Monks Lead Protest in Myanmar

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Posted on Sep 23, 2007

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Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters have taken to the streets of Yangon (Rangoon) and elsewhere, as the biggest demonstration against Burma’s brutal military government in nearly 20 years continues to gain momentum.

BBC:

Burma’s largest anti-government protest in nearly two decades has taken place in the former capital Rangoon, led by Buddhist monks and nuns.

Up to 20,000 people took to the streets on the seventh day of protests calling for an end to the “evil dictatorship”.

Unlike a day earlier, police barred a group of monks from entering the road that leads to the home of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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By Verne Arnold, September 24, 2007 at 2:49 am #

#102184 by thomas billis on 9/23 at 9:59 am
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Uh, Thomas, they do have rather large fields of both oil and gas (natural).  China is very interested in this as is Thailand.  They are both doing exploration work as I write this.

That aside, your point is well taken.

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By thomas billis, September 23, 2007 at 9:59 am #
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Forget the monks protest.If you want American help in deposing the military junta send your geologists out to discover oil.Cheney will claim Mohammed Atta met with the junta leader in Czeckoslavakia and we will be there.It might be the freedom fighters from Blackwater but do not worry you will not be able to tell the difference.

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By QuyTran, September 23, 2007 at 8:34 am #

Ngo Dinh Diem of old South Vietnam regime will surely reappear without CIA’s clandestin campaign. It should need some inside highly paid servants from the military government.

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By Verne Arnold, September 23, 2007 at 4:40 am #

Living here in Thailand, I can only hope Aung San Suu Kyi remains well and safe.  She is brave beyond belief.  She should be an inspiration to those living in trying times in the U.S.  At 62, she is a model of courage and resistance to the evils of tyranny; something Americans could learn from.  I hope Americans never have to endure this, but I fear they are closer than they believe and asleep at the wheel.
Peace.

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