports-on-chinas-satellite-killers/


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