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Old 05-09-08, 07:03 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Re: Myanmar deaths may exceed 100,000: U.S.

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Originally Posted by Infinite Chaos View Post
Seems there are elections to be held which have been pre-organised for quite a while. BBC reports stated there was some reasoning that the junta's priorities lay there with making sure the elections went by smoothly. Backdrop images of bloated dead bodies laying on floodbanks really sent a chill down my spine.
I believe it is a referendum that is designed to legitimize and further strengthen their control over the country. Pathetic really. Why don't they recognize the only TRUE election that has taken place in that country in the past 46 years - the one in which Daw Aung's party won.
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