Syria ready to let monitors stay; Obama ups pressure
Syria is ready to let Arab monitors extend their mission beyond this week, an Arab League source said, but U.S. President Barack Obama said he was looking to increase international pressure on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step aside.
Damascus opposes broadening the scope of the Arab League observer mission, the source at the League said, but would accept a one-month extension of its mandate which expires on Thursday.
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“Unfortunately we’re continuing to see unacceptable levels of violence inside that country,” Obama said in Washington after meeting Jordan’s King Abdullah.
“We will continue to consult very closely with Jordan to create the kind of international pressure and environment that encourages the current Syrian regime to step aside,” he added
http://mar15.info/2012/01/syria-ready-to-let-monitors-stay-obama-ups-pressure/
If the Arabs can pull this off, the neocons will effectively be slapped in the face.
