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[1387] Of for Myanmar, recurring nightmare

I hope that I am wrong but from the look of it, it has begun:

BANGKOK, Sept. 26 — The government of Myanmar began a violent crackdown today after tolerating more than a month of ever-larger protests in cities around the country, clubbing and tear- gassing protesters, firing shots into the air and arresting hundreds of the monks who are at the heart of the demonstrations.

The Reuters news agency quoted hospital and monastery sources as saying two monks and a civilian were killed and several people were wounded in the crackdown. [Police Clash with Monks in Myanmar. New York Times. September 26 2007]

Where is ASEAN? Busy drafting that little charter of yours?

Inaction would signal this: the worthlessness of the ASEAN Charter, for all its grand — and most likely empty — promises to ensure human rights.

By Hafiz Noor Shams

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