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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Uproar - outrage - Burmese junta fire bombs Letpadaung Taung Chinese copper mine demonstrators

http://www.youtube.com/user/voaclips in Burmese. Correspondent VOA Thein Htike Oo. Government denies use of fire bombs, Survivor monks say they were sleeping at 3 AM when the main gates of Wanpau Co. were opened, and monks struck with water cannon, and beaten - and the fire bombs fell on them - These are rumored to be white phosphorus - stay posted, I will post the White Phosphorus wiki in a few minutes. Please consider donating to Wikipedia. If you are near the scene, take video and post on line.