Myanmar rulers lash out at West, foreign media for stoking recent protests

Myanmar’s ruling military lashed out at Western powers and foreign media Thursday for fomenting recent protests that were put down in a brutal crackdown with thousands of people detained.

The state-owned New Light of Myanmar newspaper described protesters, who continue to be hunted down in raids across the country, as “stooges of foreign countries putting on a play written by their foreign masters.” (AP)