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Published Date: 18 August 2008
BURMA'S main opposition party said yesterday that it hopes a visit today by a United Nations special envoy will help restart talks between the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest, and the ruling military junta.
Ibrahim Gambari is spending five days promoting national reconciliation.

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  • Last Updated: 17 August 2008 10:13 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Mashimaro,

China 18/08/2008 00:06:52
It's Myanmar you colonial apologists. Are you surprised when the government doesn't welcome you in to its borders, even if it is allegedly to help its people.
2

Guga II,

Rockall 18/08/2008 05:25:39
We'll call it Burma if we so wish, you Chinese Gangster government apologist.

The only reason that the Military junta (a.k.a. the tinpot little dictatorship) remains in power in Burma is because of the support it gets from your gangster government.
3

Roy,

18/08/2008 07:49:50
The cynical media lost interest in the effects of Cyclone Nargis pretty quickly...
4

57Nomad,

california 18/08/2008 08:55:56
There isn't going to be any pro-democracy movement in Burma because although the present junta aren't very nice people, they aren't stupid. W. S. Churchill said, "Tyrants ride to and fro upon the backs of tigers they dare not dismount." There is absolutely nothing for the junta to gain by making concessions. It is likely, IMHO, that they have plans to liquidate all meaningful opposition just as soon as the eyes of the world are drawn elsewhere. They may appear to be talking but what they are really doing is laughing up their sleeves.

This is a pathetic charade. The toothless UN is pretending to weigh in while in reality they are just going through the motions. They know it, the Burmese gangsters who run the country know it, and so we witness this hideous ballet designed to promote the appearance of meaningful action, while in reality it is a Potemkin Village of diplomatic stage props. These people are beneath human contempt.
5

James Donald,

Newbridge 18/08/2008 17:52:48
#2 Guga II,Rockall - Its the "Chinese Gangster government in Peking" if you really want Luke the gook to throw a strop.
6

henrymanchester,

UK 18/08/2008 23:51:05
Just what the world needs...another false western democracy for America Inc. to exploit.
7

Mashimaro,

China 20/08/2008 01:39:09
#6 Absolutely. There is no point in "not talking to" a country's leaders. This is world politics, not third form in a girl's boarding school.

 

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