Syrians carrying the revolutionary flag and some of them weapons as they take part in a protest at Clock Square in Idlib, Syria.
Posted on 02/12/2012 4:54:01 PM PST by bruinbirdman
Arab nations on Sunday night called for a joint United Nations peacekeeping force to be sent to the country.
Syrians carrying the revolutionary flag and some of them weapons as they take part in a protest at Clock Square in Idlib, Syria.
At a crisis meeting in Cairo, the Arab League agreed to take exceptional measures to halt President Bashar al-Assad's violent repression of civilian protesters.
It voted to scrap its much criticised observer mission to Syria, severed all diplomatic relations with the Assad regime and reinforced economic sanctions.
The League called for the opening of "communication channels with the Syrian opposition and providing all forms of political and material support to it".
In a landmark decision it asked the United Nations for support in sending a joint peacekeeping force. Nabil al-Arabi, the League's secretary general, urged ministers to move quickly to end the "vicious cycle of violence".
The Syrian regime immediately rejected the resolution "categorically".
The UN-Arab team proposed by the League would replace the 170 Arab observers deployed in December and recalled last month. The Sudanese general who led the mission, and was accused by opposition activists of bias towards the regime, resigned yesterday.
The announcement marks an urgent effort to end the bloodshed after Russia and China used their UN Security Council veto to block an Arab-drafted and Western-backed plan to have Mr Assad replaced by a transitional government.
At the start of the session, Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, asked the delegates: "How long will we stay as onlookers to what is happening to the brotherly Syrian people, and how much longer will we grant the Syrian regime one period after another so it can commit more massacres?"
As the Arab leaders met, rockets continued to fall on the Syrian
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This is about to explode. Iran is sending 15,000 troops to Syria to support Assad.
This could get interesting, the arab league supports
the opposition and the Iranian mullah support Assad,
this could get out of hand Sooooooo fast.
Don’t forget the lovely folks over at al Qaeda.
And our friends the Russians too.
They have already taken sides.
Yep the whole region will explode to the eventual benefit of Russa and China.
The Russian are irrelevant
They bluster but will not act.
Turkey and the GCC will take care of the situation and will back Iran down
The Americans and the Euros have decided to allow the Turks and the GCC to solve the Assad problem. The main potential player not mentioned is Iraq.
Iran has been there for quite a while. They are using the Quds force. General Suleimani is a very good friend of Assad. In fact, he visited Assas a month ago.
The Russians has already stated that they will come to the support of Iran. They do not support the oil embargo.
According to some reports, General Suleimani has a place at the “war room” along with Syrian Generals.
Thanks bruinbirdman.
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