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...faceless generals - 12, if one wants to be exact. Last week, in the junta's latest wave of repression, soldiers fired on thousands of peaceful protesters who had dared challenge its iron-fisted rule, killing dozens, according to initial U.N. estimates. But the question remains: Who exactly are the brutal generals behind one of the world's most isolated regimes...
...Chevron-Burma tie. Just as PetroChina’s parent company was a major player in the Sudanese oil industry, so too is Chevron a leader in the Burmese natural gas sector. Just as oil revenue props up the Sudanese regime, so too does natural gas keep the brutal Burmese junta in power...
...could there be cracks developing in the army's cohesion? During the lead-up to last week's brutal suppression of the Buddhist monk-led demonstrators, exile groups buzzed with speculation that the junta's No. 2, General Maung Aye, was opposing any violence. Then, army troops opened fire, killing at least 10 people in Rangoon. On Sunday, democracy advocates regained a modicum of hope when visiting United Nations Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari was allowed to meet with Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy won elections in 1990 that the junta ignored. Exile websites wondered whether this meeting meant...
...Could this be the start of a burgundy revolution, another rebellion that upends a long-standing dictatorship? Back in 1988, the Burmese military unleashed a brutal assault on student protestors, leaving thousands dead. This time, the junta at first avoided direct confrontation with the demonstrating monks - after all, this is a country where the 300,000-plus clergy is second in numbers only to the 450,000-strong military. But this is not a regime given to restraint. With the monks' protests showing little sign of abating and civilians joining the movement in large numbers, Burma's top brass reverted...
...desk occupied by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but apparently ignoring him as he glanced her way. "The despondent despot," gloated the New York Post, "immediately lowered his head again" and sat back to look at his watch and listen as President Bush, in a speech, lambasted Iran's "brutal and repressive" regime. It was left to the Cuban Foreign Minister to snub Bush in turn by walking out on his speech...