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| One dead after fresh Myanmar anti-Muslim riots: police |
| 2013-05-02 |
| [Pak Daily Times] One person was killed and nine injured after mobs attacked mosques and burned homes in central Myanmar, authorities said Wednesday, in the latest religious unrest to erupt in the nation. Riots sparked Tuesday in the small town of Oakkan, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of Yangon after a woman accidentally knocked into a young monk, authorities said, amid acute Buddhist-Mohammedan tensions following a series of attacks in March. "A man died in hospital of his injuries this morning," a police official told AFP. Authorities have locked away Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! 18 people after some 77 homes in four villages in the region north of the commercial hub Yangon were burned during a spate of arson on Tuesday evening, president's front man Ye Htut said in a Facebook update. Terrified villagers of both faiths said police were not there to protect them when a crowd attacked a local mosque on Tuesday evening in Mie Laung Sakhan village. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 The helo gunships may prove to be a decisive "game-changer" between the UWSA's fight wid the Govt. + other Militant factions. I understand that flying and landing helicopters without crashing into the ground is hard, JosephM, as is maintaining the things to prevent crashing into the ground once facility is achieved. What odds do you give the USWA? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-05-02 15:29 |
| #3 Normally, I am opposed to ethnic or racial violence but in this case, the seasoning of turn about fair play does make this stew in BURMA a bit more appetizing. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-05-02 10:16 |
| #2 ION TOPIX > [IRDW.org] CHINA SELLS HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS TO UWSA [United Wa Sachin Army], seemingly in defiance to Myanmar's Govt. The helo gunships may prove to be a decisive "game-changer" between the UWSA's fight wid the Govt. + other Militant factions. VERSUS * TOPIX > JONATHAN MANTHORPE: CHINA RISKS WAR AS IT AS IT PUSHES TERRITORIAL CLAIMS ON THREE CLAIMS. ARTIC = denotes that China is prepared to risk de facto military confrontation + conflcit. I've said before that any US-China mil conflict can poten blow open all of East-South Asia + Pacific as China may attempt to forcibly settle its "strategic access" + territorial issues in various regions = fronts. * STRATEGYPAGE > CHINA'S "OCCUPY AND DEFY". China's aggressive tactics, espec as per disputed territories claimed by other sovereign nations, is forcing its neighbors to reconsider defense or security plans. Ditto Rising Iran, from Syria-Lebanon to Azerbaijan to Afghanistan + the C.A.R??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-05-02 01:47 |
| #1 Somebody in the 3rd-ish(4th?) world is actively anti-muslim? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-05-02 00:35 |