11 May 2008

Myanmar junta still blocking cyclone aid

With that headline the International Herald Tribune pretty much sums up the problem: "A trickle of aid shipments arrived in Myanmar on Sunday, more than a week after a massive cyclone smashed the country, but officials continued to bar major shipments to the storm's hard-hit survivors. The junta is refusing to grant entry to foreign aid workers, who relief officials say are crucial to preventing more deaths from disease among an estimated 1.5 million victims of the May 3 storm." "al-Reuters reported Sunday that state-run Myanmar TV said that 28,458 people had died in the cyclone and that 33,416 were missing. al-Reuters also reported that the UN humanitarian agency said, in a new assessment, that 1.2 million to 1.9 million people were struggling to survive in the aftermath of the storm. "The number of deaths could range from 63,290 to 101,682, and 220,000 people are reported to be missing," the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said."

Rico says back to Plan B: fuck their permission and entry visas and do the whole thing from offshore, using US and French aircraft carriers and helicopters, and blow the shit out of any Burmese military who show up to interfere.

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