SHOULD THE SPDC BE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH LIES? Patience & Flexibility... WHY ACT NOW?-- SPDC's Broken Promises; Lack of Democratic Progress; Continuing Human Rights Abuses; Releases from international pressure; Security Concerns, Military Threat... PRESSURE WORKS:-- Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; U Lwin, NLD Spokesman; Asian Activists; Malaysian Parliamentarians; Sen. John McCain & HE Madeline Albright; Sanctions Take Time; Engagement is not working... WHAT THE REGIME IS BEING URGED TO DO... WHAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CAN DO... A BAN ON FINANCIAL REMITTANCES � THE PRACTICAL OPTION... A LIFELINE FOR THE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT... A NON-VIOLENT BARGAINING CHIP... TAKING AIM AT SPDC'S ECONOMIC LIFELINES... CREATING DOMESTIC PRESSURE FOR CHANGE:-- Undermining Moderates?... INSTIGATING REGIONAL ACTION... SPDC � FEIGNING REFORM & ROLLING OUT THE CHARM... DAMPENING EFFORTS: Relabeling; Enabling Remittances; Business Diplomacy... SANCTIONS & SEX WORK:-- Burma's biggest pimp; Increasing since 1988; Jumping the Gun; Low Factory Wages; Insufficient evidence; Numbers of job losses disputed; Job losses from capital flight; Reforms needed... PEOPLE OF BURMA SUPPORT SANCTIONS... PREDICTIONS: Brief Chronology of �Predictions' by the Thai Government... RECENT ARMS& DEFENSE EQUIPMENT ACQUISITIONS... ROGUE REGIMES � Pyongyang & the SPDC... GOING NUCLEAR!... REGIONAL THREAT... THE WORST SANCTION: The Ongoing Banking Crisis; Investor-Unfriendly Climate... APPENDIXES: Burma: An Albatross for Both Asean & Europe, By Kavi Chongkittavorn. The Nation, Jun 14 04... Non Interference In Burma Is Not An Option, By Mitch McConnell and Dianne Feinstein. The Asian Wall Street Journal, Jun 14 04... Declaration of the Regional Strategy Meeting on Burma, Jun 8 04.... Press Statement by the Pro-Democracy Myanmar MPs' Caucus of The Malaysian Parliament, Jun 8 04... Envoy: Assembly a "Mass House Arrest�. The Nation, Jun 2 04... Now is the time for action on Burma, By Tashika Elbegdorj. The Nation, May 10 04... �Window Dressing,' Baltimore Sun, May 12 04... Don't Help Burma's Generals, by Zaw Oo, Far Eastern Economic Review, May 6 04... Imposition of Special Measures against Burma, Myanmar Mayflower Bank, and Asia Wealth Bank, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, May 3 04... A Need to Act on Burma, by John McCain & Madeleine Albright, Washington Post, Apr 27 04... No Excuse for Inaction on Burma, Fred Hiatt, Washington Post, Apr 5 04... Press Release: FATF Strengthens Global Anti- Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Campaign, Feb 27 04... Foreword to Ready, Aim, Sanction: Non-Military Options to Support Burma's Democratization, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nov 03... Press Release: FATF decides to impose counter-measures on Myanmar, Nov 3 03.