"hello, I'm going to be at the bag convention this weekend, please be sure to stop by and say 'hi.' I'll be at the douche exhibit." *
Posted on 01/29/2012 8:25:20 AM PST by Eleutheria5
The Syrian government has condemned a decision by the Arab League to pull its monitors from the raging civil war zone.
The Arab League said Saturday it had decided to "immediately" suspend its mission to monitor the situation in Syria due to the growing violence, the BBC reported. The decision came less than a week after a vote to extend the mission another month.
Fierce fighting near Damascus centered on several eastern suburbs that had been seized by opposition forces, and which government troops fought to recapture. At least 12 people were killed and 30 others were wounded in the clashes on Saturday, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby announced Saturday in a statement, "Given the critical deterioration of the situation in Syria and the continued use of violence... it has been decided to immediately stop the work of the Arab League's mission to Syria."
The regime of President Bashar al-Assad expressed surprise and "regret" in response to the move.
"This will have a negative impact and put pressure on [United Nations Security Council] deliberations with the aim of calling for foreign intervention and encouraging armed groups to increase violence," a government official said in a statement on state-run Syria TV.
Observatory director Rami Abdul Rahman said the fighting near the capital had been the "most intense" since the uprising began in March 2011.
"The Syrian regime is trying to finish the uprising militarily now that the case is being taken to the United Nations," he explained to a BBC reporter.
Russia, however, still opposes a vote on a draft resolution to condemn Damascus, but has said it has done "all it can" for the beleaguered Assad regime.
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Bashar is greatly saddened that the Arab League has decided to cease its participation in this farce.
Obama has no intention of hindering a blood brother’s bloodletting of his people.
The U.N. has no intention of dipping it’s toe into a Middle East cauldron. Lose-lose.
Meanwhile, Bashar’s buddies are slowly peeling away from him. It’s becoming a liability to be his friend as his reputation grows ever more odious.
"hello, I'm going to be at the bag convention this weekend, please be sure to stop by and say 'hi.' I'll be at the douche exhibit." *
Yeah, we'll come back to monitor things when nothing is happening.
WTF sense does that make?
They were running out of monitoring outfits that weren’t already dyed brown and yellow.
“Call me not Naomi (sweet) but Marah (bitter).” I feel like one of the poor rzlubs Bill and I screwed over when we were in the White House.
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