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The Great Lie 2: The conspiracy
Denied citizenship on spurious grounds, the Rohingya exist without nation and will little hope for a better future
Forrest Cookson
The Great Lie is the claim put forth by the Myanmar Government that the military actions against the Rohingya are in response to the August 25 attacks of the ARSA on a number of police posts and army camps. The position that the violence involving the Rohingya was caused by these uprisings by an organization allegedly a Islamic fundamentalist group connected with ISIS or Al-Qaida is a fabrication put forth by the Myanmar authorities and repeated endlessly, accompanied by their allies in China and Russia joining in the chanting.
In this article I describe the conspiracy underlying the events in Myanmar of the past month. Years of abuse by the Myanmar army, the police, the Buddhist clergy, and the civil administration have left the Muslim Rohingya in poor condition. Most living in poverty with low levels of health, little access to education, scorned and looked down on by much of the Myanmar population, this group has been driven to bottom of Burmese society. Denied citizenship on spurious grounds, the Rohingya exist without nation and will little hope for a better future.
Many of the young men attempted to escape to Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, usually by sea, seeking employment in Malaysia or Indonesia. This passage was dangerous and often ended in death from the cruel behavior of the Thai and Indonesia authorities. A recent trial in Thailand convicted a Thai general and many military persons of engaging in trafficking of people and murdering many Rohingya making their way to Malaysia and Indonesia.
The strategic objective of the Myanmar Government is to get rid of the Muslim Rohingya. They are prepared to do so by driving Rohingya out of the country into Bangladesh or by killing them. There have been various efforts to do so in the past few years; these efforts have increased in recent months. The generally accepted estimate is that at the beginning of 2017 there were about 1 million Rohingya in Myanmar in early 2017. [Reliable population data is not available].
At the time of writing there are about 500,000 Rohingya that have crossed the border into Bangladesh. Many attempting to reach Bangladesh have been killed, a process that continues. There are no reliable numbers of those killed or who have died from disease or starvation but it will run into many thousands. We make an estimate below of how many the Myanmar army may have slaughtered.
It is no surprise that many young men seeing the treatment of their families and the wickedness of the Myanmar Buddhists react by by fighting back. Most young Rohingya men want to draw their sword to protect their families, so the formation of groups to fight back is the natural response of this tortured population. One should not underestimate the Myanmar intelligence services. They are fully cognizant of the formation of resistance groups and undertake to penetrate and learn about the membership and activities of these Rohingya opposition groups.
What happened on August 25 this year was a sinister plot of the Myanmar Intelligence Service [I will call them MIS] under the guidance of the sinister, evil General Soe Htut. The Myanmar army was very upset that the Kofi Annan Commission Report on the Rakhine State would recommend actions towards restoring citizenship to the Rohingya and essentially argue for their legitimate presence in Myanmar. To misdirect the attention of the world, the ARSA infiltrated by and partly directed by the MIS encouraged attacks against police posts and an army post. Arms, tactical guidance and encouragement were provided by the MIS to an unwitting ARSA.
The attacks were coordinated with a counter propaganda campaign and military counterstrikes. Both occurred so rapidly as to reveal to any alert observer that the MIS had advanced warning of these attacks. But it was more than advanced warning, the MIS was behind these attacks. The scope and violence of the Myanmar army’s response is clear evidence that they were waiting for the August 25 ARSA attack. The date of the attack corresponded to the Kofi Annan report, strongly suggesting that the MIS controlled the timing.
The propaganda war launched by the Myanmar army then got into full gear. “Not only had these monsters attacked our police stations but now they were burning down their own villages.” The Myanmar army had to have some explanation of the burning of the villages as the view from space showed exactly what was going on. What better than to blame it on the Rohingya themselves. Foreign reporters were brought to Myanmar and fed this nonsense.
The Indian Government, the Chinese Government, and the Russian Government may or may not have known about the plot but all three fell into line supporting the Myanmar Government, trumpeting their opposition to Islamic sponsored violence and supporting the violent repression of the Rohingya. Innocents around the world joined in justifying the so called self defense measures of the poor Myanmar army attacked by these powerful, monstrous Muslim Rohingya.
The results are here for all to see, almost 500,000 people pushed out of their homes, their houses burnt down, their livestock killed, their possession destroyed or looted. The deaths of Rohingya will certainly total more than 100,000 if one could ever count. Preliminary reports show two characteristics: Most people interviewed report that at least one member of their family was killed while fleeing to Bangladesh. Allowing five persons per family, then for 100,000 families fleeing there should be 100,000 killed over the past month. Bangladeshis know all too well how many people can be killed by an army on the rampage against unarmed civilian populations. The second observation is the limited number of men in the masses of Rohingya that have come over the border.
A family of five would on the average have 3 adults and 2 children. So there are 1.5 adult males per family. If there is only 0.5 adult males per family that would mean about 50,000 adult males in the 500,000 and would be perceived as a shortage of men. Again this implies about 100,000 men killed. In this picture we have 200,000 children and 250,000 women.
Not only have the Rohingya been pushed out of their land, but there is a case that at least 100,000 have been killed; while many women and girls were raped. Most interviews report at least one woman or gir has been raped.
Hundreds of thousands of women and children have been driven into Bangladesh while this slaughter and rape took place in Myanmar. All of this was triggered by a plot of the Myanmar army to concoct an excuse to attack this unarmed population to kill and push them into Bangladesh.
This cruel vicious program has been cheered on by the Chinese, the Indians and the Russians. It is hard to come to terms with people so cruel and so callous.
All of these people continue to chant the Great Lie. How can Bangladesh perceive these three nations as friends of Bangladesh?
The expulsion and murder of the Rohingya are genocide.This expulsion is also equivalent to an act of war against Bangladesh. The Indian, Russian and Chinese Governments are complicit in this genocide and aggression against Bangladesh.
The writer is an economist
http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/115963
http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/115963
The Great Lie 2: The conspiracy
Denied citizenship on spurious grounds, the Rohingya exist without nation and will little hope for a better future
Forrest Cookson
The Great Lie is the claim put forth by the Myanmar Government that the military actions against the Rohingya are in response to the August 25 attacks of the ARSA on a number of police posts and army camps. The position that the violence involving the Rohingya was caused by these uprisings by an organization allegedly a Islamic fundamentalist group connected with ISIS or Al-Qaida is a fabrication put forth by the Myanmar authorities and repeated endlessly, accompanied by their allies in China and Russia joining in the chanting.
In this article I describe the conspiracy underlying the events in Myanmar of the past month. Years of abuse by the Myanmar army, the police, the Buddhist clergy, and the civil administration have left the Muslim Rohingya in poor condition. Most living in poverty with low levels of health, little access to education, scorned and looked down on by much of the Myanmar population, this group has been driven to bottom of Burmese society. Denied citizenship on spurious grounds, the Rohingya exist without nation and will little hope for a better future.
Many of the young men attempted to escape to Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, usually by sea, seeking employment in Malaysia or Indonesia. This passage was dangerous and often ended in death from the cruel behavior of the Thai and Indonesia authorities. A recent trial in Thailand convicted a Thai general and many military persons of engaging in trafficking of people and murdering many Rohingya making their way to Malaysia and Indonesia.
The strategic objective of the Myanmar Government is to get rid of the Muslim Rohingya. They are prepared to do so by driving Rohingya out of the country into Bangladesh or by killing them. There have been various efforts to do so in the past few years; these efforts have increased in recent months. The generally accepted estimate is that at the beginning of 2017 there were about 1 million Rohingya in Myanmar in early 2017. [Reliable population data is not available].
At the time of writing there are about 500,000 Rohingya that have crossed the border into Bangladesh. Many attempting to reach Bangladesh have been killed, a process that continues. There are no reliable numbers of those killed or who have died from disease or starvation but it will run into many thousands. We make an estimate below of how many the Myanmar army may have slaughtered.
It is no surprise that many young men seeing the treatment of their families and the wickedness of the Myanmar Buddhists react by by fighting back. Most young Rohingya men want to draw their sword to protect their families, so the formation of groups to fight back is the natural response of this tortured population. One should not underestimate the Myanmar intelligence services. They are fully cognizant of the formation of resistance groups and undertake to penetrate and learn about the membership and activities of these Rohingya opposition groups.
What happened on August 25 this year was a sinister plot of the Myanmar Intelligence Service [I will call them MIS] under the guidance of the sinister, evil General Soe Htut. The Myanmar army was very upset that the Kofi Annan Commission Report on the Rakhine State would recommend actions towards restoring citizenship to the Rohingya and essentially argue for their legitimate presence in Myanmar. To misdirect the attention of the world, the ARSA infiltrated by and partly directed by the MIS encouraged attacks against police posts and an army post. Arms, tactical guidance and encouragement were provided by the MIS to an unwitting ARSA.
The attacks were coordinated with a counter propaganda campaign and military counterstrikes. Both occurred so rapidly as to reveal to any alert observer that the MIS had advanced warning of these attacks. But it was more than advanced warning, the MIS was behind these attacks. The scope and violence of the Myanmar army’s response is clear evidence that they were waiting for the August 25 ARSA attack. The date of the attack corresponded to the Kofi Annan report, strongly suggesting that the MIS controlled the timing.
The propaganda war launched by the Myanmar army then got into full gear. “Not only had these monsters attacked our police stations but now they were burning down their own villages.” The Myanmar army had to have some explanation of the burning of the villages as the view from space showed exactly what was going on. What better than to blame it on the Rohingya themselves. Foreign reporters were brought to Myanmar and fed this nonsense.
The Indian Government, the Chinese Government, and the Russian Government may or may not have known about the plot but all three fell into line supporting the Myanmar Government, trumpeting their opposition to Islamic sponsored violence and supporting the violent repression of the Rohingya. Innocents around the world joined in justifying the so called self defense measures of the poor Myanmar army attacked by these powerful, monstrous Muslim Rohingya.
The results are here for all to see, almost 500,000 people pushed out of their homes, their houses burnt down, their livestock killed, their possession destroyed or looted. The deaths of Rohingya will certainly total more than 100,000 if one could ever count. Preliminary reports show two characteristics: Most people interviewed report that at least one member of their family was killed while fleeing to Bangladesh. Allowing five persons per family, then for 100,000 families fleeing there should be 100,000 killed over the past month. Bangladeshis know all too well how many people can be killed by an army on the rampage against unarmed civilian populations. The second observation is the limited number of men in the masses of Rohingya that have come over the border.
A family of five would on the average have 3 adults and 2 children. So there are 1.5 adult males per family. If there is only 0.5 adult males per family that would mean about 50,000 adult males in the 500,000 and would be perceived as a shortage of men. Again this implies about 100,000 men killed. In this picture we have 200,000 children and 250,000 women.
Not only have the Rohingya been pushed out of their land, but there is a case that at least 100,000 have been killed; while many women and girls were raped. Most interviews report at least one woman or gir has been raped.
Hundreds of thousands of women and children have been driven into Bangladesh while this slaughter and rape took place in Myanmar. All of this was triggered by a plot of the Myanmar army to concoct an excuse to attack this unarmed population to kill and push them into Bangladesh.
This cruel vicious program has been cheered on by the Chinese, the Indians and the Russians. It is hard to come to terms with people so cruel and so callous.
All of these people continue to chant the Great Lie. How can Bangladesh perceive these three nations as friends of Bangladesh?
The expulsion and murder of the Rohingya are genocide.This expulsion is also equivalent to an act of war against Bangladesh. The Indian, Russian and Chinese Governments are complicit in this genocide and aggression against Bangladesh.
The writer is an economist
http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/115963
http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/115963
