Burma's Protests
Things are getting very ugly in Burma, with an estimated 100,000 protesters led by the country's monks calling for democracy. With the first shots fired and the first deaths, the world is holding its breath to see if what will follow is another massacre of 3,000 people like the one 2 decades ago.
"About 1,000 villagers in South Okkalapa township on the eastern outskirts of Rangoon attacked an army truck, pelting the soldiers on board with stones until they shot 10 tear gas canisters into the mob to make a getaway.
"The villagers were reportedly outraged that the military had raided the Ngwe Kyar Yan monastery early Thursday morning, arresting monks and leaving its revered abbot severely beaten.
"There are people willing to shoot and people willing to die," said one Western diplomat of the ongoing showdown in Rangoon."
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"About 1,000 villagers in South Okkalapa township on the eastern outskirts of Rangoon attacked an army truck, pelting the soldiers on board with stones until they shot 10 tear gas canisters into the mob to make a getaway.
"The villagers were reportedly outraged that the military had raided the Ngwe Kyar Yan monastery early Thursday morning, arresting monks and leaving its revered abbot severely beaten.
"There are people willing to shoot and people willing to die," said one Western diplomat of the ongoing showdown in Rangoon."
For the full article click on the title of this post.
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