Sunday, June 14, 2009

Current Burmese military offensive against the Karen may be part of scheme to eliminate KNU (Karen National Union)

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/investigation/18462/exodus-from-burma-offensive

Things look increasingly bleak --

The late Leo Nichols--I met him and his wife once at a dinner party for "Timber friends." I left Burma in 1980s and heard of his death while working at RFA.

AI Overview The Danish (and Norwegian, Finnish, Swiss) honorary consul in Burma (Myanmar) during the 1990s who was arrested and died in pri...