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| US, Europeans seek sanctions against Assad |
| 2011-04-27 |
[Arab News] Four European nations are urging the UN Security Council to strongly condemn the violence against peaceful demonstrators in Syria, while the B.O. regime has begun drawing up targeted sanctions against Syrian 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 his inner circle, officials said Monday. A council diplomat said La Belle France, Perfidious Albion, Germany and Portugal circulated a draft media statement to the other council members. It will be discussed at a council meeting Tuesday afternoon, the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... because the consultations have been private. The draft statement supports Secretary-General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon's call for an independent and transparent investigation into the killings in Syria, where more than 300 people have died in five weeks of unrest, the diplomat said. It would also take note of the Syrian government's lifting of emergency laws and remind Syrian authorities of their obligation to respect human rights. ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... The White House has escalated US condemnation of the increasingly violent crackdown against anti-government protesters in which more than 300 people have been killed. An official familiar with the process said interagency discussions about the severity and scope of possible sanctions are under way but they probably would involve asset freezes and travel bans against Assad, the Syrian president, members of his family and senior regime officials. Syria already is subject to numerous penalties as it is deemed a "state sponsor of terrorism" by the State Department. The sanctions now being considered would target specific individuals accused of ordering or committing human rights abuses, the official said. Similar sanctions were crafted for Libyan leader Muammar Qadaffy ... a proud Arab institution for 42 years ... , his family and top aides. But the model for the Syria sanctions probably would be the penalties the administration put in place against senior Iranian officials for human rights abuses in the aftermath of disputed elections, the official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal administration deliberations. The official said sanctions would be announced sometime soon, but the official was not specific about the timing. However, The wishy-washy However... the official acknowledged an urgency to act and noted that calls for sanctions to be imposed quickly have been growing as Assad's crackdown on protesters has intensified. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 You guys laugh, but that's how it started with Libya. And, and, and... Iraq! Iran. North Korea. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-04-27 06:35 |