Why the secrecy in Myanmar - Burma. Why keep foreign aid workers out
Bobbieo
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Fri May-09-08 02:13 PM
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| Why the secrecy in Myanmar - Burma. Why keep foreign aid workers out |
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of the country. Does it have anything to do with an opium crop this year if there is one after the typhoon?
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| iamahaingttta
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Fri May-09-08 02:20 PM
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| 1. Because the junta WANTS 100,000 people to die? |
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That's the only thing that makes sense to me!
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| Warpy
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Fri May-09-08 02:21 PM
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| 2. Totalitarian states are notoriously paranoid |
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about contact with the outside for fear their people will get wind of the fact that it doesn't have to be that way.
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| Cleita
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Fri May-09-08 02:43 PM
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| 3. Someone said their government didn't trust us after they saw |
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what we did for the victims of Katrina. I myself wonder why the Bushes are so interested in "helping". Does Burma have oil or prime beach front property to develop?
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