9 Deaths in Myanmar

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/world/asia/27cnd-myanmar.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

September 27th the second day of the armed crackdown in Myanmar was brutal. The military junta tried to stop a protest and today there were nine confirmed deaths including a Japanese photographer. The violence towards peaceful protesters began yesterday when Buddhist monks were fire upon. The scene was very similar to a 1988 mass killing of peaceful protestoers made by the same junta when it first came to power.
According to the editor of a magazine based in Thailand “The military is the one who proudly claims to preserve and protect Buddhism in the country, but now they are killing the monks,”. He continues “The military trucks, I was told, just drove in, and soldiers jumped out and started shooting,”. This has been the general description of the shooting by multiple sources and is interesting because they say the soldiers did not warn the protesters or anythign they jsut jumped out of their trucks and fired.
These past few days ahve had outbreaks of violence towards peaceful protestors. It seems throughout history peaceful protests have a tendency of doins so. China has veoted the United Nations attempts to enforce economic sanctions until the violence stops. President bush has stated that he adrmries the protestors and feels the government shouldstop using for on its own people, especially those who just want a change and are doing it peacefully