As reported on BBC late last night (and mentioned here at little CIT as well), Burmese security police kicked in doors at six or more monasteries around the country in the middle of the night, and clapped irons on hundreds of monks.
We thought last night that this could be the spark which sets the whole thing off. According to reports, it appears that's exactly what has happened. Huge numbers of people were in the streets by about mid-day on Thursday in Rangoon, and it's overwhelmingly regular folks, not monks and nuns (many of the monks are in the Cross-Bar Hilton at the moment).
The army has fired shots again, but there are not reports of mass casualties. What's up with this? With fewer monks to take rounds, you'd think the army would be less restrained in their use of lead - the army may be wary of killing monks, but they've never been shy about mowing down civilians.
The international community is still going bananas, for all the good that will do. Still zippo from China, the only country on Earth who has any chance of getting the junta to listen.
Take a moment today to pray for the people of Burma. May their efforts to throw off the yoke of despotism succeed, and may the cost be small...
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