Pete
07-27-2012, 04:39
Islamic militants take aim at Myanmar
http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/NG27Ae04.html
The title is a bit misleading - maybe. The Muslims are considered illegal settlers in that area and the violence is causing many to return/flee to Bangladesh. So the Islamic militants plan to "fix" things.
"After decades of isolation under military rule, Myanmar is opening to foreign investment and forms of democracy for the first time in a generation. The reform process, however, is now being attended by unanticipated consequences and influences, both internally and from abroad, that could undermine the country's new trend towards openness.
Recent sectarian fighting between Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar's western Rakhine State has caught the attention of militant Islamists in South and Southeast Asia. Since May, the amount of jihadi propaganda directed towards Myanmar, a country previously unknown in the world of jihadi antagonists, has surged as perhaps thousands of Muslim Rohingyas have been forced to flee the country. ........................"
http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/NG27Ae04.html
The title is a bit misleading - maybe. The Muslims are considered illegal settlers in that area and the violence is causing many to return/flee to Bangladesh. So the Islamic militants plan to "fix" things.
"After decades of isolation under military rule, Myanmar is opening to foreign investment and forms of democracy for the first time in a generation. The reform process, however, is now being attended by unanticipated consequences and influences, both internally and from abroad, that could undermine the country's new trend towards openness.
Recent sectarian fighting between Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar's western Rakhine State has caught the attention of militant Islamists in South and Southeast Asia. Since May, the amount of jihadi propaganda directed towards Myanmar, a country previously unknown in the world of jihadi antagonists, has surged as perhaps thousands of Muslim Rohingyas have been forced to flee the country. ........................"