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Arab League Draws Up Sanctions against Syria
[An Nahar] Arab finance ministers gathered in Cairo on Saturday drew up a list of economic sanctions against Syria that they will present to foreign ministers for adoption, a communique said.The recommendation -- which includes a ban on Syrian officials visiting any Arab country and the freezing of government assets -- comes after  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad's Lord of the Baath... regime defied an ultimatum to allow in observers amid a lethal crackdown on protest. Arab top diplomats will meet in Cairo on Sunday to vote on the sanctions. The list of punitive measures also included the suspension of flights and a halt to any transactions with the Syrian government and its central bank. Arab states are also called to freeze any investments for projects in Syria. 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... had set a Friday deadline for Damascus ...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world... to agree to the details of the observers' mission, part of a reform deal Syria had previously said it accepted. If adopted, the sanctions are likely to have a crippling effect on Syria which relies on its Arab neighbors for half of its exports and a quarter of its imports. The United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... estimates that the Syrian government's crackdown has cost more than 3,500 lives since March. Posted by: Fred 2011-11-27 |
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