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Burma Survival - Page 4

I hate to think how many have suffered needlessly in this country and pray that the aid is fast enough to stop further death. Burma's leader should be held accountable for all this by the UN and tried in a court for gross negligence leading to death.

Survival Burma

Once again they are saying they will let aid workers in. I am not sure if that means they actually will or if they will stop them like they have before after announcing they would let them in. Even if the top general says they can come in I doubt the foreign aid workers will have access to the highest hit areas. Something tells me they do not want the outside to know what all is going on in this country.

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I agree what are they trying to hide? With the satellite surveillance its not like the world does not know bodies are floating about and such. Is it as basic as pride we can do this our selves?

Page 4 Survival Burma

I think it is more than that. I believe they may have been systematically eliminated some groups of people to further clamp down on the population as a whole. By flexing their muscles and showing they have the power over life and death they use fear to repress the people there. I believe that may be why they are not letting foreign aid workers in.

Survival Burma

It would not be shocking since how else to you rule a land with an iron first. Just hope that is not the case.

Burma Survival

Those poor people. They are at the mercy of ruthless military leaders. One thing the military is never known for is being merciful, that's why military governments tend to put their citizens through boot camp daily. At least the survivors will hopefully get help now.

Burma Survival - Page 4

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When Cyclone Nargis ripped through the nation of Myanmar in May, it swept entire villages away in its floodwaters and left tens of thousands dead. The ruling military junta was slow, however, to accept international aid to speed rescue and recovery efforts. ABC's Jim Sciutto recently traveled back to Myanmar to gauge the nation's progress since the crippling natural disaster.