The Middle East

[foxbat1]

Originally Posted by Dr Pepper

Funny-for a moment there i thought you were referring to Pakistan.....but they're obviously a better class of feral medieval leadership....

I assumed it was Israel from the first sentence. Those loonies need to be disarmed ASAP.

It's not just that they have nuclear weapons like missiles, they are mad enough to try smuggling one into another country and claiming it was some kind of terrorist attack and nothing to do with them. The only thing protecting anyone in the region is that Zionists don't want to contaminate Greater Israel.

Anyway, it looks like Iran is playing the grown up here. They will probably bring it up at the UN first, and then retaliate at the time of their choosing. Or maybe not, that would certainly scupper Israel's scheme to get the US involved.

[foxbat1]

Gaza's IVF embryos destroyed by Israeli strike

When an Israeli shell struck Gaza's largest fertility clinic in December, the explosion blasted the lids off five liquid nitrogen tanks stored in a corner of the embryology unit.

As the ultra-cold liquid evaporated, the temperature inside the tanks rose, destroying more than 4,000 embryos plus 1,000 more specimens of sperm and unfertilized eggs stored at Gaza City's Al Basma IVF centre.

The impact of that single explosion was far-reaching -- an example of the unseen toll Israel's six-and-a-half-month-old assault has had on the 2.3 million people of Gaza.

The embryos in those tanks were the last hope for hundreds of Palestinian couples facing infertility.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle...ke-2024-04-17/

I expect US politicians who believe that an embryo is a person will ignore the fact that one bomb just murdered 5,000 of them.

[badman999]

Originally Posted by foxbat1

Gaza's IVF embryos destroyed by Israeli strike



https://www.reuters.com/world/middle...ke-2024-04-17/

I expect US politicians who believe that an embryo is a person will ignore the fact that one bomb just murdered 5,000 of them.

All the more reason why the evil war perpetrated by Hamas needs to end - by HAmas surrendering unconditionally.

All this suffering, all down to a terrorist group you defend with every fibre of your being. It's almost as if you're Jeremy Corbyn.

[foxbat1]

ICC considering issuing war crimes arrest warrants for Netanyahu, others - report

The International Criminal Court may be considering issuing international arrest warrants in the relatively near future against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials for alleged war crimes, N12 reported Thursday night.

Around 125 countries are members of the ICC, including essentially all of Europe, and are bound by treaty law to honor the ICC’s arrest warrants, though there have been examples of countries protesting such warrants and refusing to honor them.

The Thursday report said Netanyahu met urgently with Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, and Foreign Minister Israel Katz to address the issue and to appeal to Western allies to assist.

In addition, the report said Netanyahu discussed the issue with top British and German officials who were visiting Israel this week.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-797820

I think it's very unlikely that Netanyahu and the others will ever be brought to justice, but even if they escape it will further isolate Israel and make it harder for them to continue with genocide.

[SexObjex]

Originally Posted by Dr Pepper

And naturally you'd be OK with Iran returning the favour? One rule for all after all...isn't that a principle of law?....anyone involved in the research on-and/or the development of anything you personally disapprove of-is a legitimate target-in any country? Hardly seems fair otherwise...........

They can come over here and try it if they wish. We've already established that we can do it over there, to their citizens, inside their borders, with impunity.

What have they done about that? /crickets

There are no rules and there are no innocents in warfare.

[Devius]

Originally Posted by scoundrel

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68852522

And so it begins.

I'm highly doubtful that Iranian nuclear facilities can be found on an AA road map. I dare say Israeli intelligence agencies have been looking into where Iran keeps her nuclear weapons program, but even so I don't think they'll get far using this method, if boots on the ground aren't finding where all the Hamas tunnels are. I'm afraid this is more brute force and ignorance at work.

Iran is going to retaliate of course. I would order the RAF to stay out of the way, and not to shoot down anything Iranian unless it is attacking British or American assets. Israel can fight this on all on her lonely-oh as far as I am concerned.

IMO it began when Hamas committed their alleged War Crimes last October. Hamas - funded by various countries including Iran. Hamas, aided by the piratical Houthis.

Israel responded with a deadly vengeance, and now Gaza is the world's biggest parking lot (well done Hamas - NOT!).

How Iran will respond is the proverbial 64 million-dollar question. A senior Iranian official told Reuters on Friday that Iran had no plan for immediate retaliation against Israel, so they MIGHT be contemplating retaliating via their proxy agents - but we know Israel will stop at nothing to get those they deem ultimately responsible.

[SexObjex]

Just when you thought this war had exhausted its potential for bleeding-heart search-engine optimized clickbait ... someone finds a way.

Originally Posted by foxbat1

Gaza's IVF embryos destroyed by Israeli strike

[SexObjex]

Can I just say thank God the Congress came to its senses and pulled up its pants to do its damn duty.



Any alliance with the United States shall never be questioned. Thank God our lawmakers came to their senses and dispelled these toadying traitors.

[scoundrel]

Originally Posted by foxbat1

Or just be a US citizen and sue your government.

Your innocence is deeply touching. But have you looked at the US Supreme Court recently? And even if it was then and not now, I think such an action would have been laughed out of the building by the liberal justices, such as Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, let alone the reactionary bench which now is.

[foxbat1]

Originally Posted by scoundrel

Your innocence is deeply touching. But have you looked at the US Supreme Court recently? And even if it was then and not now, I think such an action would have been laughed out of the building by the liberal justices, such as Ruth Bader-Ginsburg, let alone the reactionary bench which now is.

Suing the federal government is a popular pass-time in the US. The current bunch of right wingers wouldn't want to stop their own people doing that, it being one of their favourite ways to maintain "states rights".