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France, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain and Australia saidthey were expelling the Syrian envoys from their capitals in a movethat was coordinated with the United States and underlined Assad'sdiplomatic isolation. The killings in Houla drew a chorus of powerful condemnation fromaround the world, with the United Nations saying entire familieshad been shot dead in their homes. "Bashar al-Assad is the murderer of his people," French ForeignMinister Laurent Fabius told Le Monde. "He must relinquish power.The sooner the better." His Australian counterpart Bob Carr said:"This massacre of more than 100 men, women and children in Houlawas a hideous and brutal crime." Assad's government late on Monday denied having anything to do withthe deaths, or even having heavy weapons in the area. Western countries that have called for Assad to step down werehoping that the Houla killings would tip global opinion, notablythat of Syria's main protector Russia, towards more effectiveaction against Damascus.
Annan drew up a peace plan backed by the United Nations and theArab League to steer a way out of the 14-month-old uprising againstAssad. But six weeks after it was agreed by Damascus and therebels, the bloodshed has barely slowed. Annan told Assad of the "grave concern of the internationalcommunity about the violence in Syria, including in particular therecent events in Houla", his spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said in astatement after two hours of talks in Damascus. "He conveyed in frank terms his view to President Assad that thesix-point plan cannot succeed without bold steps to stop theviolence and release detainees, and stressed the importance of fullimplementation of the plan." "HIDEOUS CRIME" Carr said Syria's expelled charge d'affaires in Canberra was toldto "convey a clear message to Damascus that Australians areappalled by this massacre and we will pursue a unifiedinternational response to hold those responsible to account".
Germany Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle urged the U.N. SecurityCouncil to revisit the situation in Syria. The U.N. human rights office in Geneva said fewer than 20 of the108 dead in Houla were killed by artillery and tank fire - weaponrythat lightly-armed rebels do not have in their arsenal.
Survivors told U.N. investigators that most of the others had beenshot by pro-Assad shabbiha militia, who in the past haveintimidated and assaulted hotbeds of opposition to Assad. "Almost half of the ones we know of so far are children - that istotally unpardonable - and a very large number of women as well,"said spokesman Rupert Colville. "At this point, it looks likeentire families were shot in their houses." The report contradicted an open letter sent by Syria to the U.N.Security Council on Monday saying: "Not a single tank entered theregion and the Syrian army was in a state of self-defense ... "The terrorist armed groups ..
entered with the purpose of killingand the best proof of that is the killing by knives, which is thesignature of terrorist groups who massacre according to theIslamist way." Gruesome video footage distributed by opposition activists hashelped to shake world opinion out of growing indifference to aconflict in which more than 10,000 have been killed. RUSSIA SAYS BLAME SHARED But Russia, which with China has twice vetoed U.N. Security Councilresolutions on Syria but on Sunday backed a non-binding Counciltext criticizing the use of artillery and tanks in Houla, insiststhat rebels share the blame for the massacre. Russia long saw Assad's late father as the best defender of itsinterests in the region, and leases a major naval base in Syria. Ithas suggested that foreign countries are undermining Annan's planby supporting the opposition.
"We are alarmed that some countries ... are starting to use thisevent as an excuse to put forth demands of the need for militaryaction in an attempt to put pressure on the U.N. Security Council,"Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists in Moscow. "We are troubled by the ceaseless attempts to frustrate KofiAnnan's peace plan." Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad told reporters inDamascus late on Monday: "Syria has not committed a singleviolation of Annan's plan or the initial understanding betweenSyria and the United Nations. "At the same time, the other party has not committed to a singlepoint.
This means that there is a decision by the armed groups andthe opposition not to implement Annan's plan and to make it fail." He said he expected Annan to pressure the foreign states backingwhat Syria describes as a "terrorist" conspiracy funded abroad. Sunni Muslim Gulf powers Saudi Arabia and Qatar favor arming themostly-Sunni rebels fighting Assad, whose ruling cadre are mostlyAlawites, members of an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam. (Writing by Kevin Liffey). I am an expert from Chemicals, usually analyzes all kind of industries situation, such as monobasic sodium phosphate , half bezel ring.
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