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May 29th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
America held the “Syrian government responsible for this slaughter of
innocent lives”, said a State Department spokesman, adding that Syria’s
Charge d’Affaires, Zuheir Jabbour, would be given three days to leave
Washington.
On Monday, Britain called in the most senior diplomat left at the Syrian
Embassy in London to receive a formal protest. On Tuesday, Ghassan Dalla,
the Charge d’Affaires, was summoned back to the Foreign Office and given
seven days to leave, along with two of his colleagues.
Mr Assad’s regime withdrew Syria’s ambassador from London in March. The
impending departures mean that Syria’s embassy in Belgrave Square will be
down to a skeleton staff of four diplomats.
Britain decided to close its own mission in Damascus and withdraw all
representatives in March.
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, said the expulsions were intended to “get
the message across” to Mr Assad that the “international community
is appalled by the violence that has continued, by the behaviour of the
regime and by the murder of so many innocent people”.
Britain’s primary goal was to ensure that Mr Assad obeyed the six-point peace
plan devised by Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general.
“We will seek other ways to increase the pressure as well. We are
discussing in the European Union a further tightening of sanctions on Syria,”
added Mr Hague.
Meanwhile, the French government denounced the “murderous folly” of
Mr Assad and ordered the Syrian ambassador to leave Paris. Germany, Italy
and Spain all told Syria’s envoys to leave their respective capitals.
Bulgaria called in the Syrian ambassador and ordered him out of Sofia.
Australia expelled the Charge d’Affaires and one other diplomat. Canada
decided to remove every Syrian representative from Ottawa. Syria’s
ambassador in Brussels, who is accredited to both Belgium and Holland, was
declared persona non grata by both host governments.
Mr Annan met Mr Assad in Damascus yesterday to urge the full implementation of
the peace plan. “He conveyed in frank terms his view to President Assad
that the six-point plan cannot succeed without bold steps to stop the
violence and release detainees, and stressed the importance of full
implementation,” said Mr Annan’s spokesman.
However, state media reported that the regime could not press ahead with the
peace plan until opposition “terrorism” came to an end.
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