“If the Arab nations who met in Doha were honest about wanting to stop the bloodshed, they would have stopped supplying arms…All their statements are hypocritical.”-Jihad Makdissi, spokesman for Syria’s Foreign Ministry

“This call is not appropriate at this time because it is interfering in the sovereignty of another country.”-Labid Abbawi, Deputy Foreign Minister of Iraq

23 July 2012, Iraqi leaders are denouncing the Arab League’s call to support the Free Syrian Army, create a de facto government supported by outsiders, and offer of a “safe exit” for President Bashar al-Assad.

Iraqi officials say the issue is “…the sole responsibility of the Syrian people” and everyone else should butt out!