On May 10, 7:47=A0pm, CharlesLiu <chliu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 10, 1:55=A0pm, rst0wxyz <rst0w...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 10, 12:21=A0pm, bmo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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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.
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> 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.
As usual, Charles can't make *any* comments without ba****ng the US.
And note that while ba****ng the US at the drop of a hat, Charles
usually keeps mum about other transgressions around the world.
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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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> > > [...]
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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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