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Myanmar denies Buddhist mob kills Muslim villagers
Associated Press ^ | Jan. 17, 2014 8:32 PM EST | Robin McDowell

Posted on 01/17/2014 7:27:01 PM PST by Olog-hai

Myanmar’s government denied that security forces and a Buddhist mob attacked a village in an isolated corner of the country this past week and killed Muslim women and children. A rights group said more than a dozen people may have died and that hundreds of people have fled their homes.

The United States and Britain called on the government to investigate and to hold those responsible accountable.

“We have had no information about killings,” Deputy Information Minister Ye Htut told reporters Friday on the sidelines of a meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers in Myanmar’s ancient city of Bagan. …

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: buddhists; burma; myanmar; rop

1 posted on 01/17/2014 7:27:01 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I’m curious, what was the U.S. and Britain’s response to all the Christians being killed by mudslims?


2 posted on 01/17/2014 7:33:17 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Mastador1

If you wanted proof the church is invisible, here it is (TONGUE IN CHEEK!!)


3 posted on 01/17/2014 7:49:11 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: Olog-hai

Myanmar/Burma can be nasty at times. I wonder if the supposed joint attack was something like a couple of Buddhists and a bunch of goons of the wrong Muslim sect....


4 posted on 01/17/2014 7:51:32 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar for you if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: Olog-hai

no women, no kids. /Leon


5 posted on 01/17/2014 8:12:20 PM PST by NonValueAdded (It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
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To: Olog-hai

>The United States and Britain called on the government to investigate and to hold those responsible accountable.<

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I never noticed the same concern from the US and UK when muslims kill Christians on a daily basis in those Mid East hell holes.


6 posted on 01/17/2014 9:28:41 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: Olog-hai
Buddhist mob kills

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7 posted on 01/17/2014 9:31:18 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Yes, the AP still insists on saying that.


8 posted on 01/17/2014 9:32:59 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

“If you meet the Mahdi on the road, kill him.”


9 posted on 01/17/2014 9:33:42 PM PST by RichInOC ("In the name of Allah, The Inexorable, The Irresistible...")
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To: Olog-hai

I know nothing!


10 posted on 01/17/2014 11:29:01 PM PST by Right Wing Assault
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