Myanmar’s “Peaceful Protests” Predictably Mutate into Terrorism

Predictably, the Western media can no longer portray US-backed opposition groups as “peaceful” – and now admit armed groups are clashing with police and military personnel.

These armed militants are also bombing infrastructure and carrying out atrocities including targeted killings of local politicians.

References:

LD – Hidden Protest Violence in Myanmar (March 10, 2021):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxDFQ_RvMy8&t=365s

Myanmar Now (US government-funded) – Karenni resistance fighters open new front against junta:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/karenni-resistance-fighters-open-new-front-against-junta

Myanmar Now – Eight explosions and the shooting death of an accused informant reported in Thaketa:
https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/eight-explosions-and-the-shooting-death-of-an-accused-informant-reported-in-thaketa

Columbia Journalism Review – Myanmar’s Other Reporters:
https://www.cjr.org/special_report/myanmars-other-reporters.php

Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) – Homepage:
https://aappb.org/

US National Endowment for Democracy (NED) – NED Fellow, Ko Bo Kyi:
https://www.ned.org/fellows/ko-bo-kyi/

AAPP – The Experiences of Ex-political Prisoners in Burma and Challenges to Reintegration:
https://www.burmalink.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/AAPPB-2016-05-After_release-en-red.pdf

US State Department – Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor:
https://www.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights/bureau-of-democracy-human-rights-and-labor/