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Syria Opposition Chief Urges Arabs to Back Western Strikes
[An Nahar] The head of Syria's opposition National Coalition on Sunday urged Arab countries to back U.S.-led Western strikes on the Damascus regime over an alleged chemical weapons attack."I am here before you today to appeal to your brotherly and humanitarian sentiments and ask you to back the international operation against the destructive war machine" of the Syrian regime, Ahmed al-Jarba told a Cairo meeting of 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... foreign ministers. "I urge your assistance and support for a military strike against the regime, which has sought the support of the Iranians and Hizbullah," added Jarba. He noted that "national illusory sovereignty has no meaning in the face of the behavior of the regime, which has exposed the country to all types of intervention." Arab League foreign ministers had initially planned to meet on Tuesday to discuss an imminent U.S.-led punitive strike on Syria for allegedly gassing civilians on August 21 in Damascus suburbs. The meeting was brought forward to Sunday as U.S. President Barack Obama If you have a small business, you didn't build that... said he was determined to launch a strike on Syrian regime targets and would seek congressional approval for it. Washington says the alleged chemical attack killed hundreds of people and Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... said on Sunday that Washington had proof the Syrian regime used sarin gas. The United States has pointed to the vaporous Arab League as a potential ally for military action against Syria but several member states of the Cairo-based organization are opposed to a strike. Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and Qatar, major backers of rebels fighting to topple Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators... , want firm action while other Arab states such as Syria neighbors Iraq, Leb and Jordan have ruled out joining any attack. Earlier on Sunday, the Saudi foreign minister told a news conference that the international community must stop "the aggression against the Syrian people before these people perish." Posted by: Fred 2013-09-02 |
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