Actually, That Is Kind of Surprising
Ha'aretz writes that As expected, Syria dismisses UN probe as U.S. plot. We dunno - we kind of expected they'd blame Israel.
In other Syria-killed-Hariri news, people at the United Nations sure are stupid:
The United Nations withheld some of the most damaging allegations against Syria in its report on the murder of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister, it emerged yesterday. The names of the brother of Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, and other members of his inner circle, were dropped from the report that was sent to the Security Council. The confidential changes were revealed by an extraordinary computer gaffe because an electronic version distributed by UN officials on Thursday night allowed recipients to track editing changes...
The furore over the doctoring of the report threatened to overshadow its damaging findings. It raised questions about political interference by Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary- General, who had promised not to make any changes in the report.
In exasperation, Glenn Reynolds wants to know if there are any tyrants Annan won't cover for? We don't know what everyone's so piss off about about: the UN is designed to give dictators and theocrats the pretense of legitimacy and a place of protection as they launch their Lilliputian attacks against democracy - shielding Assad from the consequences of his actions is just part of Annan's job.
In other Syria-killed-Hariri news, people at the United Nations sure are stupid:
The United Nations withheld some of the most damaging allegations against Syria in its report on the murder of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister, it emerged yesterday. The names of the brother of Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, and other members of his inner circle, were dropped from the report that was sent to the Security Council. The confidential changes were revealed by an extraordinary computer gaffe because an electronic version distributed by UN officials on Thursday night allowed recipients to track editing changes...
The furore over the doctoring of the report threatened to overshadow its damaging findings. It raised questions about political interference by Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary- General, who had promised not to make any changes in the report.
In exasperation, Glenn Reynolds wants to know if there are any tyrants Annan won't cover for? We don't know what everyone's so piss off about about: the UN is designed to give dictators and theocrats the pretense of legitimacy and a place of protection as they launch their Lilliputian attacks against democracy - shielding Assad from the consequences of his actions is just part of Annan's job.
