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By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Politics
Wed, 02/07/2018 - 12:09pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are demanding Myanmar's exclusion from U.S.-led military exercises in neighboring Thailand next week amid pressure for more American sanctions in response to atrocities against Rohingya Muslims. Myanmar's planned participation in the Cobra Gold exercise, which starts Feb. 13, comes as its security forces are accused of killing hundreds if not thousands of civilians and burning down villages after Rohingya militant attacks last summer.

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