WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are demanding Myanmar's exclusion from U.S.-led military exercises in neighboring Thailand next week amid pressure for more American sanctions in response to atrocities against Rohingya Muslims. Myanmar's planned participation in the Cobra Gold exercise, which starts Feb. 13, comes as its security forces are accused of killing hundreds if not thousands of civilians and burning down villages after Rohingya militant attacks last summer.
Comment on Myanmar's place at US military drills in Asia draws ire
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: World
Wed, 02/07/2018 - 12:09pm
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