Myanmar military's bombing of civilians set for record year

BANGKOK -- Two reports issued in the past fortnight have confirmed that international efforts led by the U.S. to prevent the military regime in Myanmar from importing jet fuel have failed at a time when bombing of civilians in rural areas has risen dramatically.

Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica, a Burmese nonprofit monitoring organization, closely tracks airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force. It has reported that between January and April this year, there have been a total 819 airstrikes that killed 359 civilians and left 756 wounded, many of them women and children.