From: mahmud-mehdi@CS.YALE.EDU (Mehdi Mahmud)
Subject: Re: More Propaganda from the Burmese Junta
Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 18:17:12 GMT

In article <57165@cup.portal.com> hassan@cup.portal.com (hassan monu alam) writes:
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>Message 12/24  From Soe Myint Aung                 Apr 9 '92 at 11:40 am -240
>From: Soe Myint Aung <ap38%UMD5.UMD.EDU@UCSFVM.UCSF.EDU>
>
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>Following is a comment from my friend about Rohinger News.
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>It is the funnest joke I have ever heard in my life.
>Massacre ! ... Killing ! ...
>Give me a break!
>
>If you were head of Burmese troops and had a plan to massacre all Moslems,
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	Which isn't saying much...

>what would you do?

	Probably jump off the tallest building I could find.

>Well, the first thing that you would do is to close the border between
>Bangladesh and Myanmar.  You can achieve that goal by controlling all boats
>that available in the region, conveying Navy ships, and increasing the
>number of troops.
>Then, you can do whatever you want -- killing, raping, torture, ... whatelse?
>Moreover, if you planed to kill the people, you would also make sure nobody
>escaped.  You also need to make a plan to handle the response of the other
>Moslems from the other regions.
>
>Well, so far, the border is still opening. No navy ships are conveying in the
>region.  Some people expecting to get the relief from UN are still crossing
>the border and making meaningless accusations. Rohingers, the source of false
>information, and Bangladesh, the land of hopeless, still don't get the support
>from the Moslem leaders.  As long as they are holding those false accusations,
>they will nver get any kind of support from other Moslems!

	Granted. However, there are two small problems:

1. The Burmese Government (a joke!) does not necessarily want to KILL all
   Muslims, they simply want to drive them off Burmese territory.

2. Since when have the Burmese Government (another joke!) learned to actually
   plan ahead??

>Moe Htwe Oo
>3rd Year, Physics Honor, Yangon University [Main]
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	Perfect example of what happens when you feed only your knowledge,
not your mind!

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>[Original News with comment]
>
>    Reuter, Dhaka, April 8 - Refugees fleeing from Burma have accused
>Burmese troops of opening fire on Moslems at prayer in a village mosque
>in western Arakan state, killing at least 200 people, Bangladeshi
>officials said on Wednesday.
>
>>>> When reporters asked "Why did Burmese troops fire?", Bangladeshi
>    officials answered simply "We don't know." They said "We don't care
						^^^^
>    whether it is truth or not, but what we are focusing now is to
>    picture Rohingers as Refugees. We are expecting to get profict from
>    this situation. Because we have double the number of Rohingers who
>    fled to our country, they will get the half of profict and we will get
>    the rest of profict. You see half to half."

	I am *woundering* (geddit?) to whom this mysterious "they"
refers. And how are you able to quote him word for word?

>    Officials quoted a refugee, Azizul Huq, as saying the massacre took
>place at a prayer meeting on Sunday ending the Moslem month of Ramadan
>in Sikderpara village near Maungdaw town, where the Burmese army last
>week closed down a mosque.
>    "The Moslems offering Eid al-Fitr prayer fell like sitting ducks
>when the troops opened fire," Huq was quoted as saying by an official in
>Cox's Bazar in southeast Bangladesh near the Burmese border.
>    "Our only offence was we used the closed-down mosque as the venue
>for the prayer," Huq was quoted as saying.
>
>>>>  Well, Well, Well!  I am woundering why other Moslems don't say
>     anything about this.  If that kind of killing was really happening,
>     Myanmar Government would face the demonstrations by now. Rohingers
>     would suddenly get the support of Moslems leaders.

1. How can the Burmese Government (!) face demonstrations when most
of the Rohingyas are either in Bangladeshi territory or dead ?

2. Muslim Leaders? Appointed by whom?

>    He said nearly 150 devotees were wounded in the attack, prompting a
>new influx of Moslem refugees, known as Rohingyas, into neighbouring
>Bangladesh -- now reluctant host to more than 215,000 refugees.
>
>>>>  215,000 ! The number is more than double!  It seem Bangladesh Gov.
>     changes its "Half to Half Plan."

	You crack me up! Didn't I see you on Comic Strip Live?

>    Refugees alleged the Burmese junta had resumed torturing Moslems
>immediately after U.N. Undersecretary-General Jan Eliasson ended his
>visit to parts of Arakan to investigate claims of persecution.
>    "They just stopped killing and raping of Moslems for a week trying
>to show Mr. Eliasson that nothing had happened and life in Moslem
>villages is normal," refugee Zafar Ahmed said.
>
>>>>  Good work Zafar! Good work. It might be work to cover your previous
>     lies. But the truth is truth.

	Well said. The truth is indeed the truth.


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