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| Arabi Demands Int'l Probe into Syria 'Crimes' |
| 2012-03-14 |
| [An Nahar] Arab League ...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... chief Nabil al-Arabi on Tuesday called for an international probe into "crimes" committed against civilians in Syria, particularly in the flashpoint provinces of Homs and Idlib. "Media reports about the horrible pictures concerning crimes committed against innocent civilians in Homs and Idlib and other parts of Syria can be described as crimes against humanity," Arabi said in a statement. "There must be an international, independent probe to reveal the truth about what is happening and identify those responsible for these crimes and refer them to justice," he added. Arabi stressed that no one "can remain silent about this, from a humanitarian and ethical" point of view. He also urged the Syrian government "to cooperate" with any international probe and "to punish" the perpetrators. On Monday, the Syrian opposition denounced the "massacre" of 47 women and kiddies in the flashpoint central city of Homs and activists posted videos online that showed graphic images of charred bodies and children with mutilated and bloodied faces. Syrian state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe? also aired gruesome footage showing homes with white walls splattered with blood, bodies of women and kiddies piled on top of each other, and several men, with bullet wounds to the head, lying facing down in a disused building, their hands tied behind their backs. The grisly murders in Syria's third-largest city Homs came less than two weeks after regime troops stormed its rebellious Baba Amr neighborhood, following a month-long bombardment in which activists say 700 people were killed. There have been also mounting reports of casualties in the northwestern province of Idlib where the Syrian army has since March 9 carried out an offensive in the mountainous region near the Turkish border. |
| Posted by:Fred |