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| Cairo Warns of Regional Consequences to Syria Crisis | |
| 2012-03-09 | |
| [An Nahar] Egypt's Foreign Minister Mohammed Amr on Thursday warned of regional consequences should the crisis in Syria "explode", during talks with U.N.-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... envoy to Syria Kofi Annan, his front man said.
The foreign minister was holding talks in Cairo with Annan, who was recently named special envoy to Syria and is due to fly to Damascus ...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world... on Friday. On Wednesday, Amr warned that arming rebel fighters in Syria, mainly Syrian army defectors, would "lead to an escalation in the military conflict and spark a civil war in Syria." Some Arab countries, such as Qatar and regional powerhouse Soddy Arabia, have spoken in favor of arming the rebels. The opposition Syrian National Council has said it wants to organize arms deliveries to the rebels and announced a "military bureau" to coordinate and serve as a conduit for weapons from abroad. | |
| Posted by:Fred |