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UN Envoy Opposes Arming Opposition
 [AAWSAT.NET] The United Nations...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, said yesterday that he was opposed to plans to arms the Syrian opposition, and emphasized the need for a political solution to the crisis. Speaking to Britannia's Channel 4 news, the diplomat said, "I personally think that this is not the way. The way is to help the parties come to an agreement on how to end this war." Brahimi's comments followed a declaration at the close of week's 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... conference in Qatar, which reaffirmed the "right" of the organization's member states to provide military aid to the Syrian opposition. The conference also saw the Syrian seat in the vaporous Arab League handed to the Syrian National Coalition, the umbrella group that represents a large segment of the opposition to the government of Bashir al-Assad. In addition, La Belle France and Britannia have recently hinted that they are considering supplying military aid to the rebels in Syria in order to force Assad to the negotiating table. They have also made attempts to persuade the EU to ease its arms embargo. Brahimi admitted that the situation in Syria is "extremely bad and getting worse all the time. I haven't seen, and do not see, any improvement." He added, "Both sides are looking for a military victory. Each one of them I think still believes that military victory is possible for their side; therefore, the intensity of the fighting is increasing and expanding." Posted by: Fred 2013-03-30 |
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