Wednesday, December 28, 2011

While One Arab League Monitor Views Child's Corpse, Other Monitors Say The Situation Is Reassuring



Video Shows Arab League Monitor Viewing Child's Corpse -- CNN

Cairo (CNN) -- An Arab League observer trekking through the seething city of Homs steps into a mosque and spots the tiny "martyr," one of thousands who have been slain throughout Syria for more than nine months.

He is 5 years old. His name is Ahmad Mohammed al-Ra'i. His body is swathed in a blanket and laid out on a rug.

The scene came in a video said to be out of Homs, the western city besieged for weeks by Syrian security forces and engulfed in angry protests. CNN cannot verify such reports and videos from inside Syria because the government has restricted access to the country.

But this is the latest in a wave of grisly images emerging from the cauldron of Syria.

The orange-vested observer is welcomed in. He takes pictures of the boy and is shown his bullet wound.

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My Comment: The Arab League`s credibility is on the line .... but if they go around and say that the situation is "not frightening" .... even though scores are being killed .... that credibility is going into the toilet.

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