(Telegraph-UK) Nabila Ramdani - Former Algerian Army officer Anwar Malek, an Arab League observer in Syria who quit last week, told the Sunday Telegraph in an interview that he had watched men, women and children being slaughtered in the popular uprising against President Assad. "We were meant to be monitoring a peace-keeping effort but instead watched people being killed, beaten up, and arrested by police, soldiers and militiamen." Malek said, "Any negative comments were ignored, and the authorities tried to blackmail us into keeping what we saw a secret. Our mobile phones were blocked....Spies were watching us the whole time - with cameras, with binoculars, and with secret surveillance equipment. All of our minders and drivers worked for the intelligence services too." "Some of the monitors were clearly on the side of the Syrian authorities, especially those in charge. It was ultimately orchestrated to stop Western countries taking action, and especially those who want to use military force."
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