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March 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
US State Department spokesman Mark Toner described the president’s remarks as “discouraging”
and urged Assad to halt the violence immediately.
“It’s not surprising, but it’s discouraging and disappointing,”
Toner told reporters in Washington, adding that Syrian government forces had
done nothing to comply with Annan’s plan in the three days since agreeing to
it.
Annan said through his spokesman on Friday he expected Assad to implement his
peace plan “immediately”, as monitors said fighting was raging in
a number of flashpoint areas as the regime pressed its crackdown against
dissent.
The plan by the former UN chief includes a commitment to stop all violence,
daily two-hour humanitarian ceasefires and media access to all areas
affected by the fighting.
It also calls for an inclusive Syrian-led political process, the right to
demonstrate, and the release of people detained arbitrarily.
“We’ve seen absolutely nothing on the ground that indicates that they’re
adhering to its calls for Syrian artillery and heavy weaponry to go back to
barracks and for a ceasefire to allow humanitarian assistance to be put in
place,” Toner said.
US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Wednesday the US
delegation would discuss ways to deliver humanitarian aid to the Syrian
people – during a crackdown UN officials now estimate has cost more than
9,000 lives in a year – and how to promote opposition unity.
Clinton said on Tuesday the United States will press the disparate opposition “very
hard” to present a “unified vision” in Istanbul that protects
the rights of all Syrians.
Saudi Arabia and its neighbour Qatar have called for arming the opposition,
which includes the Free Syrian Army, made up of Syrian military defectors.
An Arab league summit in Baghdad on Thursday rejected the option of arming any
sides, and called on all parties to engage in a “serious national
dialogue.”
Source: AFP
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