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20080516
-
 John
McCain -  Charlie
Black -  Money
-  Philippines
- Myanmar
-  Military
-  Arizona
-  US-  2008
Election - "McCain
Vets Staff for Lobbying Ties." ... "[2008 Election
Republican Presidential Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain’s
presidential campaign is vetting its own staff members’ lobbyist connections—scurrilous
or otherwise—after two aides recently left the campaign when questions
arose over their prior lobbying work for Myanmar’s military junta." ...
"A Democratic outside group, MoveOn.org, is targeting another McCain campaign
senior aide in a new Web ad asking their supporters to call for the ousting
of longtime Washington insider Charlie Black, who until recently was a
lobbyist for BKSH Worldwide." ... "The ad charges that Black’s firm “made
millions lobbying for the world’s worst tyrants,” including Ferdinand Marcos
of the Philippines and Mobuto Sese Seko of Zaire. “Charlie Black said he
didn’t do anything wrong,” the ad states. “John McCain should tell Black
he did.” " -By Susan Davis
-WSJ.com
 WATCH
MoveOn Charlie Black ad, "McCain: Fire Charlie Black."
Ad Text:
"John McCain says we're fighting in Iraq to plant "the seeds of democracy
but the firm of his "chief political adviser" Charlie Black made millions
lobbying for the world's worst tyrants: Ferdinand Marcos, who executed
thousands of his own citizens in the Philippines, Zaire's Mobuto, who publicly
hanged his opponents and looted his country's vast mineral wealth, and
rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, a mass murderer, who covered Angola with landmines.
Charlie Black said he didn't do anything wrong. John McCain should tell
Black he did. Call John McCain and tell him to fire Charlie Black."-Documentation
-MoveOn.org
-
John
McCain - Money
-
 Politics
-  Government
- Myanmar
- Military
- Arizona- US- 2008
Election - "McCain
axes energy advisor." ... "[2008 Election] Republican
presidential contender John McCain on Thursday fired an energy policy advisor
who lobbies the federal government on behalf of energy clients, citing
a new policy that seeks to quash influence peddling." ... "''The campaign
recently severed ties with Eric Burgeson due to a new campaign policy that
prohibits any registered lobbyist from participating in any policy discussions
on the subjects in which they work,'' said McCain spokesman Jeff Sadosky."
... "The policy was developed following the recent dismissals of two campaign
aides whose lobbying firm represented the military junta that runs Myanmar,
widely condemned for thwarting rescue efforts after a deadly cyclone."
... "McCain's former energy advisor joined the firm of Barbour Griffith
& Rogers [lobbyist firm] in Washington in 2006 after serving as the
chief of staff at the Department of Energy. Burgeson's energy clients include
Southern Company, which operates electric utilities and nuclear-power plants
in the Southeast." ... "''Eric leads the firm's energy practice utilizing
his domestic and international energy policy expertise and network of policy
decision makers,'' the firm's website states." -By
Beth Reinhard -MiamiHerald
20080514
-
John
McCain - Myanmar
-
 Sudan
-  Oil
- Corporation
- Politics
- Arizona
- US
- 2008
Election - "McCain
On Wife's Sudan-Related Investment." ... "[2008 Election
Republican Presidential Candidate John] McCain, whose wife has come under
fire for refusing to disclose her tax return documents, fielded tough questions
about her investment in a mutual fund that deals in Sudan, as well as about
the resignation of two McCain aides over their involvement in lobbying
deals with the Myanmar junta." ... "The Arizona senator said that he was
not aware of his wife's investment in two mutual funds that include holdings
in Oil & Natural Gas Corp. [Corporation], which in turn does business
in the genocide-ridden African nation. " -By Carrie
Dann -NationalJournal
20080511
-
John
McCain - DCI
Group - Burma
(Myanmar) - Military
- Money
- Politics
-
 People
- Human
Rights -  Weather
- Disaster
- Arizona
- US
- 2008
Election - "Two
McCain Aides With Ties to Burma Junta Resign." ...
"ABC News’ Jan Simmonds reports: Two of [2008 Election Republican Presidential
Candidate and Arizona Senator] Sen. John McCain' campaign aides resigned
this weekend after media reports brought to light their ties to a lobbying
group [DCI group] that once represented the military junta of Burma, which
the regime calls Myanmar." ... "The aides, Douglas Goodyear, who was tapped
as the GOP Convention Coordinator, and Doug Davenport, a regional manager
focusing on the mid-Atlantic states, both worked for DCI. The firm was
hired in 2002 to represent Burma’s military junta to try to begin a dialogue
of political reconciliation with the United States." ... "The Burmese government
has been strongly condemned by the State Department for its human rights
record and has in recent days aroused an international outcry for its handling
of the relief efforts in wake of a cyclone that according Oxfam [charity]
could eventually claim 1.5 million lives if food, clean water and medical
supplies are not rushed in to the devastated region. Relief agencies and
governments that have offered assistance, including the United States,
say the regime has frustrated their attempts to help the survivors of the
disaster, tying up visa applications for aide workers in bureaucratic red
tape and not allowing shipments of food and medical supplies into the country."
-ABCNEWS.com
-
John
McCain -
 Rick
Davis - Myanmar
[Burma] - Military
- Money
- Politics
- DCI
Group - US
- 2008
Election - "A
Second McCain Aide Resigns." ... "Doug Davenport,
the [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain's] regional
campaign manager for the mid-Atlantic states, founded the DCI Group's lobbying
practice and oversaw the contract with Myanmar [Burma] in 2002." ... ""Doug
has tendered his resignation and we have accepted it," Jill Hazelbaker,
McCain's communications director, wrote in a e-mail." ... "He joins former
DCI Group CEO Doug Goodyear, who resigned yesterday from the post of convention
CEO after Newsweek reported that DCI was paid more than $300,000 to represent
Myanmar's ruling junta." ... "Goodyear and Davenport were recruited by
McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, who has been accused by some current
and former McCain advisers of take insufficient care of McCain's reformer
brand by appointing lobbyists to key positions. Ironically, as Newsweek
reported, Goodyear was asked to become convention CEO after Davis's lobbying
firm partner, Paul Manafort, was nixed because of his own close ties to
foreign governments and controversial companies."
-Marc Ambinder -TheAtlantic.com
20080510
-
John
McCain - Burma
[Myanmar] - Military
- Money
- Politics
- DCI
Group - Marketing
- Human
Rights - Oil
- Arizona
- US
- 2008
Election - Saint
Paul -
 Minn
- "McCain's
Convention Chair Worked for Burma's Military Junta."
... "John McCain's choice to manage the GOP convention this summer is lobbyist
Doug Goodyear, whose firm once represented Burma's repressive regime."
... "After [2008 Election Republican Presidential Candidate] John McCain
nailed down the Republican nomination in March, his campaign began wrestling
with a sensitive personnel issue: who would manage this summer's GOP convention
in St. Paul, Minn. [Minnesota]? The campaign recently tapped Doug Goodyear
for the job, a veteran operative and Arizonan who was chosen for his "management
experience and expertise," according to McCain press secretary Jill Hazelbaker.
But some allies worry that Goodyear's selection could fuel perceptions
that McCain—who has portrayed himself as a crusader against special interests—is
surrounded by lobbyists. Goodyear is CEO of DCI Group, a consulting firm
that earned $3 million last year lobbying for ExxonMobil [oil corporation],
General Motors and other clients." ... "Potentially more problematic: the
firm was paid $348,000 in 2002 to represent Burma's military junta, which
had been strongly condemned by the State Department for its human-rights
record and remains in power today. Justice Department lobbying records
show DCI pushed to "begin a dialogue of political reconciliation" with
the regime. It also led a PR [public relations] campaign to burnish the
junta's image, drafting releases praising Burma's efforts to curb the drug
trade and denouncing "falsehoods" by the [Republican President] Bush administration
that the regime engaged in rape and other abuses. " -By
Michael Isikoff -Newsweek
20070928
-
Burma[Myanmar]
- Military
-
 Police
- Politics
-  History
- Religious
- "Nine
dead after troops fire into crowds of democracy protesters:
· Mayhem as crackdown gathers pace on 10th day of protests ·
Civilians take to streets after hundreds of monks arrested." ... "Burmese
troops and riot police battled to put an end to the 10th consecutive day
of protests against the country's military dictatorship that has maintained
an iron grip on power for 45 years, firing automatic weapons into crowds
of pro-democracy demonstrators in Rangoon after they flouted warnings to
clear the streets or face "extreme action"." ... "A Japanese photographer,
Kenji Nagai, 50, was among at least nine people killed in the fierce clashes.
Thousands of protesters played a deadly game of cat and mouse with the
police and troops, continually dispersing as they were attacked and reforming
to taunt the security forces who used teargas, baton charges and live ammunition
against them." ... "Fewer monks were seen on the streets yesterday as up
to 500 had been arrested and many others confined to their quarters by
soldiers who raided six monasteries around the capital from dawn onwards.
Leaders of the National League for Democracy were also rounded up." ...
"Pools of blood remained in monastery dormitories and stairwells where
the troops had smashed in windows and doors, and beat the young novices
as they lay sleeping. In some raids shots were fired and a senior abbot
at Moe Ngway monastery was said to have died later in the afternoon." ...
"The ferocity of the attacks on the monks, the ransacking of monasteries
that saw Buddhist relics vandalised and gold looted, according to diplomatic
sources, shocked ordinary Burmese people, who revere the clergy." -By
Ian MacKinnon -Guardian.co.uk
20070926
-
Myanmar[Burma]
- Military
- Police
- Politics
- History
- Religious
- "Police
Clash With Monks in Myanmar." ... "The government
of Myanmar [Burma] began a violent crackdown today after tolerating more
than a month of ever-larger protests in cities around the country, clubbing
and tear-gassing protesters, firing shots into the air and arresting hundreds
of the monks who are at the heart of the demonstrations." ... "Despite
threats and warnings by the authorities and despite the beginnings of a
violent response, tens of thousands of chanting, cheering protesters flooded
the streets, witnesses reported. Monks were in the lead, “like religious
storm troopers,” as one foreign diplomat described the scene." ... "Though
the crowds were large and energetic, they were smaller than on previous
days, apparently in part because of the deployment of armed soldiers to
prevent monks from leaving some of the main temples." ... "But it appeared
that an attempt by the military to halt the protests through warnings,
troop deployments and initial bursts of violence had not succeeded. Analysts
said that the next steps in the crackdown might be yet more aggressive
and widespread." ... "Tens of thousands of people were reported to be demonstrating
in the streets of Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city." ... "The
demonstrations have grown from several hundred people protesting a fuel
price rise in mid-August to as many as 100,000 Sunday, led by tens of thousands
of monks in the largest and most sustained antigovernment protests since
1988." ... "That earlier peaceful uprising was crushed by the military,
which shot into crowds, killing an estimated 3,000 people. It was during
the turmoil a decade ago that the current military junta took power in
Myanmar, and it has maintained its grip by arresting dissidents, quashing
political opposition and using force and intimidation to control the population."
-By Seth Mydans -NYTimes
20060527
-
Burma
- Military
-
 Law
- Prison
- Aung
San Suu Kyi
-  UN
- "Myanmar
Extends Suu Kyi's Arrest." ... "The Myanmar government
today extended the house arrest of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition
leader Aung San Suu Kyi despite intense international pressure and a personal
appeal from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan." ... "Suu Kyi, who advocates
peaceful change to bring democracy to the country, has been detained for
more than 10 of the last 17 years. She was last arrested three years ago
after her motorcade was attacked in an apparent attempt to assassinate
her." ... "Her detention had been due to expire today. For many, Suu Kyi
embodies the democracy movement in Myanmar, also known as Burma, and the
decision of the military regime to detain her for an additional period
of at least six months was a major setback for the opposition." -By
Richard C. Paddock -LAtimes
20060117
-
 Iran
-  China
- Sudan
- Burma
- UN
-  Nuclear
- Energy
- Politics
- "Iran
crisis a dilemma for China." ... "The first step
is to persuade China to agree to support - or not to block - an International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) referral of Iran to the UN Security Council."
... "China's most obvious interest is energy." ... "Three years ago, when
Iran was already supplying 13 per cent of China's oil needs, the two governments
signed a major deal which included Chinese development of Iranian oil fields."
... "Chinese willingness to take sides with the US against a friend and
energy supplier like Iran could alarm some of its other suppliers, from
Sudan to Burma." -By Jill McGivering -BBC
/News
20030901
-
"Burma's
junta details road map to 'fair' elections." ...
"Burma's military junta has outlined what it calls a "road map" for the
installation of an elected government, but critics warn that the vague
plan offers little proof of the military relinquishing its grip on power."
... "General Khin Nyunt, installed as prime minister in a Cabinet reshuffle
last week, says the junta will reconvene a long-suspended constitutional
convention and complete a new constitution before holding "free and fair
elections" for new legislative bodies." -By Amy Kazmin
-FT.com
20030723
-
-
- "Free
Suu Kyi now." ... "Burma's military junta is refusing
to free Aung San Suu Kyi, the popular politician and Nobel Peace Prize
winner ambushed and arrested by the regime's thugs at the end of May. Outraged
western governments are threatening sanctions. Asian leaders say sanctions
might backfire; they want discreet talks with Burma's generals and some
even want Burma included in future Asia-Europe meetings." ... "So far,
so normal. Fortunately, there is a chance of a diplomatic denouement very
different from the usual slanging match between east and west." ... "One
reason for optimism is that not all Asian countries are playing their usual
roles. Japan has suspended new aid for Burma following the latest arrest
of Ms Suu Kyi. Malaysia, more surprisingly, has also lost patience with
the regime in Rangoon." -FT.com
20030705
-
"Suu
Kyi assault was carried out by hired thugs:
Democracy League leaders in hiding after giving eyewitness account to Thai
senate committee." ... "People's skulls were crushed with wooden clubs
and metal spikes, defenceless women stripped and beaten and people were
pulled off motorbikes and hit repeatedly with bamboo poles in the premeditated
assault on May 30, Wunna Maung and Khin Zaw said [both are National League
for Democracy members]." -By John Aglionby
-Guardian.co.uk
20030705
-
"Dissidents
tell of 'murderous' attack on Suu Kyi: Men
were traveling with Burma activist." ... "Screaming ''die! die!'' a drunken
mob of about 3,000 people -- some dressed as monks -- quickly surrounded
Aung San Suu Kyi's convoy, stripping the clothes off supporters and beating
them mercilessly with bats, rods and spears, Burmese dissidents testified
yesterday." ... "The testimony by witnesses U Khin Zaw and Wunna Maung
before a Thai Senate panel was the most comprehensive and detailed yet
on the May 30 violence that led to the Nobel laureate's arrest and the
Burmese government's crackdown on her pro-democracy party. Their statements
also lend credibility to opposition claims that up to 70 people were killed."
-By Vijay Joshi -AP
via -Boston/Globe
20030705
-
"Myanmar
Papers Run Photos of Suu Kyi with Junta." ... "State-run
newspapers in military-ruled Myanmar ran a photograph on Saturday of detained
pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi shaking hands with the junta's leader,
but also carried a commentary criticizing her." ... "The newspapers, which
have not run a photograph focusing on Suu Kyi since the mid-1990s, ran
the picture on their front pages but gave no indication when the photograph
was taken." -Reuters
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