The Crackdown in Burma: One Chilling Photo
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 09.27.07 | 6:47 PM ET
This is one of those images that’s hard to shake off, taken today in Rangoon after soldiers opened fire on protesters, killing at least nine people. The blood-soaked sandals are the kind worn by the protesting Buddhist monks. The photo was made available by the Mandalay Gazette. As we noted earlier, the State Department just warned U.S. citizens to postpone travel to Burma.
Related on World Hum:
* U.S. State Department: Postpone Travel to Burma
* First Deaths Reported in Crackdown on Protesters in Burma
* As Defiant Monks Protest in Burma, Travel Debate Rages On
Photo: AP.