Bangladesh ups watch along Myanmar border

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh said it put border guards on alert Saturday because it had information that neighboring Myanmar was amassing troops after talks on oil and gas exploration in disputed seas off their coasts ended inconclusively, officials said.

Both countries claim areas in the Bay of Bengal that are believed to contain oil and gas reserves. Bangladesh has been angered by Myanmar's recent moves to begin prospecting in some of those areas.

"We have just reinforced the regular vigilance but there's nothing to worry about yet," A.K.M. Nurul Bahar, a top border guard official, said of the alert.

"We have information that Myanmar has increased its soldiers along the border with us," he said.



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[Vattel]

1. If only we had liberated Myanmar

instead of Iraq. That country is ripe for democracy and any insurgents would have no place to hide because the vast majority of the people hate the military. No I'm not recommending an invasion. I'm only suggesting that it would have been a much better thing to do than invading Iraq.