GUINEA MILITARY KILLED AT LEAST 157 IN CRACKDOWN

CONAKRY'S BLOODSHED, DEATH TOLL RISES NEAR 200
JUNTA LEADER EXPRESSES REGRET ABOUT MASSACRE

CONAKRY, Guinea - A local human rights group in Guinea says a bloody military crackdown on anti-government protesters killed at least 157 people, hundreds more raped and butchered, and wounded more than 1,200 others in a brutal crackdown by government soldiers. The Guinean Human Rights Organization says the death toll continues to rise as aid groups discover more people gunned down. Witnesses say security forces fired into the air and then into the crowd of about 50,000 people in a stadium in Conakry. It was described as a bloody massacre where protesters were shot multiple times, stabbed with knives and bayonets and women were beaten and sexually assaulted.

Guinea's military ruler, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, admitted some soldiers lost control at the rally, which was staged to protest his expected bid for president. Captain Camara insisted he did not want the violence to occur. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged authorities in Guinea and the security forces “to exercise maximum restraint and to uphold the rule of law, including respect for basic human rights.” The African Union and the French government condemned the military's use of force, also the European Union on Tuesday called for those responsible to be held accountable, “Guinea’s leaders should order an immediate end to attacks on demonstrators and bring to justice those responsible for the bloodshed.” they said.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

Krishna goes into the forest with His chums for pasturing the calves. There He slays the demon Aghasur who is the embodiment of the principle of cruelty. ... There are eighteen obstacles in the way of this exquisite consummation of bhava which belongs to Vraja. Those are apt to pollute pure love and give rise to offence. The SIXTH OBSTACLE has the forms of cruelty and violence. This is the demon Aghasura. It is possible for love to suffer gradual decay by the absence of kindness for all animate beings. This must be so in as much as kindness can never be a different principle from love for Krishna. There is no substantive difference between love for Krishna and kindness to individual souls.

Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja :

"Sri Krishna The Supreme God-Head - Eighteen Obstacles in the Way"