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Merkel pledges more EU sanctions against Syria
Published: 14 Feb 12 17:49 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20120214-40739.html
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday the EU backs the Arab League's "firm stance" on Syria and will support it through further sanctions, ahead of talks with the head of the pan-Arab body.
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The 22-member pan-Arab bloc agreed Sunday to ask the United Nations to send a joint peacekeeping force to Syria, where activists say more than 6,000 people have died in a brutal crackdown on dissent since March.
The embattled government of President Bashar al-Assad swiftly rejected the initiative.
"What happens in Syria now is something that we in the Arab League should stop. The killing should stop," Arabi told reporters. "The main focus of the resolution that was adopted three days ago... was to stop the killing right now."
The EU plans to adopt a new round of sanctions against Assad's regime on February 27, according to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton's spokesman Michael Mann.
Diplomats said last week that EU government representatives had endorsed three new measures, including an assets freeze against the central bank, a ban on Syrian phosphate exports and a prohibition on trading gold and gems.
The EU on Monday backed the Arab League call for a UN peacekeeping mission in Syria although France warned any foreign military action there would only worsen the situation.
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What a shame Germans and Europeans lack the courage and conviction, not to mention military might, to do the right thing and go down and kill that monster. Typical liberals, real good about denouncing and hand wringing, not so good at doing the right thing. Thank God we've still got a potent military and millions of privately owned guns here in the US and don't have to rely on deadbeats like the Europeans.
China and Russia know this, and refuse to play the game, and they're being unjustly criticized for it. This is just a step to get Iran, pure and simple.
100% of what is shown on the MSM is bovine excrement, and TheLocal is no better. That Angie Merkel says the BS she does on this issue shows that those who toe the US/israeli line on this are either willfully ignorant, or benefit from it. Pure and simple.
And while the German Foreign Minister stated of late that, in this current ME upheaval, he security of israel was of primary importance to Germany, he obviously spoke only for his cabal. I reckon most folks here don't care. If it's such a priority for Germany, then the message Berlin should drill into Avigdor Liebermann's head is simple: "Make peace with, and learn to get along with, your neighbours. And stop meddling in other peoples' countries."
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HOW STUPID can the UN be and WHY is Germany and the EU taking
so long Just do it Today
Nice one :-)