...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...
peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi Thursday of encouraging "terrorism" and plotting the "destruction and dismantling of the Middle East."
"Brahimi has not for a single day acted as an honest broker," said an editorial in Al-Watan. "He has consistently been a party and an employee in the plot to destroy and dismantle the Middle East."
The newspaper also said he "consistently refuses to comment on (the presence in Syria of) 'imported muscle,' whom he appears to view as defenders of democracy and freedom of belief."
"His silence proves the role he has played and continues to play in encouraging terrorism, or at least in ignoring it," added the paper, which is close to
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
The Scourge of Hama...
's regime.
The regime has consistently portrayed the country's revolt as a foreign-backed "terrorist" plot.
On Tuesday, Al-Watan reported that Brahimi intends to hold talks with U.S. and Russian officials in Geneva in mid-April to prepare for a new round of peace talks in Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
.
So far, none of the parties has confirmed that.
A previous round, dubbed Geneva II, brought regime and opposition representatives to the negotiating table for talks in January but reaped no concrete results.