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TheCount
12-15-2017, 03:01 AM
They probably don't want this to remind us of Colin Powell's presentation to the UN, but that's immediately what I thought of.



In a presentation that echoes assertions by another administration that Iraq was concealing weapons of mass destruction, US officials have created a display of evidence that the Trump administration hopes will trigger further action against Iran. In a hangar at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, DC, today, Department of Defense (DOD) officials accompanied by US United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley put on display debris from what they claim are Iranian-built ballistic missiles and other weapons recovered by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The presentation comes as the secretary general of the United Nations is scheduled to release a report on Iran's lack of compliance with UN Security Council resolutions. Haley says the report "describes violation after violation of weapons transfers and ballistic missile activity. Aid from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to dangerous militias and terror groups is increasing... Its ballistic missiles and advanced weapons are turning up in war zones across the region. It's hard to find a conflict or a terrorist group in the Middle East that does not have Iran's fingerprints all over it."


And those fingerprints, according to the display presented for the press today in the hangar, are all over the two ballistic missiles and other weapons. The components all bear marks tying them to manufacturers in Iran. This is proof, according to a DOD report, that Iran is illicitly shipping highly destructive weapons to anti-government forces in Yemen for use against Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Gulf as part of its efforts "to sow instability and promote violence throughout the region."


Haley said that the US government had invited representatives from other nations, including "the entire UN Security Council," to see the evidence on display. "And we are inviting all members of Congress to view it. This evidence is part of what has led the US intelligence community to conclude, unequivocally, that these weapons were supplied by the Iranian regime. The evidence is undeniable. The weapons might as well have had 'Made in Iran' stickers all over it."


The ballistic missile fragments were, according to DOD analysis, pieces of two Iranian Qiam missiles. The first targeted the Yanbu terminal—a major Red Sea oil facility on Saudi Arabia's west coast. It was launched July 24 and was not intercepted by Saudi missile defenses. It caused a major fire near the terminal, though there was little detail given at the time by Saudi Arabia about the damage done. The second, launched on November 5, was aimed at King Khalid International Airport near Riyadh; the Saudi Arabian government claimed to have intercepted the missile with its Patriot missile batteries, but other reports suggest that the Patriot system may have hit the falling booster of the missile after it had separated from the warhead.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/dod-shows-components-proving-iran-provided-missiles-fired-at-saudi-arabia/

NorthCarolinaLiberty
12-15-2017, 03:50 AM
They probably don't want this to remind us of Colin Powell's presentation to the UN, but that's immediately what I thought of.


So many of you Democrats supported the law which authorized the use of force against Iraq, based on Powell's presentation. The Democrats in the Senate had about 60% in their vote. It was about 40% in the house. Did you, as a progressive, support that? And, why is this now a problem for you Democrats? Are you standing by principle? Or, is this simply the politics of personality?

KEEF
12-15-2017, 04:42 AM
So when can we start displaying that “bad guys” are killing people with ones we provide them, vote to bomb the shit out of ourselves, and then call it a day? I am so tired of war and more war.

TheCount
12-15-2017, 04:50 AM
So when can we start displaying that “bad guys” are killing people with ones we provide them, vote to bomb the shit out of ourselves, and then call it a day? I am so tired of war and more war.
When the US gives weapons to rebels they're wonderful freedom democracy weapons.

When Iran gives weapons to rebels they're dirty terrorist murder weapons.