Rather than the Arab League responding to Bashar al-Assad's speech, which was full of insults against Arabs and the Arab League itself, the Arab League instead chose to respond to one of the members of the delegation of Arab monitors, launching a completely unjustified attack on him!

Algerian monitor Anwar Malik broke his silence, issuing a statement according to his conscience in which he revealed that what is happening in Syria is tantamount to war crimes; he revealed that snipers are present, there are bodies in the street, and that the al-Assad regime is trying to deceive everybody with regards to what is happening in Syria's prisons. However no sooner had the Algerian monitor revealed this than an anonymous Arab League official launched a sharp attack on him, saying that the Algerian monitor does not know anything about what is happening in Syria, as he was sick and bedridden [during the Arab League mission]! The Arab League official went even further than this – which is strange and suspicious – claiming that Malik has ties to opposition Syrian National Council [SNC] president Burhan Ghalioun, or in other words that the Algerian monitor had his own agenda.

This irregular and irresponsible talk, issued by an Arab League official, raises two questions. Firstly, is it in the interests of the Arab League today to open the door of investigating who has ties to who, or who is related to who, particularly as the organization continues to give the tyrant Bashar al-Assad one opportunity after another, despite the continuous violence and killings taking place in Syria? I doubt that those concerned in the Arab League will want to see this issue brought to light, as those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. The second question is: doesn't this attack by the Arab League official on the Algerian monitor – who exposed the crimes that are taking place in Syria by the al-Assad regime – also reveal the presence of those within the Arab League itself who are well disposed towards the Syrian regime and against the Syrian opposition? This is something that confirms what I revealed in my previous article "Syria: Is this true" published on 9/1/2012, in which I revealed information about a senior Arab League official's disparagement and denigration of the Syrian opposition. I think we can now say that all the cards are on the table!

Therefore, instead of this sharp attack on the Algerian monitor who was only telling the truth, it would have been more appropriate if the Arab League official had defended the Arab monitors, especially those who told the truth, and who were subject to aggression, retaliating against the al-Assad regime. It would have been more appropriate if the Arab League official had responded to al-Assad who insulted the Arabism of the Arab League, describing it as being pseudo-Arab. Whilst prior to this, Hezbollah had insulted the Arab League, dubbing it the Hebrew League, in defense of al-Assad. Isn't it strange that the Arab League did not defend itself against the taunts and insults of the "children" of Iran, but rushed to respond to an Arab League monitor, merely for telling the truth?

The fact of the matter is that the Arab League is not a pseudo-Arab organization, as al-Assad claimed, but rather it is an organization that has been destroyed, by saboteurs like al-Assad and other tyrants, and also by some within the Arab League itself, particularly those who are defending the Syrian leader, granting him one opportunity after another, in the same manner as they did with Saddam Hussein following the invasion of Kuwait. The Arab League is not a pseudo-Arab organization, rather it is an organization that unfortunately is full of Arabs whose Arabism has been destroyed!

Tariq Alhomayed is the Editor-in-Chief of Asharq Al-Awsat, the youngest person to be appointed that position. He holds a BA degree in Media studies from King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, and has also completed his Introductory courses towards a Master's degree from George Washington University in Washington D.C. He is based in London.

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