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December 23, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/arab-league-mission-to-syria-has-nothing-to-do-with-saving-lives-1.402830

Arab League Mission to Syria Has Nothing to Do with Saving Lives

(Ha'aretz) Zvi Bar'el - The Arab League monitors in Syria are to act as a barrier that will prevent the Syrian crisis from reaching the UN. Their mission is not to prevent the killing of civilians. They are coming to observe the killing, listen to the claims of civilians and the regime, and report to the league. They are to stay for one month, with an option to extend, but in the agreement signed with Syria that granted access to the monitors, the Assad regime severely restricts their activities. The agreement allows Assad to continue crushing the ever-growing protest, which has now spread to Syria's two biggest cities, Aleppo and the suburbs of Damascus.

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