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New generation marks Myanmar crackdown - 08 August 2008

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A student uprising against military rule in Myanmar 20 years ago ended in a brutal crackdown that left an estimated 3,000 dead.

Al Jazeera's Hannah Belcher reports on a new generation continuing the fight.

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  • Remember that the army only started shooting at 8888 on th last week. they shot for only afew days. before that, the order was "No fire art citizens no matter what, my uncle's friend in th army was awarded a medal for not shooting before the order came.

  • Myanmar has alot of gas, minerals, and teak. I din;t plan to give away our businesses to foreigners, if the US com to myanmar that will happen. So we prefer to sell to china.

  • It's forbidden country! Ruling by iron fist, narrow minded, stupid retards ignorant people...

    Burma has a lot of Natural Resources, that's why China Government is always cover up for the Junta..Simple...Unfortunately UN is sucks! Gambari is the most brainless employee in the UN.

  • too bad for them..a have a friends there in myanmar..they all nice guys.. nyi,saw thaw clay,mosquew..cliff..

  • LOL, or Islamophobia ^^

  • There's actually a lot of oil there. And gas, and minerals, and timber. The Junta survives by selling those resources.

  • too bad there's no oil there

  • "The ink of a scholar is worth a thousand times more than the blood of a martyr"

    -a bloody uprising isn't always in the best interest of the people, but helping plant the seed of democracy might be the only option.

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