Aside from the Burmese General’s account, other reports seemed to suggest that we may now be watching the aftermath of a very bloody crackdown just a week after 1,00,000 protesters took to the streets. The Irrawaddy, one of the leading Burmese news sources, headlines its article today on the crackdown “Burma Erupts: Killing Field.”
And Liselotte Agerlid, a Swedish diplomat who visited Burma on Sunday, left no room for hope in comments to the Daily Mail. “The Burma revolt is over,” she said.