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Damascus Street Notes

Western imposed sanctions on Syria and Iran are a constant discussion.

(DAMASCUS Al Manar) - The half hour drive from the Lebanese border at Masnaa to Damascus is always pleasant; on rolling hills often are large herds of goats and sheep lazily watching the traffic below.

As this observer watched some of the herds the other day when traveling to Damascus, I noticed that there appeared to be an unusually large number of shepherds above us tending their herds.

APN Condemns Planned East Jerusalem Construction

"... Any timing is poor for such provocative plans in East Jerusalem. It is particularly provocative and irresponsible to advance such plans when Israel and the United States are facing elections..." - APN’s President and CEO Debra DeLee

(WASHINGTON DC) - Americans for Peace Now joins its Israeli sister organization, Peace Now, in condemning two recent moves by the Israeli government in East Jerusalem that could severely complicate efforts to reach a two–state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.

APN’s President and CEO Debra DeLee called the moves “provocative and irresponsible.”

ERC Appeals for UN Intervention and Observers in Arakan, Burma

Almost one million Rohingya Muslims are living in a dire situation throughout Arakan State.

(LONDON) - We are deeply concerned over the reports that Bengali Rakhines had started attacks on Rohingya Muslims and Kaman Muslims yet again in Minbya Township and Myauk U Townships on October 21, 2012.

At least four villages were burnt down and scores of people killed. Exact casualty report is not available at the moment.

Borderline Slavery

The IRP's to power raises questions of corruption.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - A conference this past week at the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque was titled: “Borderline Slavery: Contemporary Issues in Border Security and the Human Trade.”

In a series of presentations, panelists dug into the problem of human trafficking within the socio-economic contexts of massive immigration, globalization, drug prohibition, border militarization, and the War on Terror.

Is Punishing Millions of Innocents Taking the High Moral Road?

Do you support the government's policy of starving and punishing innocents for political reasons? What have you done about it?

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - Most of us have been taught that America is a great country that always takes the high moral road, and was attacked by people who hate democracy and our values; but is this just a ludicrous belief that has been so firmly ingrained that some believe it.

Do we always take the high moral road, and that is why we are hated?

How Far Can Your Freedom Go?

Free will and giving it up do not contradict each other; they always reciprocally protect one another.

(MADRID) - German writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe once explained that if someone who in the name of liberty gives up being one’s true self, then it is like that person is committing suicide.

A certain type of ethic, which gives as a good standard a double morality in many areas of human existence, is spreading like a deadly narcotic.

Salem Police Shoot Dog- Bullet Strikes Man

A man was shot in the foot and transported to Salem Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

(SALEM) - A Salem Police officer setting out to shoot a pit bull ended up shooting a man who apparently tried to place himself between the gun and the dog.

A Salem Police officer was firing at the pit bull, a spokesman says, when 38-year old Steven Deleon jumped in, apparently trying to intervene in the situation.

Rakhine Racists and Myanmar Dictators have Committed Genocide

Religious discrimination is leaving people dead in Myanmar.

(WASHINGTON DC) - I am telling the Truth, the whole Truth, nothing but the Truth, believe it or not, Rakhines Buddhists are racists and they joined with dictators for Rohingya ethnic cleansing and eradication of Christainity.

I use the word racist which you may not like but Rakhines deserve that word, their actions reflect to racism, they really represent like racists.

Kyrgyzstan: Defamation Campaign and Threats Against Human Rights Defender Ms Tolekan Ismailova

William Gomes advocates for activists involved with, 'I Am Gay and Muslim'.

(SALEM) - A smear campaign and threats against Ms. Tolekan Ismailova; a human rights activist from Kyrgyzstan, are unacceptable behaviors of the Kyrgyz government.

Along with other organisers of the human rights festival, Ms Tolekan Ismailova has been at the receiving end of government harassment that is totally unacceptable.

Jewish Domination? Occupation More Likely

Some elements within the Palestinian solidarity movement have obviously adopted the most repellent and brutal Zionist symptoms...

(LONDON) - The recent attack on Free Gaza’s Greta Berlin and Colonel Ann Wright suggests that we have crossed a red line -- Jewish domination within the Palestinian solidarity movement belongs to the past.

We are now, it seems, under Zionist occupation, and we are subject to all the symptoms of Israeli abuse and Zionist brutality.