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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Berlin Summons Syria Envoy over Deadly Crackdown
2011-12-23
[An Nahar] German's foreign ministry said Thursday it had summoned Syria's ambassador to Berlin to demand an immediate halt to the "brutal" repression of anti-regime demonstrators by government forces.

"The brutal acts by the security forces against the Syrian population are absolutely unacceptable and a flagrant violation of Syria's agreement 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...
said Boris Ruge, in charge of Middle East affairs at the foreign ministry.

"Given the crimes that have come out into the open, everyone should be asking himself if he can morally serve such a regime," he said in a statement.

The Germany government will continue to exert pressure on Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Despoiler of Deraa...
's regime to meet its international obligations, the statement said.

Germany's move came as an Arab League team was headed to Syria to launch an observer mission to oversee a plan to end the nine months of bloodshed after the opposition accused regime forces of "massacring" hundreds in two days.
Posted by:Fred

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