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Article by U Thaung
New Yorkers were kidnapped by Burmese Government
By U Thaung
The Burmese military government has kidnapped a huge
number of New Yorkers and is demanding millions of dollars as
ransom from the US Government. It appears that the US Government
might surrender in the near future.
The blackmail diplomacy of ransom for irradiating opium
fields was first introduced by Golden Triangle Drug King Khun Sa
a few years ago by demanding millions of dollars from the American
Government for wiping out the opium fields. Perhaps Khun Sa the
lord of drug, now residing at May Kha road military elite quarters
in Rangoon is advising the Burmese Generals for this cruel scheme.
Nowadays the Burmese military government's top priority
is to fight drug, even though all the generals are sharing the wealth
of drug monies from the two drug warlords. They are aiming for the
forthcoming UN Drug Conference , that will introduce a plan to aid
billion of dollars from World Bank to the drug producing nations to
substitute other crops in the opium fields.
Action started with inviting newsmen from New York
Times, Newsweek and other journalists and showing how sincerely
they want to fight the drug. They are planning to invite America
senators too.Col. Kyaw Thien, the chief of Myanmar's counternarcotics
program,explained "This drug problem is not only the problem of the
United States. It's our problem too. We know that we cannot fight
this alone" when he met the newsmen.
"We think we can get rid of 60 percent of the heroin
going into the U.S. in 12 months' time if the U.S. cooperates with us,"
said Lieut. Col. Hla Min, the deputy director of the Office of Strategic
Studies, a planning branch of military intelligence.
The reason behind these offerings is that the Burmese
Government wants to perpetuate itself in power. For that they want
to change their image and they need money. Because of heavy military
spendings and high theivings of the generals, the nation's coffers are
totally empty today. Thay cannot continue their repressive rule
without American dollars.
For the purpose of prolonging their power, the generals
would do anything, even really irradiating the drug fields. What
would the US Government do? The United States had cut off
counternarcotics aid to Burma following the coup in 1988.
Restoring such aid could undercut other American economic sanctions
and lend legitimacy to a dictatorship that stands accused of
widespread abuse of human rights.
Even yesterday in Geneva the UN Human Rights Commission
unanimously adopted a resolution attacking widespread
human-rights abuses in Burma.
Forget human rights. The American Government will first
have to save it's sons and daughters from drugs. We can see that
the US would surrender the Burmese generals soon.
If the Burmese generals succeeded in this blackmail diplomacy
and collect ransom from the US ,the fate of 45 million Burmese would
be enslaved for ever.
No one can do anything. This is a mad world with cruel dictators.
U Thaung