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 Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 5:54 pm Post subject: Vietnam war, buddhist monk burns to death, vs. anti-buddhist
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Vietnam war, buddhist monk burns to death, vs. anti-buddhist
In 1963, many Vietnamese Buddhist monks committed suicide by setting themselve alight on streets to against the South Vietnamese government anti-Buddhist policies.
led at least seven monks to burns theirselve to death.
One of them is a 17 year old girl, a 19 year old girl.
5 deaths like this in three days.
Bellow are the two famous photos were caught and taken by photographers.
Feel free to discusses this topic/subject here.
For full story, please search google.
See also.
Cold war - political views & famous pictures of Vietnam
Famous Vietnam war photographs children flee from their home
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This picture was taken in 1963 (in the very beginning of Vietnam war). Buddhist monk named Quang Duc burned himself to death in an anti-government protest.
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| In this picture a young buddhist monk man sit in the central market square in Saigon. burned himself to death. and you can see a police stood by was finding light for his cigarette. |
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