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Myanmar minorities fear being dammed, and damned
Continue to the storyThe predominantly Christian Karen, who have been fighting for independence for more than 50 years, believe plans by Yangon's State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), as the junta calls itself, to dam the Salween river are designed to destroy their jungle homeland and culture. "The dams are one of the weapons the SPDC is using to clear us out," said Nay Tha Blay, 33, of Karen Rivers Watch, a pressure group operating out of a bamboo hut in a secret valley in rebel-held territory near the Salween.