Inn Din - What Really Happpened
Inn Din - What Really Happpened
Inn Din - What Really Happpened
While the one-eyed western mass media, and the ignorant and arrogant regressive leftists
have a field day with the revelation of a situation which appears to be damning to the
Buddhists Rakhine and Burmese, let’s go over what really did and didn’t happen -
First, how and why do I know more than nearly anyone, including Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo,
Simon Lewis, Antoni Slodkowski, and Reuters News? I have been involved with Burma /
Myanmar extremely deeply for 38 years. First time in Burma was in 1981, and I was there 6
times before the 1988 uprising. First time in Arakan / Rakhine State was in 1996, and I have
been there over a dozen times. For 25 years I was deeply involved in the democracy
movement, working covertly with US embassy and various intelligence agencies, reporting
secretly to US Congresspeople and Burmese leaders in exile, with the goal of bringing down
the military dictatorship - which did collapse in 2010. Aside from that, I was also doing work
in Burma as an ethnomusicologist for Smithsonian and others, and doing humanitarian work
building schools and assisting orphanages and a
leprosy camp in remote areas, such as Rakhine State.
My connections, influence, and reputation in the
country are extraordinary. in Rakhine State I can get
permission to go to restricted areas because officials
know me and trust me, and they know that I am not
shallow and one-sided - as most of the western
media is.
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INN DIN VILLAGE
Inn Din is the name of 5 villages now - they can be called Inn Din east / Ashit, west / Anauk,
central / Alay, north / Myauk and south / Taung. The Bengali Muslims populate the largest 3,
and Buddhists live in 2. The Bengali villages are significantly bigger than the Buddhist
villages, and it is estimated that the Bengalis - in August 2017, before the attacks - comprise
90% of the total Inn Din villagers.
Many of the Buddhists, who are the indigenous people of the land and the legacy of the
great Buddhist Kingdom of Arakan, lived fairly harmoniously with the Bengali Muslims, and
employed them often. (see translated interviews ahead)
The whole village had to stay in the monastery compound for a week - even though many
could even see their own homes. To go out of the compound, cross wide open fields, and
then enter the dense foliage of the villages pathways was definitely too risky. The mother and
sons of U Maung Ni knew that he must have been killed, but still, they wanted to look for
him, but they couldn’t - the forest was on the opposite side of the village. The hundreds of
Buddhists behind the compound walls of the very over-crowded monastery felt helpless,
trapped and in great danger from the overwhelming number of agitated Muslims who
seemed possessed by their Islamic ideology. Around Inn Din the population of Muslims had
swelled to 90% in recent decades. The Buddhists felt they could all be slaughtered very
soon. From the compound walls they watched in frustration as the Muslims looted the
Buddhist homes, and stole their animals.
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THE JIHAD FAILS AND BENGALI MUSLIMS FLEE TO BANGLADESH
Already the Muslim jihad was failing, and Bengali Muslims were beginning to flee to
Bangladesh. Buddhist villagers trapped in the Inn Din monastery compound were astonished
to watch as the Bengali Muslims started burning their own homes. The Muslim villages of Inn
Din were always off-limits to the Buddhists, and during this strife it would have been suicidal
for any Buddhist to go into the Muslim villages. It was rainy season, and it took some effort
to burn homes - they had to pour petrol around the houses, and because everything was wet
the fires didn’t spread from house to house easily. The Buddhist parts of Inn Din were toward
the west, and the wind blows to the east, from the ocean, so the wind also helped prevent
the fires from spreading to the Buddhist sections.
[Some people simply won’t accept this, but there is plenty of proof of the Bengalis
burning their own villages and homes, usually at the command of the Mawlawis and the
ARSA leaders, who threatened villagers with death if they did not burn villages and flee to
Bangladesh. It seems like this became Plan B, after Plan A - killing all infidels - failed. This
is corroborated in numerous interviews (see interviews ahead) and many captured ARSA
militant statements which I have had translated.]
Their tactic of displaying their penchant for violence intimidated the frightened Buddhists so
much that that the Buddhists felt trapped, overwhelmed, and angry that the Bengalis were
so callous, vicious, violent, supremacist, conniving, and beholden to a faith that seemed the
polar opposite of Buddhism.
AMBUSH
On September 1, 2017 around 200 Bengali Muslims, armed with homemade bombs, spears
and swords ambushed security forces nearby. After security forces shot back at the
attackers the Bengalis scattered and ran away. Ten of the attackers were caught by villagers
as they ran by the monastery compound.
NOTICE: they were CAUGHT, not SHOT, and not even WOUNDED. They easily, and
rightfully could have been shot - after all, there was a WAR going on, and they had just
ambushed a bunch of security forces with the premeditated objective of killing everyone.
Those ten attackers were interrogated and did reveal that they were ARSA supporters. The
Buddhist villagers called for security forces to come and take the prisoners away. But,
security forces said they couldn’t reach Inn Din with a vehicle yet, because of the blown up
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bridges and they were so stretched and overwhelmed with rescuing, protecting and
evacuating villages, dealing with lots of Bengali-made mines, and battling ARSA militants.
Meanwhile, with ARSA Islamic militants mounting continuous attacks and destroying two
military vehicles with landmines, it was determined that there were no conditions to safely
transfer the 10 violent murderous Bengali terrorists to the police station, and now it was day
2 with the captives, and it was decided it was too risky for the safety of all, and under the
‘Duress of War’ the decision was made to kill them. Don’t forget that the previous day those
ten men had tried to kill as many as they could, and with woman and kids who were driven
out of their village homes having to be in close proximity to those ten violent men, it was only
a matter of time until deadly disaster struck.
The Buddhists did not choose to have this awful situation arise. The Bengali Muslims, with
their Islamic supremacy that has Bengali Muslims believing that they have divine rights from
their Allah to kill anyone who is not Muslim, had started a war in which their goal was to
completely exterminate all non-Muslims in northern Rakhine State - a textbook example of
attempted ethnic cleansing and genocide.
Look up the term ‘Duress of War’ - very interesting, then read this again.
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INTERVIEWS WITH INN DIN BUDDHISTS
I am Maung Phyu Thee, from Inn Din Village.
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Between this Inn Din Rakhine village, and the larger Inn Din Muslim village there was a street
that had a market every morning. But starting then (a month before Aug 25, 2017 attacks)
there were no more Bengalis selling things. The Mawlawis told all the Bengalis, "No more
buying or selling to any non-Muslim infidels - for any reason - don't even go there to the
market." After that development, still before the attacks, the Rakhine people here became on
the alert. It was very strange behavior. We cautioned each other to not go into any Bengali
villages. The situation was strange and we started to worry about what bad things might
happen.
On Aug 24, 2017, I received a phone call from Alay Than Kyaw Village around midnight. I was
told that info had come that said there will be an attack somewhere in Maungdaw Township,
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in a few hours or less. I was told to be very alert, and very careful, and if we don't have
security in the village, then we would have to make our own security. Around 3 am Koe Tan
Kauk Village [6 miles to the south from Inn Din] and Chein Khar Li Village [8 miles south] were
attacked first. When we heard that news we called for an urgent meeting in our village in the
pre-dawn darkness. We had to figure out: If we were attacked by the Bengalis, what would
we do, where would we flee? We would have to flee to our Buddhist Monastery. We would
take women and children first, to the monastery. The men would have to remain in the village
to try to prevent the destruction of our homes.
In the morning around 9 or 10, I heard that U Maung Ni was killed by Bengalis as he was
tending his cows in the field. Then many many agitated Bengalis yelling loudly came to the
perimeter of our Rakhine Inn Din Village. All the Rakhine people ran quickly, in fear, to the
monastery. The Bengalis were yelling things like "Bagei!" which means tiger. The Bengalis
were implying, "We are tigers, and you Rakhine are cows - we will eat you!" They were
yelling these things through the loudspeakers of the mosque, "Tigers must eat! And we tigers
like to eat cows! Rakhine are cows! We will eat them!” The mosque loudspeakers were also
broadcasting, "Bengali Muslims, don't be afraid. Even if security forces come with weapons
they will not shoot us! The police have orders not to shoot us. They will only shoot in the air
to scare us. Don't be afraid! When the police run out of bullets, we all will rush them, and kill
all of them!”
All of us Rakhine people had to take shelter in the monastery, there were some security
forces there. But, still we were surrounded by so many Bengalis. We could see Bengalis
starting to burn their own homes - we watched from the monastery. We were lucky that the
wind was preventing the fires from spreading to the Rakhine part of the village, towards the
west.
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They told me that the Mawlawi (Imam) told all the Bengali Muslims that they, “could not work
for the Buddhists anymore, and they could not buy or sell things to the Buddhists, and if they
disobeyed they would be killed.” Sometimes at the mosque Bengalis would be beat severely
if they were interacting in any way with Buddhists. Actually I didn’t really believe that violence
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would happen this way, I didn’t want to believe it. I said to the brother-like Bengali man, “If
we run away then you can take our cows, but if you run away I will take back my cows (that I
rented to him).” 3 days before the attack, the Bengali woman that cooked for me did not
show up. She informed me that she was not allowed to come anymore (as dictated by the
Mawlawi). The Bengali general worker who worked for me actually loved pork curry and
alcohol, and usually slept here also. After the other workers stopped coming, in fear from the
threats of the Mawlawi, I told the general worker to just stay here, it is okay. But the next day
he was grabbed and taken to the mosque, and the Mawlawi beat him severely, and after that
he was banned and under watch not to go to the Buddhist section of Inn Din.
On August 25, 2017, the day so many targets were attacked (but not known to us yet) I was
eating lunch, with other teachers, when I heard that U Maung Ni was killed by 20-30
Bengalis. I thought, when I heard that, that they wouldn’t kill him, maybe he would be
kidnapped for a short time. U Maung Ni was also very familiar with Bengalis. Me and the
other teachers were eating chicken curry when mobs of Bengalis on 3 sides of our village
gathered shouting, “Maru! Maru!” (Kill! Kill!). So, we all just dropped our plates and ran as
fast as we could towards the Buddhist monastery, with Bengalis rushing into the village
yelling so loudly. While we sheltered in the monastery the Bengalis continued shouting. Later
in the day they started to burn their homes, and they were shouting and yelling - we saw that
happening. And, the wind was blowing towards the Bengali homes, not towards our
Buddhist homes - we were very very lucky.
I had met with the Bengali Muslim people whom I had hired to work at my house. I said, "You
have your grandmother, and your children, and you have land to work, why don't you want to
work and make money for your needs?” They said, "If we work anymore for Rakhine people
we will be killed, by the Mawlawis (Imams) of our mosques.” The Bengali men, that I used to
employ said, "We would like to live here, and work here [in the Buddhist village] but we are
not allowed now. The ARSA militants and the Mawlawis told all of us that if we violate their
orders we will be killed." I heard that at a meeting in the Bengali Inn Din Village, with ARSA
militants and Mawlawis, they were saying things like: "Even if the country is destroyed, we
don't care about that. We want this land, and when we take this land everything will be okay."
I explained to some of the Bengalis, "This is not our land, it is in the hands of the
government. We can live here peacefully and work together. If the government wants this
land today, we have to move today." When I explained like that, one Bengali said, "No.
Maybe the whole country will be
destroyed, and maybe there will
only be one Bengali woman and
man alive, but if that is how we
get this land it will be okay."
Left, unburned
Right, burned
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And now, we will examine the Reuters report of Feb 8, 2018, titled:
Reuters: On Sept. 2, Buddhist villagers and Myanmar troops killed 10 Rohingya men in
Myanmar's restive Rakhine state. Reuters uncovered the massacre and has pieced together
how it unfolded. During the reporting of this article, two Reuters journalists were arrested by
Myanmar police.
Rohingya trace their presence in Rakhine back centuries. But most Burmese consider them
to be unwanted immigrants from Bangladesh; the army refers to the Rohingya as “Bengalis.”
Interesting how Reuters shows some shallow shoddiness in the first sentence of this
paragraph, by using a term (Rohingya) that has no history, to describe history, and ironically
BOTH are false! There is plenty of info about the term ‘Rohingya’ which is a recent invented
term for the purpose of political subterfuge, and if you want to talk about whose land this is it
is so clearly the homeland of the Rakhine Buddhist people and the legacy of their great
historical Kingdoms of which there is monumental evidence everywhere you look in this land.
Almost every Bengali Muslim that one sees has a homeland called Bangladesh - same
language, same religion, same customs and traditions, even the same intolerance and
supremacy. And, they call themselves ‘Bengali’. Their biggest mosque has 2 signs in English
on it - the Bengali Sunni Jamae Mosque. Reuters is one of many news outlets that have
flagrant bias on matters concerning Islam, as they are bought up and controlled by Islamic
agenda.
The CAMERA organization has produced many articles condemning the news and photo
wire-agencies Reuters, Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press. Reuters, in particular,
has been the perpetrator of biased photos in its Middle East reporting, according to CAMERA.
Reuters: The slain men’s families, now sheltering in Bangladesh refugee camps, identified
the victims through photographs shown to them by Reuters. The dead men were fishermen,
shopkeepers, the two teenage students and an Islamic teacher.
The dead men were most likely also Jihadists, willing to kill all non-Muslims. Where were
they on Aug 25 when the Buddhists were being terrorized out of their own homes? Really.
Where were they? They could have stopped that display of Islamic arrogance. The worst of
them was most likely the Mawlawi (Imam) or as Reuters put it, the Islamic teacher. As you
learn about this whole issue, and read the prisoner interrogations, you will see that the
Mawlawis are ALWAYS teaching the villagers that they should unite, and attack and kill all
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non-Muslims, and, in fact, it is your duty to do that, Allah expects you to do that. So, they
actually are the teachers of Islam, and the evil force that brainwashes everyone around them
- there is no need to shed excess tears for those monster ‘teachers of Islam’ who give the
Muslims divine privilege to slaughter the infidels in a genocidal ethnic cleansing.
Reuters want you to believe the ten dead men were like innocent angelic meditation teachers
that were brutally killed by the bad bully Buddhists. It is the Islamic intolerance and
supremacy that is the cause and effect of all of this violence, not only in Rakhine State, but
everywhere in the world where Islamists driven by Koranic hatred and violence are bringing
untold misery and insanity to people and cultures that want nothing to do with it. Look at the
photo of the ten men again - look at their eyes - what do you see? (It is subjective, however,
spend a little time, looking in their eyes, getting in their minds)
Reuters also did not mention that the main Mawlawi (Imam) in Inn Din was coincidently
arrested on Aug 24, 2017, for inciting extreme violence upon the Buddhists and broadcasting
it through the mosque speakers. And, that was the reason the Muslims of Inn Din did not
attack their own police posts and all the Buddhists in the early AM. But, they were so riled up
that by noon that day they could not restrain themselves anymore, and they first killed
Maung Ni, and then terrorized the villagers, forcing them to flee from their own homes.
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Reuters claims there was no attack in Inn Din Village on August 25, 2017. Reuters claims
that the nearest attack was in Kyauk Pan Du, about 5 miles to the north.
Look for mention of Gwa Son, 1½ miles away to the south, and other nearby villages
such as Koe Tan Kauk, Tha Win Chaung, Chut Pyin, Ahtet Nan Yar
While performing control of the region between Kyaung Doe and Aung Tha Bye villages in
Maungdaw Township on 27 August evening, security troops were attacked by extremist
Bengali terrorists with the use of home-made guns and home-made mines from both sides
of the road. The security forces fought against them and cleared the region. In the incident,
one police member was injured.
Security troops while combing the prawn farm near Kyee Kyun outpost found the burnt floor
of the hostel where about 50 extremist Bengali terrorists lived. At night, while security troops
were discharging duty of controlling the region in Kyee Kyun outpost, three extremist male
Bengali terrorists and three female terrorists fled to the other bank with the use of two boats.
A home-made mine planted by extremist Bengali terrorists exploded at Zin Paing Nyar
Junction. Zin Paing Nyar police outpost was besieged by the terrorist Bengali terrorists
starting at 10.20 pm. Then, one more home-made mine exploded about one mile from the
outpost. After that, about 80 extremist Bengali terrorists approached the outpost to attack
but security troops fought against them. The terrorists retreated to Zin Paing Nyar Village.
Meanwhile, another home-made mine exploded near Awli Tula Village.
In more terrorists acts of extremist Bengali terrorists, four homemade mines exploded in
series at Zin Paing Nyar Junction at 10.40 am today. 10 minutes later, six more home-made
mines planted by terrorists exploded in series at the junction.
At 11.13 am, an explosion of one more home-made mine planted by extremist Bengali
terrorists happened at Zin Paing Nyar Junction. Likewise, home-made mines planted by
extremist Bengali terrorists exploded one after another between Ywa Thit and Kyauk Hla Kya
villages.
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About 500 extremist Bengali terrorists from Tin May Village besieged Kyaung Taung police
outpost in Buthidaung Township. When security troops performed clearance operation there,
the terrorists withdrew from the post.
Extremist Bengali terrorists set fire to Zee Pin Chaung outpost on the night of 27 August, the
fire was put out this morning. At 1 am today, outbreak of fire started from the house of
Abdula in Myoma Kan Yin Tan Ward of Maungdaw Township, firefighters and local people
put out the fire within a half hour.
Moreover, one mine exploded 50 yards from Tha Ray Kon Baung police outpost near Phwe
Yu Bar Tar Village, another mine in the village, and one home-made mine in Ywa Thit Village,
500 yards from Pyin Phyu regional office.
While marching to Gwa Son Village in Maungdaw Township for performing control of the
region, security troops were attacked with mine explosion by extremist Bengali terrorists at
the entrance bridge of the village. They exchanged fire in the incident. While combing the
village, about 300 extremist Bengali terrorists opened fire at the security troops. Both sides
exchanged fire and the terrorists retreated into the Mayu Mountain range after setting fire to
the houses.
In the discovery, one .22 gun, 10 bullets and two home-made mines were seized.
In clearing Koe Tan Kauk Village of Maungdaw Township, security troops were attacked by
extremist Bengali terrorists with one mine. After opening fire at the terrorists, the security
troops seized two Tommy guns and then were clearing directional mines.
Afterwards, security troops while discharging duty of controlling Koe Tan Kauk Myit Nar
Village were attacked by extremist Bengali terrorists using swords, and fought against them.
In combing Tha Win Chaung Village, security troops unearthed and seized one mine,
exploded it with the remote control attached to a battery with TNT soft ignite, in the one foot
long and six inches deep ground pit in the field between Gwa Son and Tha Wun Chaung
villages.
At 9.25 am today, extremist Bengali terrorists set 30 houses from Upper Pyu Ma (Na Ta La)
Village and 30 more houses from Wet Kyein (Mro) Village on fire. Moreover, one home-made
mine exploded on the central road in Kyauk Hlay Ka Village. As extremist Bengali terrorists
set fire to one Bengali house in Myoma Kan Yin Tan Village of Maung Taw at 10 am, security
troops and local people put out the fire.
Extremist Bengali terrorist set fire to a Bengali house in Myoma Kan Yin Tan ward around
10.30 am. An improvised explosive device exploded on the main street of Kyauk Hlay Ka
Village around 11.10 am, and a terrorist torched a house near Zin Paing Nyar Junction and
exploded an improvised explosive device and ran away.
Security forces discovered six taped packets connected with red and black color wires as
they cleared the houses in front of Shwe Zar police outpost.
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Around 11.20 am, Bengalis in Saka Pin Yin and Kyet Kyein villages in Region 4 torched their
houses and ran away. Security forces, during the security operation in Myit Na Village, found
and arrested a Bengali terrorist with one improvised explosive device.
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Security forces repulsed over 500 extremist Bengali terrorists who attacked Tha Yet Oak Kin
outpost in Region 5 with small arms.
Ka La Ba Bengali Village in Ward No. 5 in Maungdaw burned around 12.30 pm, and three
improvised explosive devices exploded there. Nineteen Bengali houses at the back of the
office of Maungdaw district administration department caught fire at 12.45 pm, and as
security forces and people put out the fire, extremist Bengali terrorists attacked with small
arms and security forces had to return fire.
At noon, around 50 extremist Bengali terrorists from Kyet Kyein Village went to the south of
Wet Kyein Pagoda, and around 100 extremist Bengali terrorists from Pa De Ka Village to
Myin Gyi Myauk Village.
A total of eight mines—three in the burned ground in Di Pay Wa Ward and five at Zin Paing
Nyar Junction in Myoma Kay Nin Tan—continuously exploded in Maungdaw.
Some 100 extremist Bengali terrorists from Kyauk Pa Nu Stupa attacked the security forces
providing security in Kyauk Pa Nu Village in Region 9 with small arms around 1 pm. Security
forces repulsed and seized one improvised firearms and three swords from terrorists.
Extremist Bengali terrorists, from two houses near Pyin Phyu Police Station in Kyauk Hlay Ka
Village, fired around 12 shots and attacked with three improvised explosive devices into the
compound of the police station.
In another attack, extremist Bengali terrorists from Ywathit Village fire seven shots at
Pyinphyu Police Station with small arms.
Two improvised explosive devices planted by terrorists went off in Ywathit Village in Region 6
around 2 pm, and terrorists fired around 12 shots at Pyinphyu Township administration
office.
Around 3.15 pm, one extremist Bengali terrorist attacked Chut Pyin ethnic village in
Rathedaung Township in Region 11 with improvised explosive device and fled to Chut Pyin
Bengali Village.
Security forces were attacked by around 80 extremist Bengali terrorists with improvised
explosive devices, guns, swords and spears as they came into Chut Pyin Bengali Village to
conduct security operation. Following an exchange of fire, extremist Bengali terrorists
torched their homes around 4.40 pm, and fled to Ahtet Nan Yar Village. Security forces
seized one improvised firearm, 22 swords, two spears and darts.
Extremist Bengali terrorists made several attempts to carry out several arson attacks and
explosions on Wi Ma La ethnic ward in Maungdaw at 6 pm to ravage the township. As
security forces and firefighters put all their attention on safety of the township and fire
prevention, extremist Bengali terrorists could not find a chance to set fire to the town.
Instead they shot Maung Than Hlaing, 16, Mro ethnic, with improvised firearm in Zaw Ti Kay
One Monastery in Myoma Ward in Maungdaw. He was wounded by metal balls of the
homemade gun in his right hip and was receiving treatment at Maungdaw Hospital.
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From August 27 to 28, a total of 45 improvised explosive devices planted by extremist
Bengali terrorists exploded, and terrorists torched seven villages, one outpost, and two
urban wards in Maungdaw. The State Counsellor Information Committee will release the
updates on the situation on the ground.
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Reuters: Buddhist villagers interviewed for this article reported no attack by a large number
of insurgents on security forces in Inn Din. And Rohingya witnesses told Reuters that soldiers
plucked the 10 from among hundreds of men, women and children who had sought safety
on a nearby beach.
Here is where it will get very interesting. Reuters / Islamists doublespeak. Notice the
wording of the first sentence. ‘Buddhist villagers interviewed for this article reported no
attack by a large number of insurgents on security forces in Inn Din.’ So, if a Buddhist was
interviewed, but not for this article, he could have said something different. And, if the
ambush attack occurred just outside Inn Din proper itself, then it doesn’t count because it
was not IN Inn Din. There are so many ways to prove absolutely that this Reuters piece (of
garbage) is fully aimed, armed and ready to demonize the Buddhists, and to let Islamic Jihad win.
Rawfique Ullah (33), Anan Mulla (37), Anan Dulla (25) from Inn Din
Village, Maungdaw Township and, Nazi Hu Saung (64), from Kyauk Pan
Du village (4 miles north), Maungdaw Township
How we attacked:
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How we were captured:
Reuters: Some members of the paramilitary police looted Rohingya property, including cows
and motorcycles, in order to sell it, according to village administrator Maung Thein Chay and
one of the paramilitary police officers.
More made up stuff to demonize Buddhists. Remember when they were confined to the
monastery compound for more than a week? And lo and behold, their homes were looted
and their animals were stolen. A cheap shot at the Buddhists. But, a very typical Muslim trait
(sorry to say) of victimizing yourself by turning everything backwards - they are the violent
terrorists, they are the liars and criminals, they and their Islamic ideology is the problem.
No wonder the Buddhists are really fed up with the Bengali Muslims.
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Reuters: The second police officer described taking part in several raids on villages north of
Inn Din. The raids involved at least 20 soldiers and between five and seven police, he said. A
military captain or major led the soldiers, while a police captain oversaw the police team. The
purpose of the raids was to deter the Rohingya from returning.
“If they have a place to live, if they have food to eat, they can carry out more attacks,” he
said. “That’s why we burned their houses, mainly for security reasons.”
With the absolute chaos of war in late August and early September there was justification for
such things as, ‘deterring the Bengalis from returning’ and ‘burning parts of villages’ for
safety’s sake, because, the Bengalis were the enemy, they were trying to enable their plan to
annihilate all non-Muslims - in other words, a textbook example of genocidal ethnic
cleansing. Given that situation, the priority is to protect the citizens and that means safety,
and if that means burn the adjacent homes to prevent anymore sneak-up ambush attacks
then do it. The Bengalis have to learn something that Islam does not know - and that is
cause and effect, and consequences and responsibility.
Reuters: Running out of supplies in the hills, several hundred Rohingya came down to the
beach, including the 10 men who would be slain, family members and neighbors of the men
said. They planned to set off in the coming days toward Bangladesh. A group of soldiers and
armed Rakhine Buddhists arrived. The soldiers picked out 10 men and said they were taking
them away for a meeting, Rohingya witnesses said.
This is where Reuters really makes up the story - assuming there is no one to contradict it
with facts and real investigative and honest journalism - like me. The 10 men had
participated in an ambush intended to kill many, and were running away from it when they
were captured by very fed up Buddhists. It was thought that the army could come get them
but they couldn’t. The Buddhist had no intention to kill them until the next day when it was
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obvious that it was going to be very dangerous to keep holding them - don’t forget, there
was no jail there. Finally, to be safe, while all hell was raging up and down all of Maungdaw
and beyond, they chose safety. It needs to be known that the Bengalis created this mess - it
was the choice that they made. They could have chosen other ways of being starting a long
time ago. They could have chosen to have respect for other cultures, and tolerance for other
people, and they could have chosen to live peacefully and harmoniously with others - but
they didn’t. They didn’t have to attack police posts, villages, Buddhists, Hindus, and Tribal
minorities, with a goal of wanton genocidal ethnic cleansing - but they did, and they suffered
the consequences.
I think that, in this case, the Buddhists are not guilty. They only did what they felt they had to
do for safety’s sake, in the circumstances given, under the ‘Duress of War’.
What I wrote about this incident is much better and more accurate than Reuters, and I
challenge Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo, Simon Lewis, Antoni Slodkowski, and Reuters to
compare notes, discuss the matter, and find and show the truth - whatever it may be.
by Rick Heizman, May 12, 2019
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