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Though exaggerated and overblown, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's disturbing human rights record is pretext, including in Darfur and South Sudan. So is Al-Dabi's likely role. He held various high posts, including military intelligence chief, foreign security director, deputy military operations chief, and Qatar ambassador.

At issue is geopolitics; namely, Washington's longstanding plan for unchallenged world dominance. Achieving it requires turning independent regimes into client ones, including violently when other methods fail.

Al-Dabi's not cooperating. On Monday, Arab League director Nabil al-Araby said he's a "capable military man with a clean reputation." However, he conceded that mission observers can't stop bloodshed. At the same time, he didn't lay blame on Western-backed insurgents.

On Sunday, the Arab League's advisory body called for mission observers to leave because violence continues. Its pro-Western Kuwaiti head, Ali Salem al-Deqbasi, claims ongoing regime "flagrant violations," adding: Observers allow "cover to commit inhumane acts under the noses of the Arab League."

In fact, most AL members are notorious pro-Western despots. Their record includes attacking, killing, arresting, imprisoning, and brutalizing their own people for protesting for political, economic and social justice.

They're also serial liars, pointing fingers the wrong way instead of at themselves and Western partners.

On December 27, Foreign Policy (FP) contributor David Kenner headlined, "The World's Worst Human Rights Observer," saying:

Al-Dabi "may be the unlikeliest leader of a humanitarian mission the world has ever seen. He is a staunch loyalist of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide and crimes against humanity...."

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