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Complete media coverage of min aung hlaing Asean visit + Wai Wai Nu's op ed in Washington Post 4-25-2021.

https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqfQgKIndDQklTVXpvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NrWUtFUWljaTZmRGtvQU1FZF8wRzBmaS1LSkVFakZCVTBWQlRpQnNaV0ZrWlhKeklHTmhiR3dnWm05eUlHVnVaQ0IwYnlCMmFXOXNaVzVqWlNCcGJpQk5lV0Z1YldGeUtBQVAB?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen of wh I recommend Wai Wai Nu's op ed in Wapo. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/23/southeast-asian-countries-should-recognize-slaughter-myanmar-what-it-is/ A few years ago. c 2014 or 15, while US under Bush still, Wai Wai Nu and other Burmese Muslims were in USA by Invitation. WWN was at special Eid dinner at WH. Young man "Nicky Diamond"  I purposely "forgot" his name, was walking around DC on sight-seeing tour when I spoke to him. Anti-Muslims riots instigated by junta had already started.  I asked after Nicky's family--"Well, he said, we live right next to a mosque." Nicky visited the Bushes at their ranch in TX. WWN also could not come to see me, reason being, she said, "I could not brea...
Myanmar Coup--min aung hlaing in Jakarta--+ Our New Hero Dr. Sasa. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/world/asia/myanmar-asean-general-indonesia.html https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-24/myanmars-resistance-figure-escape-after-coup/100086828 Dr Sasa shld not even reveal landscape where he is. He shdl seek asylum somewhere safe. 4-24-2021  
Australian Co involved in gold mining in Shan States, Burma. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/22/australian-backed-company-accused-of-exploring-for-gold-in-violence-riven-myanmar 4-22-2021  
Burma-Jade and the Junta https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/22/myanmar-militarys-lucrative-jade-industry This has been going on for last 20 years at least. 4-22-2021  
Artifacts found at childhood home site of Harriet Tubman -- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/21/harriet-tubman-lost-maryland-home-discovered