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Monday, December 16, 2024
Looks like the end--junta abducting/conscripting young men--30,000 so far
We don't know number of casualities or deaths or defections--it's a tragedy of humongous proportions and the West does nothing.
China plays both sides and has been eyeing Burma for decades.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/yangon-mandalay-deserted-after-dark-as-myanmar-junta-hunts-for-conscripts.html
It's really sad.
Remembering Danish Siddiqui--photo-journalist--breath taking photographs of fraught situations--Rest in Protest
https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/07/16/1016852885/reuters-photographer-photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-killed-in-afghanistan
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