...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...
mission, they announced on Tuesday, urging UN Security Council members to press Damascus
...Capital of the last remaining Baathist regime in the world...
to implement the pan-Arab body's decisions.
"Gulf Cooperation Council states have decided to follow Soddy Arabia's decision to pull out its observers from the vaporous Arab League mission in Syria," the monarchies said in a joint statement.
The six GCC states said their decision came after "closely following developments in Syria and after they have confirmed that the bloodshed and killings there continue (and after) the Syrian regime did not comply with implementing the Arab League decisions."
They also called on "members of the UN Security Council... to take all needed measures at the Security Council to press Syria to implement the Arab League decisions and the Arab initiative on Syria."
GCC states are "committed to all Arab League decisions... despite the conviction of (GCC) states that the latest decision must be stronger and more pressure put on the Syrian regime to force it to stop killing the Syrian people," it said.
The statement was referring to a surprise Arab League initiative on Syria, taken Sunday, which called on the United Nations
...Parkinson's Law on an international scale...
to support a new plan for ending the bloodshed in the unrest-swept nation.
The plan, which envisages
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
The Scourge of Hama...
transferring power to his deputy and the formation of a national unity government within two months, was swiftly rejected by Syria.
GCC states "urge their Arab brothers to commit seriously and truthfully to implementing Arab League decisions to press Syria" to comply with the league's decisions.