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Middle East and Terrorism: U.N. Still Stupefied on Syria

Monday, June 13, 2011
U.N. Still Stupefied on Syria


by Joseph Klein

The United Nations Security Council continues to sink lower and lower in an effort to find language acceptable to all members condemning the Syrian government’s ruthless massacre of its unarmed citizens. Meanwhile, under the leadership of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whom Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently called a “reformer,” more than 1000 civilians have been killed to date.