The ruling military junta in Myanmar has apparently begun shooting directly into the crowds of Buddhist monks who have been peacefully protesting against the government's repressive policies:The Myanmar military opened fire on crowds of protesters in Yangon, almost certainly causing casualties, a French diplomat in the city said Wednesday. "Shots were fired by the security forces, first in the air, then at the demonstrators. We cannot know if many people were injured but we can be sure that blood was spilled," Emmanuel Mouriez, number two at the French embassy, told French radio RTL. "We have several witness accounts describing people lying on the ground," he added.Richard Fernandez writing at Pajamas Media likens the situation to the "People Power" revolution in the Philippines in 1986: The situation hangs on a knife’s edge; the next few days will show which way things will break. But one can only hope that a combination of the Burmese...(Read Full Post)