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Syrian Blogger Sentenced to Three Years in Jail

blind biker writes "The AP reports (via the Herald Tribune) of Tarek Bayassi, a 24-year old Syrian blogger sentenced to three years in jail for 'undermining the prestige of the state and weakening national morale.' The original sentence was six years but it was commuted on appeal. Apparently, this isn't an isolated case in Syria."

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  1. we do it differently here? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    sort of. there's total censorship (they call it moderation) on most 'mainstream' blogs. &, as annoying as we have been, we must give robbIE credit for at least trying to be fair, & not totally manipulated by his corepirate nazi overlords. see you on the other side of it? let your conscience be yOUR guide. you can be more helpful than you might have imagined. there are still some choices. if they do not suit you, consider the likely results of continuing to follow the corepirate nazi hypenosys story LIEn, whereas anything of relevance is replaced almost instantly with pr ?firm? scriptdead mindphuking propaganda or 'celebrity' trivia 'foam'. meanwhile; don't forget to get a little more oxygen on yOUR brain, & look up in the sky from time to time, starting early in the day. there's lots going on up there.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071229/ap_on_sc/ye_climate_records;_ylt=A0WTcVgednZHP2gB9wms0NUE
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080108/ts_alt_afp/ushealthfrancemortality;_ylt=A9G_RngbRIVHsYAAfCas0NUE
    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/opinion/31mon1.html?em&ex=1199336400&en=c4b5414371631707&ei=5087%0A

    is it time to get real yet? A LOT of energy is being squandered in attempts to keep US in the dark. in the end (give or take a few 1000 years), the creators will prevail (world without end, etc...), as it has always been. the process of gaining yOUR release from the current hostage situation may not be what you might think it is. butt of course, most of US don't know, or care what a precarious/fatal situation we're in. for example; the insidious attempts by the felonious corepirate nazi execrable to block the suns' light, interfering with a requirement (sunlight) for us to stay healthy/alive. it's likely not good for yOUR health/memories 'else they'd be bragging about it? we're intending for the whoreabully deceptive (they'll do ANYTHING for a bit more monIE/power) felons to give up/fail even further, in attempting to control the 'weather', as well as a # of other things/events.

    http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=video+cloud+spraying

    dictator style micro management has never worked (for very long). it's an illness. tie that with life0cidal aggression & softwar gangster style bullying, & what do we have? a greed/fear/ego based recipe for disaster. meanwhile, you can help to stop the bleeding (loss of life & limb);

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/28/vermont.banning.bush.ap/index.html

    the bleeding must be stopped before any healing can begin. jailing a couple of corepirate nazi hired goons would send a clear message to the rest of the world from US. any truthful look at the 'scorecard' would reveal that we are a society in decline/deep doo-doo, despite all of the scriptdead pr ?firm? generated drum beating & flag waving propaganda that we are constantly bombarded with. is it time to get real yet? please consider carefully ALL of yOUR other 'options'. the creators will prevail. as it has always been.

    corepirate nazi execrable costs outweigh benefits
    (Score:-)mynuts won, the king is a fink)
    by ourselves on everyday 24/7

    as there are no benefits, just more&more death/debt & disruption. fortunately there's an 'army' of light bringers, coming yOUR way. the little ones/innocents must/will be protected. after the big flash, ALL of yOUR imaginary 'borders' may blur a bit? for each of the creators' innocents harmed in any way, there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/us, as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile, will not be available. 'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet, & by your behaviors. help bring an end to unprecedented evile's manifestation through yOUR owned felonious corepirate nazi glowbull warmongering execrable. some of US should consider ourselves somewhat fortunate to be among those scheduled to survive after the big flash/implementation of the creators' wwwildly popular planet/population rescue initiative/mandate. it's right in the manual, 'world without end', etc.... as

  2. Re:American jailed for setting up satellites by Dog-Cow · · Score: 0, Troll

    What Syrian territory has Israel invaded that was not done during a war started by Syria?

  3. Re:American jailed for setting up satellites by br00tus · · Score: 1, Troll

    Anyone who says the Six-Day War was "started by Syria" is so steeped in Zionist delusion and propaganda, they're hopeless. Hell, Israel even attacked the US Navy during the Six Day war, and I am quite sure the Zionists in private discussion blame the US for that talking about how the US Navy "started it" by sending a signals intelligence ship anywhere near them. Of course, this kind of delusion is not one stated publicly.

  4. ISLAM IS THE CANCER! NUKES ARE THE ANSWER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Muhammad's army of madmen rode out of the deserts of Arabia. They
    raped/conquered and enslaved the minds of all the people in the area and
    to
    this day more than 1.2 billion people have been infected with the mental
    disease we know as Islam.
    I urge my fellow Americans to boycott all Muslim businesses and write your
    congressmen to stop the billions of dollars in foreign aid to Muslim
    countries, stop all future Muslim immigration, and BAN ISLAM. Now before
    you
    start ignorantly screaming "freedom of religion", Islam is
    unconstitutional,
    and let me explain why. Islam is a supremacist political party disguised
    as
    a religion, which discriminates against non-Muslims, women and
    homosexuals.
    The main goal of this totalitarian system is worldwide domination under
    Islamic law; and Islamic law is a real fun time: Muslim countries are
    constantly hanging women for adultery or "honor" and executing homosexuals
    just for being gay, and murdering Jews just for being Jewish. Women can't
    vote or equally testify in court and millions of Middle-Eastern Muslim
    women
    get their clitoris cut off by the age of 14. Islam is clearly
    unconstitutional, and if we can't ban it, then we need to change our
    constitution. The constitution should not be a suicide pact. Don't buy
    that
    bullshit that liberals try to sell, saying that Islam is in any way
    peaceful. People who blow themselves up and mutilate their daughters
    vaginas
    are obviously suffering from a mental disease. Islam calls for the
    subjugation or death of non-believers. Not just Christians and Jews, but
    all
    non-Muslims are at danger due to this plague on humanity. Christian
    schoolgirls get bombed/decapitated in Indonesia, Christian nuns get
    stabbed
    and churches burned in Egypt, Buddhists get their heads cut off in
    southern
    Thailand, Hindus beaten to death in Kashmir, black Christians castrated
    and
    put into slavery in Sudan... the list goes on forever.
    Muhammad means The Praised One in Arabic. The Praised One was under the
    control of demons for 23 years of his life. Although nobody knows his real
    name, he is called the Rasool or Prophet. He is also referred to as
    al-insan
    al-kamil, meaning the perfect man. According to the muslims, their idea of
    a
    perfect man was one who raped little girls and decapitated Jews.
    According to the demon worshippers, "Allah" is the one true God. Now
    Allah is pretty much Satan, but Muslims have been convinced that he is
    God.
    The pedophile and mass murderer known as Muhammad (may pig shit cover him)
    was a completely delusional psychopath, and Allah was his alter-ego who
    revealed the Koran to him in a series of revelations. So when Muhammed
    heard
    voices in his head, it was the word of God. And the way they eventually
    wrote it down is said to be the literal words of God. Changing a comma
    would
    be blasphemy. Here are some examples of what Muslims consider the actual
    words of God:
    * Make war on them until idolatry shall cease and God's religion
    shall reign supreme." (8:39)
    * "God revealed His will to the angels, saying: 'I shall be with
    you. Give courage to the believers. I shall cast terror into the hearts of
    the infidels. Strike off their heads, strike off the very tips of their
    fingers!' " (8:12)
    * "When the sacred months are over slay the idolaters wherever you
    find them. Arrest them, besiege them, and lie in ambush everywhere for
    them.
    If they repent and take to prayer and render the alms levy, allow them to
    go
    their way. God is forgiving and merciful." (9:5)
    * "Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and
    deal
    rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home a

  5. Good Thing It Wasn't A U.S. Supported Country by gateur · · Score: 0, Troll

    If the same thing happened in any number of U.S. supported countries, he'd be dead now, and nobody in the U.S. would have read about it. Check out some of what goes on in Saudi Arabia. And don't forget that Israel regularly 'accidentally' kills reporters for exposing their crimes against the Palestinians.