Arab League Completes Initial Stage Of Syria Mission

Anouar Male is a former Algerian political prisoner who went to Syria as one of the Arab League monitors. He quit this week, calling the mission a sham. Audie Cornish hears from him — and she talks to NPR's Peter Kenyon about the mission overall.

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Peter, do we know if the other Arab League monitors agree with Anwar Malek? We don't know that, Audie. And they're not making public statements, and nor is that their job. I mean, Anwar Malek only spoke after quitting the mission. And yet, to be fair, the monitors are in a difficult position. They've been coming under steady criticism from opposition activists for failing to stem the violence of pro-regime forces against demonstrators. And, of course, that's not their mission. They were assigned to monitor Syria's compliance with an Arab League plan. The plan calls for an end to shooting and the withdrawal of Syrian security forces, some forces have pulled back, others have not. The violence certainly has continued by all accounts. The monitors, in any case, have neither the authority nor the capacity to stop what they're witnessing. The question now is what will they report to their superiors and how Arab League treat their observations? What we're hearing at the moment, and this won't happen for a couple of days yet, but we're hearing that the league is prepared to deliver a fairly cautious report that won't come down to harshly on the regime, perhaps may speak to levels of violence on both sides.