Ukraine continues 'anti-terrorism' crackdown

Ukraine's government is continuing what it calls an "anti-terrorism" operation in the country's east.

There is also growing concern that nationalist armed groups, like the Right Sector, are signing up to help them.

The Right Sector was a violent but instrumental part of the protests that ousted Viktor Yanukovich, Ukraine's former president, in February.

Al Jazeera's Kim Vinnell reports from Dessna.

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“What blood has been shed! What heads have been hung up! Thousands of persons have been slain; thousands of women and children have become wanderers or captives; many are the buildings, which have been ruined; and how many noble races and families have become headless and homeless! ; no remedy has been discovered for this ill, nor any easy salve for this wound. [To insure] freedom of conscience and tranquility of heart and soul is one of the duties and functions of government, and is in all ages the cause of progress in development and ascendancy. Other civilized countries acquired not this preeminence, nor attained unto these high degrees of influence and power, till such time as they put away the strife of sects out of their midst, and dealt with all classes according to one standard. All are one people, one nation, one species, one kind. The common interest is complete equality, Justice and equal dealing towards all peoples on the face of the earth are the means whereby progress is effected .”
Abdu'l-Baha, A Traveler’s Narrative, p. 86)

“O SON OF SPIRIT! I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty? Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself? Out of the essence of knowledge I gave thee being, why seekest thou enlightenment from anyone beside Me? Out of the clay of love I molded thee, how dost thou busy thyself with another? Turn thy sight unto thyself, that thou mayest find Me standing within thee, mighty, powerful and self-subsisting.”
— Bahá'u'lláh, Arabic Hidden Words # 13

“Wealth is most commendable, provided the entire population is wealthy. If, however, a few have inordinate riches while the rest are impoverished, and no fruit or benefit accrues from that wealth, then it is only a liability to its possessor. If, on the other hand, it is expended for the promotion of knowledge, the founding of elementary and other schools, the encouragement of art and industry, the training of orphans and the poor—in brief, if it is dedicated to the welfare of society—its possessor will stand out before God and man as the most excellent of all who live on earth and will be accounted as one of the people of paradise.”
– ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Secret of Divine Civilization 24-25

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