Myanmar CrisisMyanmar military's bombing of civilians set for record year
Amnesty International and United Nations report failure of jet fuel sanctions
A 7-year-old girl's shrapnel wound is dressed after Pasaung, a town in Karenni state in eastern Myanmar, was repeatedly bombed and set ablaze by the Myanmar Air Force on March 1. (Photo by Free Burma Rangers)
DOMINIC FAULDER, Nikkei Asia associate editor
BANGKOK -- Two reports issued in the past fortnight have confirmed that international efforts led by the U.S. to prevent the military regime in Myanmar from importing jet fuel have failed at a time when bombing of civilians in rural areas has risen dramatically.