Nucleolus of nuclear Burma
Monday, 21 June 2010 13:04 Dr. Tint Swe .
From time to time Burma draws media attention providing news of military coups, people’s uprisings, news of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and the like. The gross human rights violations, the state-sponsored forced labor practices and the use of child soldier issues are not appealing enough to create outside attention. Condemnations and paper resolutions by world bodies did not make many headlines either. But the last piece of nuclear news is like volcanic ashes spreading over the unwarranted preparation of the 2010 election in Burma.
The 37-page Nuclear Related Activities in Burma report by Robert E. Kelley and Ali Fowle was enough to stir the responsible media and the USA. The pre-planned visit of United States Senator Jim Webb cancelled his second trip to Burma because of that news. The neighboring countries, which would be inside the radius of the missile range supposed to be built by Burmese Generals, are yet to express any dissenting opinions on the subject. Nuclear big neighbors know well of complications and compulsions of being nuclear.
The experts call for independent assessment of the information received by the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), the radio and TV broadcasting station based in Oslo run by pro-democracy movement. The writers of the report also scientifically invited official clarification by IAEA. For the people of Burma there is no doubt at all that the military leaders will do everything pertinent that will aid their quest to remain in power.
The authors who are experts in the nuclear field wrote that Burma was ruled by a junta that had no real political philosophy other than greed. To add to the laundry lists of attacks, as the Generals are born-Buddhists they are living not only with Lobha (greed) but Dosa (anger) and Moha (delusion). Fear has always been there in generals’ mindset. They are afraid of losing power and the wealth they now hold illegitimately and want to simply hand it over to their trusted ones and relatives.
The report categorizes that they are unrealistic attempts of the Molecular Laser Isotope Separation project, unprofessional engineering drawings and the crude appearance of items. But today many countries international relations with Burma do business not on real situation as told by the suppressed people. Those governments just care for the other governments they are dealing. Those foreign ministers will be telling that is their foreign policy is pragmatic. There is no reason to suit the national interest if a neighbor becomes destructive nuclear nation.
Indeed, it is true that the regime believes nuclear weapons contribute to immunity which is being sought because they have repeatedly committed crimes against their own people. Burmese people want to know if the perpetrators are immune by possessing such missiles and weapon of mass destruction.
The Association of South-East Asia Nations (ASEAN) whose members jointly signed the Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty in 1995, are nothing but proud of nuclear motivation of one of its ten countries. It is because the charter allows being forever constructive to one another. The junta leader will not accept if others tell him that it is against the Bangkok Treaty. Though the junta has been going against the principle of upholding international law with respect to human rights, social justice and multilateral trade, nine others continued non-interference practice. Not only the ASEAN, but the SAARC also wants to embrace the junta. The question is which bloc can pay more to the go-getting generals.
The information gathering started five years ago and revealed that secret plan initiated a decade before. It took only a couple of months for Burmese elected representatives to realize that military would not yield to the results of the 1990 election. When they informed international community about it, it was not approved. Nuclear dream of Burmese junta has been apparent and known by the word since years ago but not believed. Now it is time the world to act. To stop nuclear it needs to stop the junta.
When nuclear experts from Pakistan fled to Burma 10 years ago, no foreigners thought it was true. The unholy alliance between Burma and North Korea was also reported by Burmese language radios. Even in early 2002 there were warning sings of the the suspicious North Korean ship, the Kang Nam I, docked at Thilawa shipyard which was built by the China National Constructional and Agricultural Machinery Import and Export Co (CAMC). Only America took some measures against the North Korean ship. But materials from North Korea, Russia, Germany, Singapore, and Europe are were already in existence at Thabeikkyin, Pyin Oo Lwin, Myaing, and maybe at unknown other sites.
This credible report is the last of leakages of classified information from the junta. In April 2006, Vice Senior General Maung Aye, the number 2, paid an official visit at the invitation of the prime minister of the Russian Federation. General Thura Shwe Mann, the number 3, also made a secret visit to North Korea in November 2008. The leaked information received by pro-democracy side included secret reports of those visits as well as the meeting minute between Indian President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and Burmese Senior General Than Shwe of 6th March 2006. In January this year Major Win Naing Kyaw and Foreign Ministry official U Thura Kyaw were sentenced to death and U Pyan Sein, a civilian was sentenced to 15 years for revealing state secrets.
The new hero major Sai Thein Win is hiding because he does not want to be the next Mordecai Vanunu, a former Israeli nuclear technician who also revealed details of nuclear weapon program of Israel in 1986 . Some Burmese intelligent officers are trained by Mossad, which lured the scientist back.
Before IAEA could investigate, the report proves the nucleolus of nuclear Burma.
The constitution written unilaterally and announced approved in the midst of devastating Cyclone is a part of long term strategy of Burmese Generals. Having the secret nuclear ambition, the generals won’t and can’t share power with parliamentarians from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party. So they keep her under detention and made NLD nonexistent. The upcoming election is nothing but to guard nuclear nightmare alive there in Burma.
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010
NUCLEOUS OF NUCLEAR BURMA
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Than Shwe tells military to aid junta’s favoured party
Friday, 18 June 2010 17:04 Salai Han Thar San .
New Delhi (Mizzima) – Senior General Than Shwe recently told regional military commanders at their quarterly meeting to help the Union Solidarity and Development Party win the forthcoming election, according to the sources close to the military.
The meeting with top-ranking military officers was held late last month at the office of the army commander in chief in the Burmese capital Naypyidaw at which Than Shwe issued the directive to aid the party led by Prime Minister Thein Sein.
“He also discussed … the [opposition] National League for Democracy’s attitude to the forthcoming election, and power cuts and water shortages”, a source close to the military said, refusing to disclose details.
State Peace and Development Council members, regional military commanders and cabinet ministers attended.
An analyst on the Burmese military, Aung Kyaw Zaw, who lives on the China-Burma border, corroborated the line that the top junta leader was ordering officers to give a boost to the USDP, formed by members of the junta’s ultra-nationalist organisation, the Union Solidarity and Development Association. He said: “I heard that the Senior General had instructed the regional military commanders to help USDP”.
Other issues discussed were the frequent power cuts and widespread water shortages across the nation despite an abundance of dams and some hydropower projects, a source close to the military in Naypyidaw said, without describing any decisions or plans of action.
Moreover, the officers discussed the issue regarding the decision of the main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) led by Aung San Suu Kyi, that it would not contest in this year’s elections, but would carry out social work.
The quarterly meeting is usually a forum at which political, economic and military issues are discussed, regional military commanders present reports on developments in their sectors and take directives from their superiors. They are then required to hold divisional meetings and supervise the chairmen of district and township peace and development councils in their regions.
The headquarters of the USDP is in Dakkhina Thiri Township, Naypyidaw. It formally became a political party on June 9.
Political analyst Aung Thu Nyein, based in Thailand, said the polls this year were likely to be one-sided as the junta had denied the people a choice in the May 2008 referendum, especially through vote-rigging.
“They shaped the 2008 referendum according to their preferences. They may conduct the upcoming elections in the same way”, he said.
In the run-up to the referendum, junta leaders at the quarterly meetings told officers to make sure chairmen of district and township development councils changed civilian ballots from “no” votes to “yes” to approve the 2008 Constitution, a former military officer said.
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Friday, 18 June 2010
THE LADY OF GOLDEN LAND
Today, I am going to write about a lady of our nation. Have you ever thought of about who you admire? Well, I certainly have. Aung San Suu Kyi (here in after Suu), one of the person I admire most, she was born in 1945 in Burma. Her father, General Aung San, who was our independence leader was assassinated in 1947. Therefore she was raised by her mother who was appointed as an Ambassador in Nepal and India. She gained a Ph.D at the School of Oriental and African Studies from the University of London in 1985.
Suu became famous in 1988 when she came back to care for her dying mom. There was a big anti - government protest all over Burma against Ne Win's government. Suu developed the NLD (National League for Democracy) party in 1988 and it won the election in 1990. Burmese people admire her not only as a daughter of our national hero but also for her courage. She has two sons with Dr. Michael Aris in the UK. Her popularity is a thread to the ruling government therefore the juntas put her under house arrest. She has been prevented seeing everyone however she never gives up. She was awarded the Nobel Price in 1991. Her husband passed away in 1999. The poor man did not get a chance to see his wife due to a visa rejection from military juntas in Burma. Well, I admire her as an intelligent politician and also as an excellent writer. She delivered a thousand speeches and books about human rights and democracy. Although she has been under house arrest for more than two decades, I am sure she will never give up for her mother land . There is a lot of information on the World Wide Web about her. Moreover people can find information form the book names "Fearless from Voice of Burma" written by Whitney Steward. 19th June is her birthday, I am sure Burmese people will never forget her birthday and always appreciate her courage and guidance. Happy Birth Day to you, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (The lady of Golden Land)!!!!
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Friday, 4 June 2010
Is Myanmar Trying to Build a Nuclear Bomb?
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Theunis Bates
Contributor
(June 4) -- It's easy to draw parallels between Myanmar (formerly Burma) and North Korea. Both Asian states are international pariahs, governed by brutal regimes that live in outrageous opulence while their subjects languish in extreme poverty.
And now, according to a high-level defector from Myanmar's armed forces, the rogue nations have something even more worrying in common -- a nuclear weapons program.
Former Myanmar army major Sai Thein Win says the ruling junta is attempting to develop a nuclear bomb with the help of North Korea. Sai says he was trained in missile technology in Russia and worked at two military factories in the heart of the country.
His claims also are backed by photos of bunkers and equipment and top secret documents, which are detailed in a new report by the Democratic Voice of Burma, a news agency run by Myanmar expatriates.
"They really want to build a bomb," Sai, who is now in exile, told the DVB. "That is their main objective."
The Myanmar generals' atomic quest appears to have been inspired by ally North Korea, which can now attack its southern neighbor and flout international law, as its nuclear deterrent keeps it safe from retaliation.
Critics might dismiss Sai as a disgruntled former soldier out to settle old scores. However, independent nuclear experts have backed his assertions.
Robert Kelley, a former director at global nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency, studied the evidence and helped draw up the 30-page report. "It appears that it's a nuclear weapons program," Kelley told the DVB. "There's no conceivable use for this [equipment] for nuclear power."
The revelations clearly have the U.S. government worried. Sen Jim Webb had been scheduled to fly to Myanmar on Thursday night for talks with the government and jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. However, the Virginia Democrat canceled that trip, saying in a statement it would be "unwise and potentially counterproductive for me to visit Burma" until he had "clarification" on the claims of nuclear cooperation between Myanmar and North Korea.
Included in the DVB report are photographs and floor plans of two factories where Sai used European machining tools to make prototypes for nuclear missile facilities. The European kit was sold through two companies in Singapore to Myanmar's Department of Technical and Vocational Education, which the DVB says is a front for its nonconventional weapons program. Fortunately, the machines were shipped without all of the precision parts needed to build nuclear enrichment or missile technology.
The DVB document also boasts a copy of a secret document from the country's "nuclear battalion," which orders one of Sai's factories to construct a "bomb reactor ... for the use of special substance production."
However, a sketch of the "bomb reactor," the DVB explains, reveals that the device is not a nuclear bomb or a nuclear reactor but instead "a strong vessel that could contain a violent chemical reaction." (Such a reaction occurs when uranium and magnesium are mixed to create uranium metal, which through a highly complicated and costly process can be purified for use in nuclear warheads.)
Sai photographed the finished bomb reactors, one of which had seemingly been used to reduce metal. "A bomb reactor built by a special factory, subordinate to the Army Nuclear Battalion, is a very good indicator of a nuclear program in the context of many other things," the report said.
The international community has long suspected Myanmar of harboring nuclear ambitions. Over the past decade, the regime has signed several deals with Russia, which agreed to provide the country with a research reactor. (Work on this project hadn't started as of last summer, says Washington's Institute for Science and International Security, which monitors nuclear proliferation efforts.)
Myanmar's leaders have stated that this planned facility would create medical isotopes. But as few of the country's citizens have access to a doctor, let alone state-of-the-art radiological equipment, most experts have dismissed this argument as bogus.
There is also strong evidence that Myanmar has been covertly pursuing its nuclear aims. Last August, the The Sydney Morning Herald cited defector accounts that the regime was building two reactors with the assistance of North Korea and planned to construct other facilities to refine and enrich uranium. Unlike the DVB report, though, these accounts were not backed with hard photographic evidence.
And in April, a North Korean ship carrying a suspicious arms cargo was reported to have docked in Myanmar. That led the U.S. State Department to request that May's meeting of economic officials from Southeast Asia and America go ahead without Myanmar's representation. It's possible the ship was merely carrying conventional weapons, but such a strong reaction has caused some experts to wonder whether the vessel was in fact hauling nuclear contraband.
Although Myanmar clearly has the desire to build a nuclear bomb, its means don't yet match its will. Sai's photographs show many of the European machines rusting, surrounded by rat droppings and with frayed electrical cabling. And design sketches of a molecular laser isotope separation device -- used to divide enriched uranium, which could be used in a bomb, from depleted uranium -- lacked even basic engineering details, like material tolerances.
However, those flaws don't mean that the U.S. and other concerned nations can ignore Myanmar. Again, North Korea provides a lesson.
Intelligence failures previously allowed the Koreans to export a nuclear reactor to Syria. That could have radically altered the military balance in the Middle East if the project hadn't been terminated by an Israeli bombing raid in 2007.
If a similar atomic scheme went unnoticed in Myanmar, it could have drastic consequences for America's Southeast Asian allies, such as Thailand and the Philippines
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မြန္ဂို ဆိုရင္ လူမ်ိဳးႏြယ္စု၊ လို ့သာမန္အားျဖင္ ့ သိထားၾကမွာပါ။ လူသားအမ်ိဳးႏြယ္ေတြကို ၃ မ်ိဳးခြဲျခားထားတာ ေလ့လာဖူးပါတယ္။ Mongoloid (အသားဝါ လူမ်ိဳးႏြယ္) , Europid/caucasoid (အသားျဖဴ လူမ်ိဳးႏြယ္) ,Negrodi (အသားမဲ လူမ်ိဳးစု) ဆိုျပီးေတာ့ ကြဲျပားတဲ ့ ေနရာမွာ က်မတို ့ လူမ်ိဳးကေတာ့ Mongoloid ထဲမွာ ပါတယ္။ Native American (မကၠဆီကန္)၊ အာတိုက္ အေရွ ့ ပိုင္း၊ေျမာက္ပိုင္း၊ အေရွ ့ေတာင္ပိုင္း မွာ Mongoloid လူမ်ိဳးႏြယ္ေတြ ရွိပါတယ္။ ျမန္မာ ႏိုင္ငံက လူမ်ိဳးစု မ်ားဟာ အာရွတိုက္ အေရွ ့ ေတာင္ပိုင္းက အင္ဒိုခ်ိဳင္းနားကြ်န္းဆြယ္ ထဲမွာ ရွိလို ့ Mongoloid လူမ်ိဳးမ်ားျဖစ္ၾကပါတယ္။
Mongoloid ဆိုတဲ ့စကားလံုးဟာ တခ်ိဳ ့ medical dictionary ေတြမွာ Down Syndrome ေရာဂါ ကို ယခင္က သံုးႏႈံးခဲ ့တာပါ။ ခုေတာ့ ႏွိမ့္ ခ်ေျပာဆိုတယ္ လို ့ ယူဆလို ့ မသံုးၾကေတာ ့ ပါဘူး။
မြန္ဂိုလူမ်ိဳးစုမ်ား အေၾကာင္းေျပာလွ်င္ မပါမျဖစ္ သည္ က ဧကရာဇ္ ဂ်င္ဂစ္ခန္ အေၾကာင္းပင္ျဖစ္သည္။ ဂ်င္ဂစ္ခန္ သည္ မြန္ဂိုအင္ပါယာထူေထာင္ရာဝယ္ ထင္ရွားသည့္ ဘုရင္ တပါးျဖစ္သည္။
Mongolian worm ဆိုတာကေတာ့ မီးရထားေကာင္ လိုမ်ိဳး မ်ိဳးစိတ္ေတြ ကိုေခၚတာျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ Mongolian death worm ကေတာ့ အဆိပ္ျပင္းတဲ ့ အစာအိမ္ ဆိုက္ၾကီးတဲ ့ (large intestine) သတၱဝါပါ ။ အဆိပ္ျပင္းျပီး အရွည္ငါးေပးေလာက္ရွိပါတယ္။
သူ ့ရဲ ့အစာအိမ္ဟာ ႏြားတစ္ေကာင္ရဲ ့အစာအိမ္ နဲ ့တူပါတယ္တဲ့။ အနီေရာင္ရွိျပီး ေျခလွမ္းတိုင္းမွာ လွ်ပ္စစ္အားစီးေနတာကို သိပၸံပညာ ေလ ့လာခ်က္မ်ားအရ သိရပါတယ္။ ဒီအေကာင္ေတြကို Gobi သဲဂႏ ၱာရ မွာေတြ ့ရေလ့ ရွိပါတယ္။ အဆိပ္အေတာ္ျပင္းျပီး လူကို အႏ ၱရယ္ေပးတတ္တယ္လို ့ ဖတ္ဖူးပါတယ္။ မြန္ဂုိလီးယား ႏိုင္ငံ ကလူေတြကေတာ့ ဒီပိုးေကာင္ အေၾကာင္းၾကားလိုက္တာနဲ ့ကို ေတာ္ေတာ္ကို ေၾကာက္ၾကပါတယ္။ အဆိပ္ေတြ လွ်ပ္စစစ္ဓါတ္ေတြပန္းထုတ္ ႏိုင္တယ္လို ့ယူဆၾကလို ့ပါ။
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ကေလးေတြ ကုိယ္ခႏၶာမွာ အမွတ္ပါလွ်င္လဲ။ Mongolian Blue birth mark လို ့ေခၚၾကပါသည္။
National League for Democracy Banned by Burma's Dictatorship
Under new election laws introduced by Burma’s dictatorship the National League for Democracy (NLD) officially ceased to exist from midnight on 6 May 2010.
The NLD was required to register as a political party to maintain its legal status, but the dictatorship deliberately introduced conditions in the election laws that would make it impossible for the NLD to register. These included expelling more than four hundred members who are in detention because of their peaceful activities for the NLD, and supporting a new constitution which is undemocratic, does not protect human rights, and is designed to maintain dictatorship under a civilian guise. As the NLD could not accept these conditions, it declined to register, meaning the dictatorship has now banned the organisation from legal existence.
The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won 82 percent of seats in Parliament in elections in 1990. The dictatorship refused to accept the results of the election. This time, for elections due later this year, they are taking no chances, ensuring the constitution and every aspect of the elections are rigged to ensure they remain in power.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been criticised for his failure to take any serious action to prevent the NLD becoming a banned organisation.
from: Burma Campaign