[injin]

off the BBC :
"The authorities blamed the Karen National Union, the Shan State Army-South, and the Karenni National Progressive Party, as well as a government in exile known as the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma."

they are totally wrong! typically these myopic fools
continue to focus on the genuine freedom fighters who have always resisted their heinous regime , now apparently turning a blind eye to the real threat. Too bad the bombers couldn't get through to the junta leaders instead of settling on defenseless shoppers .

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Too bad the bombers couldn't get through to the junta leaders instead of settling on defenseless shoppers .

There is never an excuse for "settling on defenseless shoppers". A potential government who would do that is no better than what they have, no matter how bad.

[ko_kyi]

These independent paramilitary groups and the NCG have nothing to gain and everything to lose by targeting innocents in Rangoon. The regular Rangoon citizen sympathizes with them to a great extent.

OTOH, the government has several reasons to pull something like this off - there is a power struggle/succession dispute going on between Than Shwe and Khin Nyunt, and also the government wants to make sure nobody messes up the trade negotiations going on between Myanmar and the EU. They want people to stay home and keep their mouths shut.