Burmese of Jamaica in front of Jamaica's U.S. Embassy for Burma's humanitarian relief

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Sunday, October 14, 2007

State terrorism in Burma


Unarmed protestors, including many Buddhist monks, were brutally shot and violently beaten in the streets of Rangoon during peaceful marches in September.

The whole world has witnessed the events.

Night raids were carried out to arrest hundreds of monks and civilians.

The government-backed organisations have threatened their opponents with 'complete annihilation'.

Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer even said in an interview with the BBC that Burma wasn't a country with an army, it was rather an army with a country.

There are allegations that the military government is using terror as as weapon to prevent people from speaking out the truth.

Is it right to say that the Burmese government is practising 'State Terrorism'? How can people choose between 'fear' and 'truth'? How can the people overcome the fear?

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