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Syrian SNC Says Discussing Post-Assad with Arab League
[An Nahar] The opposition Syrian National Council said Tuesday it is organizing a conference with the Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
to prepare for a "transitional period" after the fall of Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad's
Leveler of Latakia...
regime.

Assad is under mounting pressure from Syria's neighbors to step down over his regime's eight-month crackdown on protests that the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
says has killed more than 3,500 people since mid-March.

"The Syrian National Council, in cooperation with the vaporous Arab League, will organize a national conference to prepare for the transitional period in Syria," it said in a statement received by AFP in Nicosia.

The SNC, the largest and most representative Syrian opposition grouping, said it was in talks with activists and dissidents to prepare for the transition "in accordance with the Arab League initiative."

"It was determined that the conference will issue a memorandum concerning the post-Syrian regime phase," it said, adding this would ensure "inclusivity and the participation of all political forces in Syria."

On Monday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague urged the Syrian opposition to unify to become stronger as he held his first meetings with their representatives in London.

La Belle France's foreign minister, Alain Juppe, issued a similar call last week, saying "the SNC must get organized" before it can win recognition from the French government.

The SNC has so far only been officially recognized by the new post-Qadaffy
...whose instability was an inspiration to dictators everywhere, but whose end couldn't possibly happen to them...
Libyan authorities.


Posted by: Fred 2011-11-23
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