By DVB
Published: 8 July 2011
Around 30 Burmese troops are presumed dead after an ambush by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) on a convoy in Kachin state’s Momauk township yesterday afternoon.
Two trucks carrying government soldiers along the Bhamo-to-Myitkyina highway were damaged in the attack; one of the two carrying more than two dozen troops was blown to pieces, according to the spokesperson of the KIA’s political wing, the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO).
The attack came as government representatives were holding talks with the KIA at its headquarters in Laiza. The two sides have been engaged in heavy fighting over the past two months in various regions of Kachin state, forcing the displacement of some 20,000 people.
Government newspapers yesterday reported that the KIA had destroyed a number of roads and bridges in Kachin state.
The reasons behind the outbreak in violence focus largely on attempts by Naypyidaw to gain control over swathes of Kachin state and neighbouring Shan state, where the KIA has territory. The campaign has also been taken to Karen and Karenni state bordering Thailand, where various insurgent groups are based.
As well as exacting retribution on ethnic armies who refused to become government-controlled Border Guard Forces, Naypyidaw is also looking to secure areas around lucrative energy projects in Kachin and Shan state, the majority of which are backed by China.
An article in the New Light of Myanmar newspaper said that the Burmese army had fought the KIA “for the sake of project and public security”, a rare admission of a key reason behind its operations in the country’s north.
Despite several attempts at negotiation, skirmishes continue to break out. Colonel Than Aung, Kachin state’s Minister for Border and Security Affairs sent a handwritten letter to the KIO warning that negotiations would take time.
http://www.dvb.no/news/kachin-army-ambush-leaves-30-dead/16494
Fucking great!!!!!!!!!!Kill all those dogs.
ReplyDeleteအစကမသိလုိ့ခံလုိက္ရတယ္၊ ခုေတာ့သိလွ်က္နဲ့ဝပ္ေနမယ္ဆုိရင္ ကုိယ့္လူမ်ိဳးအ တြက္ရဲ့ကံတရားဘဲ။
ReplyDeleteAfter WWII, the beginning of civil war the Burmese almost lose everything and 7 square miles left. It is because of Ethnics unite and fight together. If the Ethnics unite again this time Burmese have to go back to the place where they are from nakedly.
ReplyDeleteDear all Ethnic group this time don't have mercy.
Look and remember what they did to you all.
They have no mercy on you why you have mercy on them.
In the Bible the King are anointed to kill enemies.
There is no America or Canada unless they kill all Indians (Aborigines people).