After
Libya
Killings, UNSC
Urges "All
Authorities"
to Protect, UN
Envoy Out
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
WASHINGTON
DC, September
12 --
After the
killing of US
Ambassador to
Libya
Christopher
Stevens and
three other
American
diplomats in
Benghazi,
finger
pointing began
or picked up
steam in
Washington.
President
Barack Obama
called his
Afghan
counterpart
Hamid Kharzai.
Meanwhile
Pakistan
issued a
statement
condemning the
video that was
being
protested in
Benghazi and
Cairi, but not
the killings.
Up in New
York, the UN
Security
Council on
which Pakistan
serves issued
a press
statement
which called
on "all
authorities"
to protect
diplomatic
premises.
Some including
Inner City
Press
inevitably
compared it to
the Council's
November 2011
statement
after the UK
embassy in
Tehran was
"overrun."
That statement
called on
"Iranian
authorities"
to protect
diplomats.
The UN, mere
hours after
the killings,
chose to
confirm the
departure of
its envoy to
Libya, Ian
Martin. The
timing seemed
less than
ideal. Watch
this site, for
report from
Washington
then from the
UN.
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