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March 29th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Sunni powers Saudi Arabia and Qatar have led the push to isolate Syria,
including suggests for arming Syria’s opposition, but non-Gulf Arab states
such as Algeria and Shi’ite-led Iraq urge more caution, fearing that
toppling Assad could spark sectarian violence.
Annan’s proposal calls for the withdrawal of heavy weapons and troops from
population centres, humanitarian assistance, the release of prisoners and
free movement and access for journalists. But it does not explicitly call
for Assad to step down from office.
Diplomats say one of Annan’s ideas is for a UN observer mission to monitor any
eventual ceasefire, a mechanism likely to require a U.N. Security Council
mandate.
An Arab League observation mission in Syria last year failed to end Assad’s
crackdown on protests, and faced internal dissent. But the League has also
discussed a joint U.N.-Arab mission for Syria.
Even as Arab foreign ministers held talks in Baghdad on Wednesday before
Thursday’s summit, Syrian forces bombarded cities and towns in southern and
northern Syria, forcing thousands to flee violence.
The United Nations says around 9,000 people have been killed in fighting.
Damascus blames foreign-backed terrorists for the violence, saying 3,000
soldiers and police have been killed.
The Arab Summit in Baghdad is the first in Iraq for more than two decades and
the first hosted by a Shi’ite Arab leader, Prime Minister Nuri
al-Maliki.Pulling back from years of war, Iraq hopes to use the summit as a
way to highlight its return to the diplomatic stage and has sought a
fledging détente with Sunni Gulf Arab nations long wary of Iraq’s close ties
to Shi’ite power Iran.
Source: Reuters
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