Flashermac Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Video of the heroic soldiers too RANGOON - Soldiers fired automatic weapons into a crowd of anti-government protesters Thursday as tens of thousands defied the ruling military junta's crackdown with a 10th straight day of demonstrations. A Japanese Foreign Ministry official told The Associated Press that several people, including a Japanese national, were found dead following Thursday's protests. ... Myanmar's state-run newspaper blamed "saboteurs inside and outside the nation" for causing the protests in Yangon, and said the demonstrations were much smaller than the media are reporting. "Saboteurs from inside and outside the nation and some foreign radio stations, who are jealous of national peace and development, have been making instigative acts through lies to cause internal instability and civil commotion," The New Light of Myanmar, which serves as a mouthpiece for the military government said Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 i hope Den Haag has some cell doors open... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Foreigners killed in Rangoon Rangoon (dpa) - Escalating protests in the streets of Yangon claimed an unknown number of casualties Thursday including two foreigners, both of whom were believed to be foreign photo-journalists. Both foreigners were shot near the Sule Pagoda in downtown Rangoon. The Kyodo news agency of Japan has identified one of the foreign victims as a Japanese photo-journalist. A Caucasian man was also shot and died as he attempted to pass through a police barrier, a Burmese photo-journalist who witnessed the shooting told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. The Caucasian's nationality was unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 like the Russia foreign minister say today. "It's an internal matter!" So they will act when?...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 When there is something for them to gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 How can the damn Ruskies always be on the wrong side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 How can the damn Ruskies always be on the wrong side On principle, they are always of the opposite side of the States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 The Japanese are pissed off, since film shows the soldiers running up to the embassy photographer and shooting him dead at point blank range. Definitely singled him out - presumably because of his camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Internet Cut by Myanmar's Junta Myanmar's government appeared to have cut public Internet access and troops occupied key Buddhist monasteries on Friday, witnesses and diplomats said, in an effort to end demonstrations against the ruling junta. The moves raised concerns that the military government may be preparing to intensify a crackdown on civilians that has killed at least 10 people in the past two days. The Internet in particular has played a crucial role in getting news and images of the pro-democracy protests to the outside world. Police also sealed off a Yangon neighborhood after hundreds of protesters defied the government's orders and the violence of previous days to take to the streets. They were quickly dispersed without bloodshed. Elsewhere, witnesses said the streets were mainly quiet. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iy-MfhLN9Q7MwtQ1VlrvexLjr2dAD8RUBIE81 I'm worried about that the world will forget the drama who is going on in Myanmar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Nothing much from our polies down here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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