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"Cyclone victims do not need 'chocolate bars'" - Myanmar junta
Myanmar's military rulers have recently let foreign aid workers in to the country, and then this...
MYANMAR’S ruling junta lashed out at foreign aid donors Friday, saying cyclone victims did not need supplies of "chocolate bars" and could instead survive by eating frogs and fish.
The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a government mouthpiece, also warned that foreign relief workers could snoop inside homes, and condemned donors for linking aid money to full access to the hardest-hit regions in the Irrawaddy Delta.
The tirade came as the junta tightened its political grip on the country, extending democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest and announcing that its new constitution has been enacted.
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May 30, 2008 at 04:03 am by jayr_patron, 394 views, 5 comments
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at 04:18 on May 30th, 2008
jayr_patron, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 04:28 on May 30th, 2008
jayr_patron, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 05:33 on May 30th, 2008
jayr_patron, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 12:17 on May 30th, 2008
What an outrageous response. Thanks for this post.
at 16:29 on May 30th, 2008
Too bad they are not a big oil producer or the US army might bring them the gift of true democracy!