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stop violence against protesters. they ve been on the ground about 48 hours. and their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league observer force is a sudanese military commander named lieutenant general mohammed ahmed mustafa al dhabi. not only is he a sudanese military commander, he s also the former head of foreign intelligence in the government of omar al bashir, the man now wanted by the international criminal court for genocide and crimes against humanity. more on that in a moment. today, the head of the arab league team in syria, general al dhabi, told reuters that things were calm and there were no clashes in homs, which has for months seen some of the deadliest violence. he went on to say, the situation seems reassuring so far. he also said, some places looked a bit of a mess but there was nothing frightening. nothing frightening. that is not of course what we ve been hearing from people in and around homs for months. a ....