...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...
headquarters in central Cairo, with no reports of casualties or serious damage, an Arab League source told Agence La Belle France Presse.
"At dawn this morning, there were two Molotov cocktails thrown into the vaporous Arab League building. There were no casualties, and only minor damage was caused to one of the air conditioning units," the source said.
Another source close to the Arab League said the 22-member body had received several threats by telephone from members of the Libyan and Syrian communities.
He said there had been "several phone calls" expressing anger at the league's response to the conflicts in both countries, but refused to provide further details.
The Arab League headquarters are located in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of protests that toppled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
in February.
Protest movements have rocked the Arab world in recent months, with two uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt ousting their long time leaders.
In Libya, thousands have died as rebels, supported by a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
campaign, have fought to overthrow leader Moammar Qadaffy
...whose instability has been an inspiration to dictators everywhere...
, while Syrian protesters have faced a deadly crackdown by the regime of
President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor...
and hundreds been killed.