BEIRUT: The Arab League called Sunday an emergency meeting on Syria's failure to implement its peace plan as government forces killed at least 10 demonstrators on the day of Eid Al-Adha.| Good idea. Maybe Pencilneck will only kill nine demonstrators after the next meeting. Then again, he might kill a hundred. |
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani said earlier that "if Syria does not respect its commitments, the ministerial committee will meet again and take the necessary decisions."
The Arab road map calls for an end to violence, the release of those detained, the withdrawal of the army from urban areas and free movement for observers and the media, as well as talks between the regime and opposition.
Eight of the 10 deaths occurred in the Baba Amro neighborhood of Homs, where clashes have raged for days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said the killings made it clear that President Bashar Assad's regime had no intention of ending its bloody bid to crush dissent. "Bashar Assad accepts the Arab League peace plan and the next day he massacres dozens more people in the streets," Juppe told Europe 1 radio.
| Here ya go, Mr. Juppe, you win the prize. Now what? |