...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...
considers the effectiveness of its observer mission there. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as
The Woman to Call at 3 a.m.and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Henry Clay...
cautions that the monitoring mission can not continue indefinitely.
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani said Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Sonny, disguised as Fredo, trying to be Mike...
appears unwilling to cooperate with Arab League efforts to resolve the political crisis.
Mr. bin Jassim said President Assad dismisses the vaporous Arab League as a group that has had nothing but six decades of failure. He says there are those who would judge four decades of rule in Syria in much the same way, but that is for the Syrian people to decide.
As government attacks continue, Mr. bin Jassim - who also is Qatar's foreign minister - says the most important thing now is for the killing to stop, for the Syrian military to withdraw from the streets, and for the government to release political prisoners.