Re: #69 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[刘汉]

3) Meanwhile, @ThaiPBSNews reports that the Thai-Myanmar borders Chiang Rai are closed “until further notice”. No news from other crossings yet. Thai military officials say borders are already on high alert of “illegal crossers” because of #COVID19. #myanmarcoup

— Saksith Saiyasombut (@SaksithCNA) February 1, 2021

[刘汉]

إغلاق جميع البنوك في ميانمار مؤقتا بعد اعتقال الجيش لقادة الحكومة #العربية_عاجل https://t.co/a1vIGVFnOW

— العربية عاجل (@AlArabiya_Brk) February 1, 2021

All banks in Myanmar are temporarily closed after government leaders have been arrested

[Zambeezi]

@刘汉... thanks for all the updates on Myanmar.
my immediate thought:
this has EVERYTHING to do with BRI/China and the corridor through Myanmar.
a 'wild ass guess':
the 'military' elite are in bed with Governorates and local business tycoons who want to see BRI happen... (lots of $$$ to be made)
the US/UK/India have been working 'behind the scenes' via NGO's etc to thwart progress
►stirring dissent internally against BRI using 'environment impact' 'China/debt slave' 'displaced persons' etc...
►putting pressure on Aung San Suu Kyi to drag her feet on BRI approvals
the corridor means direct access to Indian Ocean. pivotal piece and strategic to China.
'follow the money'
your thoughts?

[刘汉]

@刘汉... thanks for all the updates on Myanmar.
my immediate thought:
this has EVERYTHING to do with BRI/China and the corridor through Myanmar.
a 'wild ass guess':
the 'military' elite are in bed with Governorates and local business tycoons who want to see BRI happen... (lots of $$$ to be made)
the US/UK/India have been working 'behind the scenes' via NGO's etc
►stirring dissent internally against BRI using 'environment impact' 'China/debt slave' 'displaced persons' etc...
►putting pressure on Aung San Suu Kyi to drag her feet on BRI approvals
'follow the money'

There are contradicting statements in the web.
It is not clear, whether the military or the politicians have closer ties to China. The former government had agreements with China about pipelines. But the military also seems to have ties to China and gets material and supply from there. The cooperate with China and Laos to control the drug production in the border region. They have trilateral police-military unit, that can cross freely to hunt down the drug traffic.
There is another point. The former government had an agreement with Bangladesh for repatriating all the fled Muslims. This agreement would have come into effect during this year and the Muslims could have returned.
Maybe China doesn't care, who is in control of the country as long as they have a good relationship and can use the pipelines and the connection to the Gulf of Bengal.

[刘汉]

@刘汉... thanks for all the updates on Myanmar.
my immediate thought:
this has EVERYTHING to do with BRI/China and the corridor through Myanmar.
a 'wild ass guess':
the 'military' elite are in bed with Governorates and local business tycoons who want to see BRI happen... (lots of $$$ to be made)

There is a strange thing. In China gambling and prostitution is strictly forbidden. But in the neighbouring North Korea they have built casinos directly on the Chinese border. And Chinese people can cross the border without a visa for 24 hours. Chinese people are addicted to gambling. I have heard horrible stories about people, who have lost everything. In these casinos Chinese people are working, but the money is going into the coffers of Pyongyang. North Koreans are not allowed there. The same thing seems to start now at the Lao-Chinese border, because China is building a railroad from Yunnan to Vientiane and many Chinese workers are there. The same is possible on the Burmese-Chinese border.

the US/UK/India have been working 'behind the scenes' via NGO's etc to thwart progress
►stirring dissent internally against BRI using 'environment impact' 'China/debt slave' 'displaced persons' etc...

The NGOs have already stirred up the Thai students. It can't be a coincidence, that Thai students are demonstrating just right now together with Burmese expats in front of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok. There are many Burmese workers in Thailand.
Maybe the displaced Muslims are also involved.

►putting pressure on Aung San Suu Kyi to drag her feet on BRI approvals

This is possible. But I don't know anything about it. Maybe this woman was too close to China and too independent for Western money.

the corridor means direct access to Indian Ocean. pivotal piece and strategic to China.
'follow the money'
your thoughts?

[Zambeezi]

Think Guaido, Navalny, Falun Gong, armed extremists in Syria. Calling these people pro-democracy makes a mockery of the term.

— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) February 1, 2021

i think it goes w/o saying we can add US/UK psyop campaign(s) inside HK, Thailand, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Laos etc.
twisting valid 'dissent' within the populations to antagonize/oppose China progress.
Pro-Democracy is a 'cover' for Anglo-American policies.
My guess is that Myanmar military stepped in to thwart this 'soft' Western overthrow.

[Zambeezi]

Twitter, Facebook, linkedin and tiktok in for a blow. https://t.co/Lr0Gh9lvlB

— Mats Nilsson (@mazzenilsson) February 1, 2021

[Zambeezi]

Prior to the pandemic during which India’s billionaires got 35% richer...

India’s top 1% held 42.5% of the nation’s wealth. The bottom 50% (approx 680 million) owns 2.8% of the nation’s wealth

Any surprise India is being rocked with general strikes and #FarmersProtests?

— Going Underground on RT (@Underground_RT) February 1, 2021

[Zambeezi]

Identification of the Kurdish Asayish militia who shot citizens while they were protesting against their barbaric practices and siege of the town of Hassaka pic.twitter.com/GiMHkwStbR

— spriters (@neccamc1) February 1, 2021

3. Imad Muhammad Suleiman, from Al-Kallasa neighborhood, a family with a bad reputation known for murder and they have several precedents, as his brother Abdel Wahab killed his wife a short time ago, and his father killed his daughter several years ago.

— spriters (@neccamc1) February 1, 2021

[Zambeezi]

Bangladesh sends Rohingya Muslim refugees to deserted islandshttps://t.co/VOCuE5vHdo

— Press TV (@PressTV) February 1, 2021

[Zambeezi]

The US expresses "grave concern" over reports of a military coup in Burma/Myanmar, "will take action". pic.twitter.com/Ne7huDN60Y

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 1, 2021

[刘汉]

Two months ago, but maybe not outdated yet:

India moved several battalions consisting of about 1,000 troops each into the Myanmar border area after a soldier was killed on Oct. 21.

Beijing refutes India's claims. The United Wa State Army also denied support to Indian rebel groups on China’s behalf.https://t.co/KWmhtc6eoj pic.twitter.com/FXhkVaXiD3

— Eddie Du (@Edourdoo) December 7, 2020

[刘汉]

Same border same time:

Huge quantity of smuggled items, including narcotics & weapons worth Rs 165 crores, recovered at 2 locations of border town Moreh in Manipur by Assam Rifles along with state police & Narcotics Control Bureau.

6 smugglers were apprehended during the operation. pic.twitter.com/kDYeGtqHRp

— ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2020

[Zambeezi]

understanding Ottomans

"CHP (Kemalist) voters, who make up 30-40% of all Turkish voters, are relatively educated, ultra-nationalistic, relatively middle-class and insecure about their Turkishness who do not care about minority rights, deny the Greek Genocide and support the slaughter of Kurds." https://t.co/4e9elIiixq

— Paul Antonopoulos (@oulosP) February 1, 2021

[刘汉]

There is tremendous under-current across the Northern belt against the Modi Govt and in favor of Farmers.

Farmers across UP, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana are galvanizing and coming together.

They are planning Mega march towards Delhi in coming days.

Hence, Modi Govt is rattled.

— DaaruBaaz Mehta (@DaaruBaazMehta) February 1, 2021

Maybe Modi will use the military coup in Myanmar as a distraction from the problems at home.

[Zambeezi]

[Zambeezi]

Nalvany won't be coming 'out' anytime soon. good riddance (idiot)

BIG:#Russia's FSB releases footage of meeting b/n @navalny right-hand Vladimir Ashurkov w/ a British diplomat in #Moscow designated as a spy.
Message clear: when you plot w/ "foreign enemies" against your gov you are an accomplice & deserve no mercy 1/https://t.co/0AWawrMIMP

— Maxim A. Suchkov (@m_suchkov) February 1, 2021

[刘汉]

Bangladesh sends Rohingya Muslim refugees to deserted islandshttps://t.co/VOCuE5vHdo

— Press TV (@PressTV) February 1, 2021

 

Four @UNICEF schools for Rohingya children in refugee camps in Bangladesh have been destroyed in a fire, with the UN children's agency calling it arsonhttps://t.co/1yJFQEFY9I pic.twitter.com/VaAulZ5Dzx

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 19, 2021

[刘汉]

Several defection attempts & smuggling operations occurred near the Sino-North Korean border in North Pyongan Province during the Eighth Party Congress, with three dead & two in hospital after border guards fired shots (Daily NK).

— InsideNK (@inside_nk) February 1, 2021

This could explain the strangely high number of new cases of Covid 10 infections in Tonghua close to the Korean border in Jilin province.

[KneelB4Zod!]

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USA says Iran could now be weeks away from having enough material to build a nuke.

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[luda1]

oh no

usa call captain america, hulk, spiderman, thor, fantactic four

russians call russians

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[KneelB4Zod!]

The Russian Guard special forces units performing the role of the MP have been deployed to the area of the Syrian-Golan/ the province of Daraa, where the situation has been heating up in recent years. pic.twitter.com/npyzyNEy0i

— spriters (@neccamc1) February 1, 2021

[KneelB4Zod!]

Armenian media claim that the active actions of the 102nd Russian base in Gyumri are associated with the beginning of the Turkish-Azerbaijani exercises in Kars. pic.twitter.com/9IZ5gdw721

— spriters (@neccamc1) February 1, 2021

[KneelB4Zod!]

Iran launches new solid-fuel Zolijanah launch vehicle pic.twitter.com/PFFofIXvmg

— spriters (@neccamc1) February 1, 2021

[KneelB4Zod!]

Russian and Turkish military personnel today conducted another patrol in the area of the city of Ain al-Arab (Kobani) in the Syrian province of Aleppo. pic.twitter.com/w4Ol6FAyHU

— spriters (@neccamc1) February 1, 2021

second video
Russian and Turkish military personnel today conducted another patrol in the area of the city of Ain al-Arab (Kobani) in the Syrian province of Aleppo. pic.twitter.com/7uvASnKCSF

— spriters (@neccamc1) February 1, 2021