Syria’s Representative at Arab League: Arab League's Syria Decision Illegal Ambassador Ahmad: Decision to suspend Syria's membership illegal and violates Arab League's convention, charter
CAIRO– Syria's Permanent Representative at the Arab League, Ambassador Yousef Ahmad, said that the decision to suspend Syria's membership is illegal and violates the Arab League's charter and internal regulations.He said that this decision is a eulogy for Arab common action and a blatant announcement that its administration is subordinate to US-western agendas.Ambassador Ahmad: Syria Committed to Arab Work Plan, Armed Groups and Opposition Must Discard Weapons and Cease Violence Earlier, Ambassador Ahmad affirmed Syria's commitment to implementing all the articles of the Arab work plan on the situation in it, noting that Syria made strides in doing so despite armed groups' attempts to foil the plan since it was announced.During the extraordinary meeting on the level of foreign ministers held on Saturday at the Arab League headquarters to discuss developments in Syria, Ambassador Ahmad stressed that armed groups, the opposition abroad and all the various forces that seek to escalate the situation in Syria in terms of politics and media are obligated to discard and surrender weapons, cease all acts of violence, comply with the Arab plan, accept national dialogue, and put an end to instigator and negative stances and statements.
Ahmad said that hostile atmospheres, blatant political instigation and media attacks are still taking place with the aim of escalating the situation inside Syria and urge opposition abroad and armed groups in Syria to not cooperate with calming efforts and foil any positive Arab role.He reviewed the various steps taken by the Syrian government in terms of the Arab work plan, which includes withdrawal of army units from cities and urban areas and replacing them with law-enforcement personnel, noting that despite that, the remnants of the armed terrorist groups continue to use heavy weaponry still being smuggled from neighboring countries to murder and terrorize people in cities and their outskirts.Ahmad also denied the allegations of some Arab and international mass media which claimed that the Syrian army used military machinery and heavy weapons inside Syrian cities, adding that the Syrian government released 553 detainees involved in recent events with more detainees to be released gradually quite soon, in addition to granting amnesty to those who surrender their weapons as long as they haven't committed murder.He pointed out to the dangerous development in the US stance regarding the crisis in Syria, with the US Department of State Spokesperson announcing that her country advises gunmen to not surrender their weapons, which shows the degree of the US blatant interference in Syria's internal affair and its clear instigation of violence and murder, adding that this stance also constitutes an official US acknowledgement of the existence of active gunmen in Syria which contradicts previous US statements and allegations which said that what is happening in Syria is merely "peaceful protests and demonstrations.""On 2/11/2011, the night of the Arab League Council's decision was issued, the bodies of 68 citizens murdered by the gunfire of these armed terrorist groups were found… their bodies were mutilated in horrible ways that shame all of humanity… we will show the Arab League delegation the photos and documents related to these crimes as soon as they reach Syria," he said.Ahmad noted that the US blatant instigation and calls for gunmen to not surrender their weapons is linked to another US stance which calls on Arab countries to join the political and economic boycott in Syria, which also matches the stance of the French Foreign Minister who described the Arab work plan as being dead. He affirmed that these stances show that these despotic forces aren't comfortable with the Arab role and shocked by Syria's response to the Arab initiative.He also expressed Syria's surprise over the statements made by the Arab League Secretary General in which he said that Syria isn't committed to the Arab initiative, ignoring in his statement the grave instigator statements of the US and France and the stances of the Istanbul council who rejected the Arab work plan and dialogue.
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Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said the Arab decision against Syria was not surprising for the decision was planned before the Arab League meeting. Mansour, who took part in the meeting Saturday and voted along with the Yemeni foreign minister against the decision, said the decision to suspend Syria’s participation in the Arab League meetings was a dangerous one.He assured that he rejected to vote for the decision for the dangerous points it included that also open the way for foreign countries as well as the United Nation’s complete intervention in the Syria affairs that is the Arab files.The Lebanese foreign minister noted that there were no interjections during the entire meeting, except by the Syrian representative, and from him as well as the Iraqi foreign minister who abstained from voting.Mansour considered that such decisions will not help in solving the situation in Syria, but will rather worsen it, and indicated the decision took one firm stance and ignored all the measures that Syria took in favor of the Arab League’s first decision that sought ending the unrest in Syria. Arab League Suspends Syria |
The Arab League issued a decision Saturday to suspend Syrian delegations' activities in the Arab League meetings and implement economic and political sanctions against the Syrian government.The member states in the league held a press conference in which Foreign Minister of Qatar Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani read the statement before journalists and clarified that two states rejected to vote in favor for the decision and 1 state abstained from voting.The two states that rejected the decision were Lebanon and Yemen, while Iraq abstained.Al-Thani claimed that the decision was taken because Syria did not commit to the Arab League deal to end “violence against protestors”.The decision also included withdrawing the Arab ambassadors from Damascus and called upon the Syrian opposition to meet up in the league's location to set future plans.Angry Syrian pro-regime crowds gathered near the location expressing their rejection to any decision the Arab league takes and distributed statements to journalists stating this view.
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Former CIA and historian Michael Scheuer - http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29689.htm As for the situation in Syria – it has been interfered in by the US unconscionably.“Until they [the Syrians] removed the US ambassador, he was running around their country trying to encourage groups to overthrow the Syrian government. That is not the role of any diplomat, US, Russian, Chinese or British,” the author points out, saying that “Syrians were urged onto the streets cold-bloodedly,”
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Bahrainis slam Arab League silence http://presstv.com/detail/209693.html Protesters gathered in front of the AL headquarters in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Saturday, demanding the body to adopt a clear stance on the brutal suppression of Bahrainis.
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Pro-Israel Groups Outline U.S. Options to Assist Syrian Opposition http://maidhcocathail.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/the-‘humanitarian’-road-to-damascus/ (2 DAYS AGO) ISRAELS ZIONAZI PITBULLS IN WASHINGTON HOLD HEARING FOR REGIME CHANGE SYRIA....Hearing on U.S. Policy Towards Syria (ZIONAZI FELTMAN AND US TREASURY CRIMES DIVISION-HEARING ON SYRIA) http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2011/11/israels-zionazi-in-washington-hearing.html (YES ANOTHER HEARING ON SYRIA CALLING FOR REGIME CHANGE,AND ADMITTING QATAR LEADING IT)
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FLASHBACK- The Arab League: What is its role?-The Agenda-03-12-2011-(Part1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLmbAWk4Lgs The Arab League is supposed to represent the region but who does it really act for? The tyrants and dictators who are now under threat or the ordinary people who wanted them to remove? Does the Arab League have a useful role to play or is it a network for tyrants and despots?This edition of the Agenda tries to find answers to the above mentioned questions. PART 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmJPmF3HBgo&feature=related PART 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3ysOO6VW9Y&feature=related PART 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMmjUBJQJ0Q&feature=related
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