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World Bank says can't give aid to Myanmar now
Reuters (excerpt) ^ | May 20, 2008

Posted on 05/19/2008 11:58:25 PM PDT by HAL9000

SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - The World Bank is not in a position to provide any financial aid to cyclone-stricken Myanmar because the country has not been servicing its World Bank debt since 1998, a bank official said on Tuesday.

"The World Bank is not in a position to assist Myanmar at this time," World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub told reporters, adding that it was the bank's policy not to provide funds to countries that have fallen behind on debt repayments.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: burma; cyclone; cyclonenargis; myanmar; nargis; worldbank

1 posted on 05/19/2008 11:58:25 PM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Life is short and miserable when your government is commie.


2 posted on 05/20/2008 12:01:43 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (John McCain, the Manchurian Candidate.)
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To: Navy Patriot

What are you talking about? The Burmese junta isn’t communist — it’s an oligarchy, rule by a committee from the Army


3 posted on 05/20/2008 2:22:08 AM PDT by Cronos ("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)
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To: Navy Patriot

I was there twice in the last 4 years. They don’t even go through the motions of communism anymore. Government signs are “anti-colonialism” which is their justification for every depravity inflicted on the people.


4 posted on 05/20/2008 3:34:25 AM PDT by ko_kyi
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To: HAL9000

Even the World Bank gets something right. Will the wonders never cease?


5 posted on 05/20/2008 5:06:26 AM PDT by SlapHappyPappy
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To: ko_kyi

Is this like the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia?


6 posted on 05/20/2008 5:57:18 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Not sure how to describe it. The leadership isn’t idealogically driven as the Khmer Rouge was. They mostly just care about staying in power and living well on the labor of others. Their military is mostly teenage conscripts led by politically reliable thieves. They military pays the conscripts with plunder from the rural areas.


7 posted on 05/20/2008 7:12:52 AM PDT by ko_kyi
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To: ko_kyi

Thanks.


8 posted on 05/20/2008 7:20:27 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Cronos
The Burmese junta isn’t communist NOW

There, I helped you fix that. Commie is where they started, the results are always the same.

it’s an oligarchy

Made up of former select commies that used communism to do exactly what it has always been used to do, make themselves rich and powerful at the expense of the proletariat.

9 posted on 05/20/2008 11:03:30 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (John McCain, the Manchurian Candidate.)
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To: ko_kyi

You are correct, and so am I, see post #9.


10 posted on 05/20/2008 11:06:39 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (John McCain, the Manchurian Candidate.)
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To: Navy Patriot

ah, well, we’re arguing over semantics. I guess we both agree that they are evil.


11 posted on 05/21/2008 3:00:14 AM PDT by Cronos ("Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant" - Omar Ahmed, CAIR)
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To: Cronos
I guess we both agree that they are evil.

I guess you are right again.

12 posted on 05/23/2008 9:08:45 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (John McCain, the Manchurian Candidate.)
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