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if the regime does not stop shelling and pull troops out of protest hubs as promised, its front man warned Tuesday.
"If (the regime) does not stop shelling and not withdraw tanks, we will intensify our military operations and launch attacks," Colonel Qassem Saadeddine told Agence La Belle France Presse.
He said FSA is "committed to the timetable set by Mr. Kofi Annan
...Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh and so far the worst Secretary-General of the UN. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for something or other that probably sounded good at the time. In December 2004, reports surfaced that Kofi's son Kojo received payments from the Swiss company Cotecna, which had won a lucrative contract under the UN Oil-for-Food Program. Kofi Annan called for an investigation to look into the allegations, which stirred up the expected cesspool but couldn't seem to come up with enough evidence to indict Kofi himself, or even Kojo...," the 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 who drafted a peace plan under which Syria committed to withdrawing its forces from protest centers early on Tuesday, with a complete end to fighting 48 hours later.
"The regime was supposed to withdraw tanks by today, but we did not notice any movement in that direction. On the contrary, shelling continues, and forces have been reinforced in areas like the province of Hama," he said.
He said the rebels will "wait the 48 hours without attacking the army, and will remain in a defensive position."