Thu, Oct 11, 2007 - Page 5 News List

Myanmar junta, opposition inch closer to talks

PESSIMISM As the world watches developments in Myanmar, the Indonesian defense minister said the introduction of democracy could lead to 'another Iraq'

AP AND AFP , YANGON, MYANMAR, AND JAKARTA

"We'll have the Shans and the Karens and the Kachins all fighting for authority like we have seen in Iraq and parts of Afghanistan," he said.

Sudarsono said he would not support a ban on arms sales to Myanmar, adding foreign sanctions were ineffective and were more about making foreign governments "feel good."

"This is the lexicon of the liberal press and the liberal media everywhere," he said.

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