BBC Reporting

4 People shot dead including 1 Japanese photographer

People shown on TV breaking rocks, presumably to throw at soldiers


[edit on 27/9/07 by Chorlton]

[Hey khunmoon, I totally was wrong about what I said,. i had to edit out my rude remark to you. I know as well, some of us are really worked up over this, and the words can go a flying. It is good to see someone translating the Asian text. I cant read any of it.Even though I am not directly involved, I am studying this event.
DWT





[edit on 27-9-2007 by dntwastetime]

(don't really know what this means but it has been on the CB quite a number of times now)
27 Sep 07, 13:21
J Moe: "YELLOW PEACE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE OF BURMA" TOMORROW – TOPAHYO MRT TO TOPAHYO TEMPLE, 12P.M TO 5P.M. CONTACT NO. 9799 6196, 9221 9586.

FYI,

They just reported that

All is quiet in Burma on Fox news,

According to this thread it is anything but quiet.

Just pointing this out for perspective on how it is portrayed in another part of the world.

A brave and good thing, this and other bloggers are doing to get reports out across the world.


UPDATE: coming back from commercial, a news alert and now they say that people were killed in demonstrations in Myanmar....
(about 15 seconds spent on the alert)

In 3 minutes time, 2 entirely different reports and a total of 30 seconds spent on the subject.

Still, word is getting out, even if the major news media aren't covering it the Internet community is. With these powerful images and eyewitness stories we can make others more aware and garner more support for the Burmese people.
The longer they hold out, the more international support we can gather and the greater the pressure will be for other nations to intercede on behalf of these courageous, wonderful people.
Like many people, until recently, this was outside of my scope of knowledge. The last uprising there occurred before I was old enough to be politically involved on a national level, let alone an international one.
Now we have the means to educate and inform the majority of the world, to make people aware and get them to act.
Protests are taking place all over the globe and the internet is driving support on several fronts.
Let us hope that the people of Burma can remain strong and the outcome will be satisfying for them.

27 Sep 07, 13:43
lu sein:: Military is trying to pay money to the military follower and ask them to become a fake monk and trying to attack the islam regious. islam religous people from myanmar pls be careful

27 Sep 07, 13:43
komg: I see all from south okkalapa with my eye.They really killed so many.A student and a man near my home die.i feel so sorry now.I want to kill all

Seems like the flow of news coming mainly from usernames "Yune", "mm" and "lerome" has stopped. It more seems like the CB is flooded with some goverment propaganda and/or discussions regarding that. The other CB on the other blog is silent.

Originally posted by masqua

This is a good sign that the world is waking up quickly to the awful situation in Burma.

Great work, Raud...

Thanks, but I did nothing really. Just some ol' ctrl+c and ctrl+v...
Thanks anyway.


[edit on 27-9-2007 by Raud]

I cropped one of the blog pics:



I see one victim lying on the street, a couple of others are being attacked by the police I suspect, and it appears that there is a soldier carrying a rifle.

The crowd is fleeing and I cannot see any signs of them trying to attack.

It looks like someone is to the right by the tree, but this person is not being herded away, he doesn't appear to be concerned with the victim lying in the street.

The uncropped pic can be found at the blog.



edit:sp

[edit on 2007/9/27 by JacKatMtn]