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Great job Barack! Iraq rejects Arab League call for Assad to go

Barack Hussein Obama did a great job of getting US troops out of Iraq, didn't he? In fact, he was in such a rush to get them out that the people he left in charge have now rejected an Arab League (!) call to terminate Bashar al-Assad's rule in Syria.

Iraq on Monday rejected an Arab League call for embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad to swiftly give up power, describing it as interfering in Damascus's sovereignty.

"This call is not appropriate at this time because it is interfering in the sovereignty of another country," Deputy Foreign Minister Labid Abbawi told Agence France Presse. "There are other means to secure a peaceful transition of authority."

In a joint statement issued early Monday after their meeting in Doha, Arab League foreign ministers called on Assad to "renounce power," promising that he and his family would be offered "a safe exit".

"There is agreement on the need for the rapid resignation of President Bashar Assad," Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani told journalists after the Arab League meeting wound up in the small hours Monday.

Looks like Iraq was sure ready for democracy, doesn't it?

Labels: Arab League, Barack Hussein Obama, Bashar al-Assad, Iraq, Syria

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:30 PM