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[ Action for the next-new 1997 year.]

   After the Chiristmas day, there is bomb-exprosion at Rangoon, which killed 4 person. Japanese newspaper sourse said, It was an act by Karen dissident group.
   But, I heard nothing about the case from sourse of border-area.there ware no person who know the case detail more than TV and newspaper told. anyway Let's think about it, who would have gain, or make profit from the case.
   Previous to the case, nearly 1,000 number of Burmese students has stage at Rangoon, and demonstrated aginst SLORC government. I got the Japanese businessman told "The student is troublesome, who made inconvenience for peoples here. we are very sorry to them, they did not care about people actually, who wants peace and economic prosperity. a small part of people like them, is most major obstruction of Myanmar's development".
   Even by many views, over 250 protesters held by gov't force later. and there was students demonstrations in Mandalay capital of upper Burma up to near today. also Yangon universities closed after student protests. the student knows what would happen on them. could not you think the bomb- exprosion was happen for made change the student believes, possible of arrest to shot-dead.
   Many of Burma visitor in recently, ware bisiness people.really there are no-mean for destruction of The visit Myanmar Year at the last case.
   Bomb-exprosion in Rangoon, ware not first-time. In all cases, no sufferer of army relatives, and happen on the time when does government needs reason to threaten protrstor?.
   In Karen armed group, even I heard some "going to kill foreign- supporter for SLORC" from "foreign guest in Karens", Karen told "dont want to hurt anyone who doesn't concern SLORC". even there are possibility of terro-attack by hard-liner, would targetting first to Government office, or Foreign office which government has military-cooperated tightly. Even from necessary to care about safety of friendly force, the facilities of water or electric-power suply ware in first, and Banking or Foreign company-office were in second target, from military view.
   If we are terrorist who likely SLORC said, we should bring bomb to shopping-center or movie-theater. because of it might kill much people more than last case in Rangoon.
   The European Commission had a decision to cut Burma's low tariff access to the European Union market. More ABSDF called the sunction, arms, trade embargo, and the diplomatic pressure on the SLORC. but how about China? Korea? Singapore? and many more asian other countries. especialy, Japanese companies have express to increased their investments in Myanmar, like Marubeni-group. We can not stop to Mitsui, which will build a shipyard ?.
   It seems like the japanese media-works does not make anything what made stop them to concern SLORC's Myanmar.
   Do you have any idea for what we going to move on next 1997 year.

         From:Team Isaac,Tokyo.JP /Takazumi_Nishi