Maybe that will keep the EUSraeli empire off their back.
"Myanmar and Sri Lankan hard-liners ink agreement" by Krishan Francis | Associated Press October 01, 2014
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Myanmar Buddhist monk and a Sri Lankan ultranationalist both known for campaigning against Muslims signed an agreement on Tuesday to work together to protect Buddhism, which they say is being challenged worldwide.
Ashin Wirathu leads the fundamentalist 969 movement, which has been accused of instigating deadly violence against minority Muslims in Myanmar.
Then he's not a true Buddhist.
He was a special invitee Sunday at a rally of Bodu Bala Sena, or Buddhist Power Force, which also has been accused of instigating violence and claims minority Muslims are trying to take over Sri Lanka by having more children, marrying Buddhist women, and taking over businesses.
‘‘The Buddhist society of the world has awoken to the ground realities of subtle incursions taking place under the guise of secular, multicultural, and other liberal notions that are directly impacting on the Buddhist ethos and space,’’ the agreement said.
It was Zionism that destroyed my nation.
To achieve their goals, the groups agreed to raise their voices against political or religious groups that ‘‘jeopardize Buddhist values,’’ linking Buddhist thinkers and activists, and taking ‘‘collective action’’ when their members are threatened by anti-Buddhist forces.
The groups also agreed to protect Buddhist archaeological and heritage sites. They said the agreement is a preliminary declaration of an eventual ‘‘Buddhist international.’’
‘‘I expect a lot of problems because I have decided to work with Bodu Bala Sena for the upliftment of Buddhism. But we are ready to face anything,’’ Wirathu told reporters.
‘‘The problems will not be from within but from outside,’’ Wirathu said, without elaborating.
He insisted that the partnership was not intended to harm any religious group.
Joining forces with 969 could boost an already soaring support base for Bodu Bala Sena, which, in turn, could exacerbate mistrust and tensions between Sri Lanka’s majority Sinhalese-Buddhists and its Muslims, who make up 10 percent of the country’s 20 million people.
Politically, President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s credibility among Muslims is likely to erode further after his government allowed Wirathu to visit Sri Lanka despite opposition from Muslim groups.
Hundreds of people died in 2012 sectarian violence in Myanmar, with about 140,000 people, mostly Muslims, forced from their homes. Buddhist monks were accused of instigating and sometimes actively participating in the violence.
The Muslim mistreatment is something the U.N. can hold over them to threaten sanctions if they drift back too closely to China.
Bodu Bala Sena is also accused of instigating violence against Muslims in June that killed two and injured dozens. Many shops and homes were also destroyed by fire.
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Related: Buddhist Nazis
If you accept that version of history regarding those guys, then the Muslims are the 21st-century's Jews -- except the Muslim Holocaust is real.
Myanmar declares amnesty and begins freeing prisoners
Did the Nazis do that?
The release came a month ahead of a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Myanmar.
I'm sure they will get back to that.
"Lawyers: Suspects retract claims they killed Brits" AP October 23, 2014
BANGKOK — Two Myanmar migrant workers have retracted their confessions to killing two British travelers on a southern Thai resort island and now claim to have neither raped the female victim nor slain the pair, the men’s lawyers said Wednesday.
Human rights lawyer Rasada Manurasada said the arrested men claimed they were tortured and forced to confess under police custody, allegations previously denied by the police. Rasada said that Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin, both 21, sent a retraction letter to prosecutors handling their case on Tuesday. ‘‘They are asking for justice and seek to give additional testimony to the prosecutors. They insisted in the letter that they didn’t commit the crimes.’’
The bodies of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were found on a beach on Koh Tao island on Sept. 15. Police arrested the two migrant workers after weeks of pressure to solve a case that dealt a blow to Thailand’s tourism industry, which has been struggling to recover since the army staged a coup and imposed martial law in May.
Obviously, the agenda-pushing paper didn't approve or promote that coup.
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I'm sorry the article failed to get me excited.
"Thai leader says polls could be delayed until 2016" AP October 16, 2014
BANGKOK— Thailand’s interim prime minister, who seized power in a military coup, suggested Wednesday that the country’s next elections may not occur until 2016, although he earlier set a target date of next October.
Prayuth Chan-ocha, who was army commander when he toppled an elected government in May, said he could not control the implementation of his previous timeline, which called for a new constitution next July and a general election about three months later.
‘‘Don’t push me too much on this,’’ Prayuth told reporters ahead of his departure for a summit of Asian and European leaders in Italy. ‘‘Everything depends on the road map, so the issue is whether we can follow the road map or not.’’
Reporters asked him about the election date after Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said the polls might not take place until 2016 because of the need to pass legislation for holding elections.
Thailand has suffered from political instability since 2006, when an earlier coup ousted then-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on allegations of corruption, abuse of power, and disrespect for the king.
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