Tag: "Humanitarian Disasters"
The Burmese Tyrants Are Still Killing Their People. Oh, and It’s Not “Myanmar” Around Here, Thanks.
Things are going from bad to worse to even worse in Burma. The highlights today. 1) The junta running Burma seized the first plane-load of supplies the UN sent there, which caused the UN to suspend any more shipments of aid supplies. 2) The junta then said it wanted more supplies, but no people and [...]
Al Gore Makes Hay While the Corpses Rot in Burma
Al Gore used to be merely a shameless shill, enriching himself while demanding that the rest of the world impoverish itself and wrapping himself in a cloak of Messianic imperviousness. Now he’s gone straight to full-on ghoul. Former Vice President Al Gore in an interview on NPR’s May 6 “Fresh Air” broadcast did just that. [...]
While Burmese Die, The Tyrants Keep the Aid at Bay
This is utterly ridiculous: With the death toll expected to top 100,000, Burma’s military government blocked international aid workers from delivering relief supplies yesterday as bodies floated in stagnant waters left behind by Saturday’s cyclone. The United Nations said its workers based outside Burma had not received a single visa and that Burmese officials were [...]
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