Calm before the Storm

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No headlines news about Burma, No information came out from Burmese activists. May be people around the world might think, the struggle for democracy and freedom in Burma might be slow down or cool down, if they think like that way, they are totally wrong. Like the wave hit the beach, if the people around the world think that the wave is smoothed by the beach after hit then they are totally wrong because there are a lot of undercurrents under the surface after the wave hit the beach and the next wave will be hit again and again and again.

As a Buddhist, one must believe that nothing is permanent, The Military Junta will never last forever, even the mighty super power Dictator country like Soviet Union was fall down by the democracy movement.

We must avoid mentioning Than Shwe's Thug army as the Burmese Army because The Burmese Army which was founded by General Aung San was not the same as the Thugs Army which was made used and headed by Than Shwe and his puppets.

It is not the ethnic Burmese Army is suppressing and torturing the other ethnic minority races, it is Than Shwe puppet thug Army who suppressed and tortured all the ethnic groups such as Burmese(Bamah ethnic), Shan, Karen, Kahin, Chin, Araken, Kayah, Mon, Palaung, Padaung etc . For example during U Thant uprising, Rangoon University Student were killed/murdered by the Ne Win's Commandos which were formed with mostly Chin ethnic soldiers(the infamous Red Scarf). Than Shwe Army create a Karen Militia Thugs( DKBA) who are mainly Buddhist to fight against the own ethnic Karen group KLNA who are mainly Christain. They(Than Shwe and his puppets) also organized a group of thugs(most of them are ethnic Bamah(burmese)) to assasinate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her party members at Central Burma near Deepayin Town.

Than Shwe and its Thug Army create ethnic tension by letting one ethnic group to beat/killed other ethnic groups or create fighting among own ethnic group which have different religion believes among themselves or who are not the same ideology as them.

So it is not the same Burmese National Army which was founded by General Aung San is suppressing the Ethnic Minorities, it is the Fascist Nazi Than Shwe Thug Army is suppressing all the people, all the ethnic groups including ethnic Burmese(Bamah) of Burma.

Than Shwe used his thug army to make the Ethnic tension, the Religion Tension so that they can practise "Divide and Rule" policy. This is the reason they always mentioned themselves as Burmese Tat-ma-daw and claimed as that "Country will fall apart" if the Than Shwe Nazi Fascist Army(Tat-ma -daw) is not in control of everyone inside Burma". They use the word "Burmese Ta-ma-daw" for their Nazi Army, tat-ma-daw means Army in Burmese because this is to create tension between Burmese(Bamah) ethnic group and other ethnic groups inside Burma.


Than Shwe's' army while giving favour to the Wa army( who were just the thugs of former Burmese Communist Army now become the major Drug Producers of the world ) but at the same time Than Shwe Army is suppressing the Karen Ethnic groups.( I am nothing against the ordinary Wa people who actually (most of them) were staying inside China or around Burmese/Chinese Border area before 1988 and only after the 8888 uprising and after the cease fire agreement between Wa drugs Army and Than Shwe Nazi Army then so called " people" of the Wa "ethnic" group migratied into Burma, most of them only speak Yunnan's Chinese Language). Actually many of my friends are from the northern Shan State and they are much aware of the situation there..

The Main reasons of cease fire between Wa Drug Army and Than Shwe Thugs Arrny after the cracked down of the 8888 Democracy uprising was that Than Shwe can relocated its army into Cities and Towns of all over Burma(to supressed people calling for democracy and freedom) and also Than Shwe can relocated his Army divisions(his cracked units) to the Burmese/Thai Border to suppress newly formed student army group ABSDF(which was formed after the cracked down of students lead 8888 democracy uprising)

In fact what is actually happening in Burma is, it is the struggle between the people of Burma who want Democracy/Justice/freedom and the Military Junta which was started by Ne Win in 1962 and succeeded by Sein Lwin then Saw Maung and now by Than Shwe and his puppet Nazi Army, it is not the struggle between any ethnic groups or the struggle between any religious group.

We, the people of all the ethnic groups of Burma will never surrender and we will keep fighting for the Democracy and the freedom for our country Burma against the Than Shwe Military Junta and his Nazi Thugs who occupied our country since 1962.

Get rid of Dictators and their Thugs

Look at the youtube, it reminded me of the our 8888 Democracy uprising. This Iranian Dictator use the same method that Ne Win, Sein Lwin, Saw Maung, Khin Nyunt and Than Shwe using. Kill their own people by using their dogs(thugs) In Burma, Junta using militia thugs called "Swan Ah shin" and in Iran, the Dictator used "Basij". Both "Swan Ah Shin" and "Basij" are worse than animal.

Act Now !

Today marks the day that Burma's Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 13 years in detention. She is the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

You can check full list of Burma's Political Prisoners Photos and their Profile at this website. You can also sign for the Petition.

Free Burma's Political Prisoner Now (http://www.fbppn.net/)

8888 We will never Forget

We will and we shall never forget 8888 Uprising

Burmese ? Do Something About Your Country !!!
Source:Goldie Shwe (http://whoiswhoinburma.blogspot.com/)

This 20th Anniversary of the 8888 protest is a good time for every Burmese people to do self assessment.

• Are you Burmese or do you belong to an ethnic minority group?

• Are you a participant or a witness to the 8888 protests?

• Do you agree that the military junta brutally crushed the protests?

• Do you agree that the military junta is a terminal cancer within Burmese society, sucking out the energy and resources from the entire nation?

• Do you agree that the junta and followers are interested only in personal wealth and have no single interest in the real development of Burmese nation ? (Read Full Article here)

US Congress Bans Gem Imports from Burma

I got this email from US Campaign for Burma::

Dear Bay Dah,

We are pleased to write to you with major news: last night the U.S. Congress passed new, enhanced sanctions legislation banning the import of gems from Burma. We want to thank the thousands of you who telephoned, emailed, and met with your members of the House of Representatives and Senate. We also want to acknowledge the hard work carried out by the members of the House and the Senate -- as well as their staff members -- who led this effort.

What Does the Legislation Do?
- This new law closes a gaping loophole in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act that had previously allowed Burmese gems to be sold in the United States, even though most all other imports are banned. The Burmese regime's sale of rubies and jade brings them upwards of $300 million per year -- much of that from unsuspecting American consumers. Now, that will come to an end!

- The law also creates the position of a U.S. "Special Coordinator" for Burma, whose job will be to reach out to other countries to build support for Burma's human rights activists and ultimately seek a peaceful transition to democracy in the country.

Why The Legislation Is Important and Next Steps
- Similar to how "conflict diamonds" help prop up a civil war in Africa, the sale of Burmese rubies and jade funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars to Burma's military dictatorship, financing their reign of terror.
We still have much more work to do -- the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act must be renewed and gems weren't the only source of funds for the military regime -- but for one day we want to pause and celebrate an important step forward.

THANK YOU.
Aung Din, Jeremy Woodrum, Jennifer Quigley, Thelma Young, Jacqui Pilch

Related Link

Associated Press: US Congress passes new Myanmar gemstone sanctions bill,

Agence France Presse : US Congress approves legislation to bar Myanmar gems,

Shame on You !! Than Shwe and his dogs

Burmese People will never Forget General Aung San

He was the Founder of Burmese Army and He sacrificed his life for the Burma and Burmese people

According to the sources from inside Burma that Foreign Embassies were informed that they didn't need to attend the ArZarNi(Martyr's) Day Anniversary on 19 July due to the fact that the junta will only mark this very important occasion in Burmese History as the Township level occasion ONLY. (as a Burmese , I can't believe that they(junta) stoop that low!!! .. Bay Dah)


There is a Burmese proverb ... "A dog who ate the leather Blanket that he slept on without appreciating the fact the blanket gave him the place to sleep .. သေရ ေပၚ အိပ္၊ သေရ နား စား တဲ႕ ေခြး ".


Than shwe, you are same as that dog. May be worse than that dog.

General Aung San founded the Burmese Army and this is the fact you will never able to erase it.. You abused and misused of this patriotic Army to become your personal army for your personal gain instead of for the country and now you ignored the most Important person in Burmese History and Burmese Army History who sacrifice his life for the Burma Independence and you also ignored the one of the most Important day in Burmese History.



Burmese People will never forget Bogyoke(General) Aung San, no matter what all of you try to force the people to forget him. Bogyoke will always in Burmese People Heart.