Why hasn’t the Arab League report received any press, given that it provides a much more reassuring and less apocalyptic picture of what is going on in Syria?
Pepe Escobar reports in the Asia Times:
When the over 160 monitors, after one month of enquiries, issued their report … surprise! The report did not follow the official GCC [i.e Arab League] line – which is that the “evil” Bashar al-Assad government is indiscriminately, and unilaterally, killing its own people, and so regime change is in order.
The Arab League’s Ministerial Committee had approved the report, with four votes in favor (Algeria, Egypt, Sudan and GCC member Oman) and only one against; guess who, Qatar – which is now presiding the Arab League because the emirate bought their (rotating) turn from the Palestinian Authority.
So the report was either ignored (by Western corporate media) or mercilessly destroyed – by Arab media, virtually all of it financed by either the House of Saud or Qatar. It was not even discussed – because it was prevented by the GCC from being translated from Arabic into English and published in the Arab League’s website.
Until it was leaked.
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ReplyDeletehe Saudi's, the most ruthless and radical of ALL Islamic governments, pulls a LOT of weight with our "leaders". Hell George Bush held the King's hand like a girl when he walked him through the Rose Garden. obama BOWED down before him. We did everything but personally kill Quaddafi and he gave up funding terrorism and weapons development at our (extreme) urging and pressure. Ya just got to know the right people and Syria apparently does....So much for the USA standing up for "human rights" and "freedom", as our "leaders" like to say as they 1) get us chanting USA! USA! USA!!!! and 2) try to wipe the blood off their hands, and 3) sell some more weapons and technology to Saudia Arabia.
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