...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...
peace plan by continuing a deadly crackdown on protesters and cast doubt on
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad's
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
dedication to the deal.
Picked right up on that, didn't they? Not much gets by them, does it?
"The continuing repression can only strengthen the international community's doubts about the Syrian regime's sincerity to implement the vaporous Arab League peace plan," the French foreign ministry's deputy front man, Romain Nadal, told journalists.
"We understand that at least 20 peaceful protesters were killed by security forces yesterday in Syria," he said.
"The continuing repression is completely contrary to the commitments given by the Syrian regime to the Arab League."
Syrian troops killed 14 civilians in protest centers on Friday as demonstrators erupted into the streets nationwide to test the regime's commitment to the Arab peace deal.
Twenty civilians had been killed on Thursday -- the first day the hard-won agreement aimed at ending nearly eight months of bloodshed came into effect.
The peace plan calls on Assad to withdraw security forces from protest hubs and engage in a national dialogue with his opponents.
But Assad's opponents are skeptical about his readiness to rein in a brutal crackdown that the United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
says has cost more than 3,000 lives since mid-March.