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Permanent solution needed for the plight of Rohingyas

Thanks Patty

Leaked correspondence proves Global Warming is nothing but “Junk Science”

Birthday Message to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Permanent solution needed for the plight of Rohingyas

Dear Editor;
The Rohingya is a group of Arakanese people in Myanmar. They are spread mainly in Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Akyab, Rathedung and Kyauktaw townships close to neighbouring Bangladesh.
From the 7th century merchants from Yemen, Arabia and other parts of the Middle East began to settle in Arakan. After the British occupation of Arakan in the 19th century, many Bengalese from the then British East Bengal also started settling in Arakan.
There is a long history of anti-Indian and anti-Muslim sentiment and riots in Myanmar from the time of British occupation of Arakan. The first major such riot occurred in 1930 as a result of the irresponsible action of a British firm of stevedores which had brought in Burmese workers to break the strike of Indian workers. The Indians were compelled to end the strike. The following day when the Burmese workers reported for work they were told by the British firm that their service was no longer required. The Burmese workers became angry and started the fight and Indians retaliated. In a couple of days the riot spread to the whole country and thousands of innocent lives were lost. Subsequent history is replete with anti-Indian and anti-Muslim riots in the region which need a careful analysis from the historical perspectives.
Amnesty International reports highlight the continued suffering of the Rohingya people under Myanmar’s military rulers in the past decades. Their freedom of movement is severely curtailed and most of them have been denied Myanmar citizenship. They are subjected to extortion and arbitrary taxation, land confiscation, forced labor, forced eviction, and restrictions on marriage.
More than 200,000 Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh in 1978 following the Nagamin operation of the Myanmar army. This military campaign targeted civilians and resulted in widespread killings, rape and religious persecution of the Rohingyas.
Another quarter of a million Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh in 1991-92. They reported forced labour, executions, torture, and rape. Myanmar army forced Rohingyas to unpaid work on infrastructure and strategic military and economic projects under inhuman conditions.
Many thousand Rohingyas also fled to Thailand. There are claims that many of them have been shipped and towed out to open sea by the Thai army and police. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva confirmed that there were instances in which Rohingya people were pushed out to the sea.
A permanent solution to the plight of Rohingya minority in Myanmar will remain elusive as long as the undemocratic military rulers continue to deny their citizenship.
Nuruddin Azam
Australia

Thanks Patty

Dear Editor,
I had to stop snickering before I replied to Pattaya Patty. Please do not assume so much. I was not ‘’tooting my own horn’ to show off, it was merely to add substance to my right to have a jibe. My contribution is from the heart and not self-serving. I have put my wife’s brother through 5 years of university and he will now become a teacher after his one year of service; next sister through high school and getting married; next sister number #1 in class at a private girls’ school and will start university next May; and my son is in 6th grade at Burapa Best. They all speak 3 languages.
In the comment about not getting something from my own society (America), dead wrong! A good university education; Navy officer; commercial pilot; business owner and author of three books... Of course the squeaky wheel isn’t always oiled, but if even once, it would be good.
Your jabs at the US policies and certain administrations show a very weak knowledge of what really goes on there. You must believe CNN and BBC and their liberal spews. I did not across the board criticize Thailand, but I do call things the way they are no matter where I am, and after 10 years here and a speaking knowledge of Thai, I claim the right to do so. Tum Dii Die Dii.
Don Ward/Hyde Parke
Pattaya

Leaked correspondence proves Global Warming is nothing but “Junk Science”

Editor:
The leaked email correspondence from the University of East Anglia, whose Climatic Research Unit is a key element in the push toward blaming humankind for the earth’s natural global and cooling cycles, only graphically revealed what was what I have been saying about the Junk Science of “Global Warming”, cycles, that the supposedly scientifically proven conclusions of global warming science were a political fortress guarding a scientific house of cards built on manipulated data and an aggressive campaign of silencing critics and dissenters.
The Global Warming boom is big business for green companies and certain liberal politicians who have jumped on their bandwagon, such as Al Gore who went from a few million to a hundred million, and is likely to become a billionaire if cap and trade becomes a reality.
But it is science, not simply because it is wrong, but because it is a case of scientific conclusions being powered by political ideas, rather than the other way around. Using the scientific method to form questions, test them and emerge with true answers is only valid to the extent that the process itself is pure.
Global Warming promoters have repeatedly accused dissenting climate research scientists of being tainted by money from the oil industry. But if the science of researchers who took money from the oil industry is tainted science, then the science of those climate researchers who stand to financially benefit from green industries and those who view it as a political agenda first, must be at least as tainted.
What has been branded as East Anglia University’s Climategate is only a small peek behind the stone walls of that elite global warming fraternity, at the anger and tension, the secrets and the lies of those perpetuating the fraud for the highest and lowest reasons. The lowest of course is the hundreds of billions of dollars at stake and the highest is a quest to reduce men from the lords of nature, to its humble servants.
Some writers to my letters on the Junk Science of “Climate Warming” have branded me as not being knowledgeable about the Global Warming “FACTS” or that I had my head in the clouds and could not see the problem. It is now quite evident and proven, that those so called facts that were used to promote the Global Warming crowd were based on lies and altered documents. When these crooks and liars were caught, they tried to hide the evidence of their lies by refusing to release the data and by destroying the proof that in fact, their Science was nothing but “Junk Science”.
Bob
Pattaya

Birthday Message to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Embassy of the United States of America Media and Cultural Section Bangkok, Thailand December 4, 2009 On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I extend our very best wishes to His Majesty on the occasion of his 82nd birthday. Your Majesty, as the only U.S. born monarch in the world, you have played such an important role in shaping and strengthening the close friendship between the United States and Thailand. And we look forward to continuing our relationship with you, the Royal Family, the Thai people and the Thai nation in the years to come. Your good works have been felt well beyond Thailand’s borders. In particular your efforts to advance sustainable small scale agriculture in rural areas of Thailand are models for green development around the world. We are inspired, Your Majesty, by your energy, your enthusiasm, and your many accomplishments. As a gifted jazz musician, avid horticulturalist, best selling author and award winning sailor, you motivate all of us to live life to the fullest. And your compassion and humanity have made you a valued friend not only to your people and to the people of the United States, but to people the world over. We wish you and your family good health and good cheer. And we hope you have a wonderful birthday. สาส์นจากนางฮิลลารี รอดดัม คลินตัน รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงการต่างประเทศสหรัฐฯ เนื่องในโอกาสวันเฉลิมพระชนมพรรษา วันที่ ๕ ธันวาคม ๒๕๕๒ ฝ่ายสื่อมวลชนและวัฒนธรรม ถนนวิทยุ, กรุงเทพ วันที่ 4 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2552 เนื่องในโอกาสที่ใต้ฝ่าละอองธุลีพระบาททรงเจริญพระชนมพรรษา ๘๒ พรรษา ในนามของ ประธานาธิบดีบารัค โอบามา และประชาชนชาวสหรัฐอเมริกา ข้าพระพุทธเจ้าขอ พระราชทานถวายพระพรชัยมงคลให้พระองค์จงทรงพระเจริญยิ่งยืนนาน เนื่องจากใต้ฝ่าละอองธุลีพระบาททรงเป็นพระมหากษัตริย์พระองค์เดียวในโลกที่เสด็จพระราชสมภพ ที่สหรัฐอเมริกา จึงทรงมีบทบาทสำคัญอย่างยิ่งในการกระชับความสัมพันธ์อันใกล้ชิด ระหว่างประเทศไทยและสหรัฐอเมริกา เราประสงค์ที่จะสานต่อความสัมพันธ์นี้ต่อไป ทั้งกับประเทศไทยและประชาชนชาวไทยในอนาคตข้างหน้า พระราชกรณียกิจของใต้ฝ่าละอองธุลีพระบาทเป็นที่ซาบซึ้งดีของประชาชนในประเทศไทย และต่างประเทศ โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่ง โครงการเกษตรยั่งยืนรายย่อยในเขตชนบทของไทย ซึ่งเป็นโครงการในพระราชดำริได้กลายเป็นแม่แบบสำหรับการพัฒนาที่เป็นมิตรต่อสิ่งแวดล้อมทั่วโลก พระวิริยะอุตสาหะและพระราชกรณียกิจในหลายๆ ด้านได้เป็นแรงบันดาลใจสำหรับเรา พระปรีชาญาณของพระองค์ในด้านดนตรีแจ๊ส การปลูกพืชพรรณไม้ งานพระราชนิพนธ์ หนังสือที่จำหน่ายดีที่สุด และรางวัลที่ทรงได้รับจากการแข่งขันเรือใบล้วนเป็นแรงบันดาลใจ ให้พวกเราใช้ชีวิตให้เกิดประโยชน์สูงสุด พระเมตตาและความเปี่ยมไปด้วยมนุษยธรรมของ ใต้ฝ่าละอองธุลีพระบาททำให้พระองค์ทรงเป็นมิตรที่ทรงคุณค่าไม่เพียงสำหรับพสกนิกรของพระองค์ และประชาชนชาวสหรัฐอเมริกาเท่านั้น แต่สำหรับประชาชนทั่วโลกด้วย  ณ โอกาสอันเป็นมงคลนี้ ข้าพระพุทธเจ้าขอพระราชทานถวายพระพรชัยมงคล ขอให้พระองค์ และพระบรมวงศานุวงศ์ทรงมีพระพลานามัยสมบูรณ์แข็งแรง และทรงพระเกษมสำราญยิ่งยืนนาน

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