Thread: Burma march largest in 20 years
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Old 24-09-2007, 17:34   #4
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Re: Burma march largest in 20 years
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Originally Posted by Matt D View Post
The military junta ruling Burma has now threatened to "take action" against the monks...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7010839.stm



Right, so a bunch of peaceful Buddhist monks protesting against a rather nasty oppressive regime are in fact " 'Destructive elements' opposed to peace"


The story goes on to say that 3000 people were killed when the military crushed the last democracy uprising.
When I was there they had Billboards with slogans in Burmese as well as English. One of them read: "Crush all destructive elements". The rethoric hasn't changed apparently.

Edit: This sort of stuff:

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