Bush Admin Imposed Sanctions on Myanmar (Burma)


	Bush Admin Imposed Sanctions on Myanmar (Burma)

blueridge

5-18-2008 6:37 PM

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myanmar, burma, cyclone, aid, relief, propaganda

blueridge says:

...just before, when they knew the cyclone would hit. Just more evidence that at minimum the catastrophe would be used for "regime change".

Article warns of media propaganda about relief.

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