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The generals in Myanmar have hired an Israeli intelligence veteran to run a global lobbying campaign amid the deadly mass protests which have engulfed the country in the aftermath of the February 1 coup d’etat.
Ari Ben-Menashe and his Montreal-based Dickens & Madson Canada certainly have the right experience in dealing with difficult countries, but his mission – to “assist in explaining the real situation in the country” – is as naive as it is mercenary.
Other public relations firms in Southeast Asia have refused to have anything to do with the junta and its five top generals, who were touted for a genocide trial even before ousting an elected government and slaughtering at least 50 supporters to date.
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MYANMAR JUNTA TO SHELL OUT $2M FOR PR HELP: One of Myanmar’s military rulers has enlisted the PR assistance of an Israeli-Canadian lobbyist as the junta seeks relief from U.S. sanctions in the wake of a military coup last month and escalating violence against protesters there, signing a contract worth $2 million, according to documents filed with the Justice Department on Monday.