Press Release: Terry Evans
 
6 March 2009

New Grouup Claims Responsibility For Bomb Blasts
 
The Whole Burma United Revolutionary Front (WBURF) - a previously unknown organisation - has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's twin bomb blasts in Rangoon. Both blast sites were killing fields during the People Power uprising in 1988, when thousands of unarmed monks and civilians were shot dead by the military.

The explosions were timed to coincide with the anniversary of late General Ne Win's 1962 coup d'etat. The coup toppled the democratically elected government, lead by charismatic Prime Minister U Nu.
 
The fledgling WBURF group said it would not accept the proposed 2010 general election, which would only serve to prolong the repressive military rule of Burma.
 
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