Burmese mass movement demonstrates (r)

[moe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Subject: Re: Burmese mass movement demonstrates against US sanctions

DEAR BURMANET READERS,

THAT IS NOT BURMESE MASS MOVEMENT.THAT IS SLORC'S MASS MOVEMENT.WHEN YOU SAY
"BURMESE MASS MOVEMENT"IT MEANS THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED THE NLD IN THE 1990
ELECTIONS.SO PLEASE BE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND BY THIS AFP NEWS HEADER.

SINCERELY,

JULIEN MOE

At 05:32 PM 5/4/97, ausgeo@xxxxxxx wrote:
>From: "ausgeo@xxxxxxx " <ausgeo@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: Burmese mass movement demonstrates against US sanctions
>
>Burmese mass movement demonstrates against US sanctions
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>RANGOON, May 4 (AFP) - An estimated 30,000 members of a SLORC's  sponsored 
>mass movement on Sunday held a demonstration against a US decision two weeks 
>ago to clamp economic sanctions on Burma.
>
>The rally, held amid tight security in a sports stadium in east Rangoon, was 
>organized by the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), which is 
>generally regarded as the political arm of Burma's ruling junta.
>
>"This is a blatant interference in  Burma's  internal affairs using bullying 
>tactics," a USDA spokesman said, calling the US investment ban on April 22 an 
>entirely "wrong decision."
>
>"The US government should understand that authorities here are striving to 
>establish a disciplined democratic state," said another spokesman for the 
>USDA, which was formed in 1988 and presently boasts a membership of six 
>million.
>
>A motion to condemn "internal and external destructionists" was also approved 
>by the USDA gathering.
>
>The USDA also accused the United States of failing to curb its own law and 
>order problems, particularly widespread murder and rape.
>
>"We invite the American government, which cannot even provide security or 
>guarantee human rights for its own people, to come and take some much needed 
>lessons from our government on how to preovide security," one spokesman said.
>
>The rally ended with cries of "Shame, shame on the United States!" with 
>spokesmen accusing Washington of having been swayed by the "falsehoods" spread 
>by pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
>
>Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy (NLD) won 1990 
>elections later overturned by the military, has called for investment bans and 
>tourist boycotts of Burma as a means of pressuring the military into reform.
>
>Official sources said similar mass rallies denouncing the US sanctions would 
>be held in 16 cities across the country in the next week.
>
>Many participants at mass USDA rallies held last year to denounce the 
>pro-democracy efforts of the NLD said that they had been pressured into 
>attending the events through official threats.
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