On May 10, 1:55=A0pm, rst0wxyz <rst0w...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 10, 12:21=A0pm, bmo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/05/10/ap4993788.html
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> > YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's military regime distributed international
> > aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in
> > an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week's
> > devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise.
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> Disgusting.
IMHO not as disgusting as Mormans and Baptists going to Iraq with
blankets and bibles after we invaded the country under false pretext.
Those muslins weren't killed by our bombs we'll kill them spiritually.
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> > The United Nations sent in three more planes and several trucks loaded
> > with aid, though the junta took over its first two ****pments. The
> > government agreed to let a U.S. cargo plane bring in supplies Monday,
> > but foreign disaster experts still were being barred entry.
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> > Despite international appeals to postpone a referendum on a
> > controversial proposed constitution, voting began Saturday in all but
> > the hardest hit parts of the country. With voters going to the polls,
> > state-run television continuously ran images of top generals including
> > junta leader, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, handing out boxes of aid at
> > elaborate ceremonies.
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> > "We have already seen regional commanders putting their names on the
> > side of aid ****pments from Asia, saying this was a gift from them and
> > then distributing it in their region," said Mark Farmaner, director of
> > Burma Campaign UK, which campaigns for human rights and democracy in
> > the country.
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> > "It is not going to areas where it is most in need," he said in
> > London.
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> > The government's abilities are limited. It has only a few dozen
> > helicopters, most of which are small and old. It also has about 15
> > trans****t planes, primarily small jets unable to carry hundreds of
> > tons of supplies.
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> > "Not only don't they have the capacity to deliver assistance, they
> > don't have experience," said Farmaner, the British aid worker. "It's
> > already too late for many people. Every day of delays is costing
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