Posted on 10/03/2007 2:52:10 PM PDT by knighthawk
Yangon - Myanmar's ruling military junta has released 80 monks and 149 women, believed to be nuns, who were rounded up in last week's demonstrations. A Burmese journalist has also been released. Earlier on Wednesday morning, more opponents of the military regime were arrested in the country's most important city Yangon. At least eight lorry loads of prisoners were taken to an undisclosed location. The arrests came a few hours after the departure of Ibrahim Gambari, the UN's special envoy to Myanmar.
He met with junta leader General Than Shwe and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an attempt to mediate between the country's military rulers and democracy activists and protesters. Mr Gambari, who is now in Singapore, will brief UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday.
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they only rounded up 8 truckloads? I was expecting more than that, probably tonight, after they made a big deal about releasing a few that were left alive. The UN is doing nobody any favors by visiting, they always seem to arrest a lot of people as soon as any UN official leaves.
Yep, the UN is worse than merely useless.
The know who they are a where they live and will come after them later. I saw quite a few nuns in the photos of the demonstration (those dressed in white). I suspect they will be somewhere in Thailand soon if they survive. There is a sizable community in Chiang Mai, including a new wat near San Patong.
That does it. Send in Rambo. He had no problem destroying the Burmese army in his last movie.
I haven’t seen his new movie, though I would like to, but I was impressed and glad to hear him say he set it in Burma to bring attention to it. He figured that Burma had no chance of getting any attention because it is such a nothing country in global politics. (my words) He’s right about that.
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