တ႐ုတ္-ျမန္မာနယ္စပ္တေလွ်ာက္ရိွ နအဖႏွင့္အပစ္ခတ္ရပ္စဲေရး ျပဳလုပ္ထားသည့္ တိုင္းရင္းသားလက္နက္ကိုင္ အဖဲြ႔မ်ားအား နယ္ျခားေစာင့္တပ္ဖဲြ႔အျဖစ္ အသြင္ေျပာင္းရန္ နအဖစစ္ဘက္အရာရိွမ်ားက ဧၿပီ (၂၈) တြင္ သီးျခားစီေတြ႔ဆံုုခဲ့ရာ အင္အားအဆမတန္ေလွ်ာ့ခ်ခံရမည့္ ၀ျပည္ေသြးစည္းညီၫြတ္ေရး တပ္မေတာ္ (ယူဒဗလ်ဴအက္စ္ေအ) က မေက်မနပ္ျဖစ္ေနသည္။
ရွမ္းျပည္ေျမာက္ပိုင္း၊ တန္႔ယန္းၿမိဳ႕တြင္ စစ္ဘက္ေရးရာအရာရိွခ်ဳပ္ ဗိုလ္ခ်ဳပ္ရဲျမင့္က ၀ေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ားအား ေခၚယူေတြ႔ဆံုၿပီး ၀ေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ားအေနျဖင့္ ႏိုင္ငံေရးပါတီေထာင္ၿပီး ေရြးေကာက္ပဲြ၀င္ရန္ႏွင့္ အင္အား (၃) ေထာင္အထိ ေလွ်ာ့ခ်ၿပီး နယ္ျခားေစာင့္တပ္ဖဲြ႔အျဖစ္ အသြင္ေျပာင္းရန္ ေျပာဆိုမႈအေပၚ ၀ေခါင္းေဆာင္မ်ား အေနျဖင့္ လက္ခံမည္မဟုတ္ေၾကာင္း ၀တပ္မႉးတဦးက ေျပာသည္၊
၎က “အင္အား (၂) ေသာင္းေက်ာ္ (၃) ေသာင္းေလာက္အထိရိွတဲ့ ဒီတပ္မေတာ္ႀကီးကို ေသြးေတြ၊ ေခၽြးေတြနဲ႔ ႏွစ္ (၃၀) ေက်ာ္ၾကာ တည္ေဆာက္ထားခဲ့တာဗ်။ (၃) ေထာင္သာခ်န္ၿပီး ျပည္သူ႔စစ္လိုလုပ္မယ့္အေပၚေတာ့ လက္မခံႏိုင္ဘူး။ က်ေနာ္တို႔ ၀ျပည္နယ္ ျပည္သူ႔အစိုးရက လက္ခံမွာ မဟုတ္ဘူး။ အခုထိ က်ေနာ္တို႔ ဗဟိုေကာ္မတီ ေတြလည္း အေၾကာင္းမျပန္ေသးပါဘူး” ဟု ၎က ေျပာသည္။
၀တပ္မဟာ (၁၇၁) အေျခစိုက္ရာ ၀ျပည္ေတာင္ပိုင္းနယ္ေျမကိုလည္း ၀ေဒသအတြင္း မထည့္ဘဲ ခဲြထုတ္လိုက္သည့္ အေပၚ ၀ျပည္ေသြးစည္းညီၫြတ္ေရးတပ္မေတာ္က လက္ခံမည္မဟုတ္ေၾကာင္း အဆိုပါ ၀တပ္မႉးက ေျပာသည္။
၎က “အခုက က်ေနာ္တို႔ကို ေကအန္ယူကို ေသြးခဲြသလိုမ်ိဳး လုပ္ေနတာ။ (၁၇၁) ဆိုတာ က်ေနာ္တို႔တပ္မဟာပဲ။ ဗဟိုတခုတည္း ရိွပါတယ္။ က်ေနာ္တို႔အေနနဲ႔ အလံႏွစ္လက္ကိုင္ထားတယ္။ ပထမအလံက ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရးပဲ။ ဒုတိယကေတာ့ ၀ျပည္ကို ကာကြယ္ေရးပဲ။ က်ေနာ္တို႔က သူတို႔ကို အရင္စမတိုက္ဘူး။ ဒါေပမယ့္ ကိုယ့္နယ္ေျမကို ထိပါးလာရင္ ခုခံကာကြယ္ပိုင္ခြင့္ဟာ က်ေနာ္တို႔အခြင့္အေရးပဲ” ဟု ဆက္လက္ေျပာသည္။
အလားတူ ကိုးကန္႔အဖဲြ႔၊ ရွမ္းျပည္အေရွ႕ပိုင္းအထူးေဒသ (၄)၊ ဦးစိုင္းလင္း ဦးေဆာင္သည့္ မိုင္းလားအဖဲြ႔၊ ရွမ္းျပည္တပ္မေတာ္ေျမာက္ပိုင္းအဖဲြ႔၊ ကခ်င္ျပည္ဒီမိုကေရစီသစ္တပ္မေတာ္ႏွင့္ ကခ်င္ျပည္ လြတ္လပ္ေရးအဖဲြ႔ မ်ားအား က်ိဳင္းတံု၊ တန္ယန္း၊ ျမစ္ႀကီးနားတို႔တြင္ စစ္တိုင္မႉးမ်ားႏွင့္ စစ္ဘက္အရာရိွမ်ားက ဧၿပီ (၂၈) ရက္၌ သီးျခားစီ ေခၚယူေတြ႔ဆံုၿပီး နယ္ျခားေစာင့္တပ္ဖဲြ႔စည္းရန္ ေျပာဆိုခဲ့သည္။
ကခ်င္ျပည္လြတ္လပ္ေရးအဖဲြ႔ (ေကအုိင္အုိ) မွ ဥကၠ႒ ဦးေဇာင္းဟရား ဦးေဆာင္သည့္အဖဲြ႔ႏွင့္ မပခတိုင္းမႉး ဗိုလ္မႉးခ်ဳပ္ စိုး၀င္းတို႔ ေမ (၂၈) ရက္၌ ျမစ္ႀကီးနားတြင္ ေတြ႔ဆံုခဲ့ၿပီး ၎တို႔အေနျဖင့္ ေမလကုန္ပိုင္းတြင္ ျမစ္ႀကီးနားသို႔ ကိုယ္စားလွယ္လႊတ္ကာ ထပ္မံေဆြးေႏြးရန္ ရိွေၾကာင္း ေကအိုင္အို ဗဟိုေကာ္မတီ၀င္ ဗိုလ္မႉးႀကီး ဂြမ္ေမာ္က ေျပာဆိုၿပီး အေသးစိတ္ေျပာဆိုရန္ကိုမူ ျငင္းဆိုသည္။
“တပ္မေတာ္အစိုးရအေနနဲ႔ ေနာင္တက္လာမယ့္ အရပ္သားအစိုးရကို ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းေရးလက္နက္ကိုင္အဖဲြ႔ေတြနဲ႔ ပတ္သက္ၿပီး ရွင္းျပဖို႔၊ လိုအပ္တဲ့ဟာ ေဆာင္ရြက္ဖို႔ သူတို႔မွာ တာ၀န္ရိွပါတယ္။ ဥပမာ လက္နက္ကိုင္အဖဲြ႔ေတြကို ဘယ္လိုထားမယ္၊ ဘယ္လိုဖဲြ႔စည္းမယ္ဆိုတာကို စဥ္စားဖို႔လိုတယ္လို႔ ေျပာတာပါ။ ေဆြးေႏြးတဲ့အဆင့္ထိ မေရာက္ ပါဘူး။ ေမလေနာက္ဆံုး၊ ေမလမကုန္မီမွာ ေဆြးေႏြးတဲ့ခါ ဒါေတြေဆြးေႏြးလိမ့္မယ္လို႔ ေမွ်ာ္လင့္ပါတယ္။ က်ေနာ္တို႔အေနနဲ႔ ဒါကို ေလးေလးနက္နက္ ေဆြးေႏြးသြားမွာပါ” ဟု ဗိုလ္မႉးႀကီး ဂြမ္ေမာ္က ေျပာသည္။
၁၉၈၉ ခု မတ္လတြင္ ကိုးကန္႔တိုင္းရင္းသားမ်ားက ဗမာျပည္ကြန္ျမဴနစ္ပါတီမွ ခဲြထြက္ၿပီး အပစ္ခတ္ ရပ္စဲေရး စတင္ျပဳလုပ္ခ်ိန္မွစ၍ တ႐ုတ္-ျမန္မာနယ္စပ္တေလွ်ာက္ရိွ တိုင္းရင္းသားလက္နက္ကိုင္အဖဲြ႔မ်ား ဆက္တိုက္ ဆိုသလို စစ္အစိုးရႏွင့္ အပစ္ခတ္ရပ္စဲေရးျပဳလုပ္ကာ ေဒသအတြင္း လက္နက္ကိုင္ေဆာင္ၿပီး တပ္ဖဲြ႔အျဖစ္ ရပ္တည္ခြင့္၊ စီးပြားေရးလုပ္ခြင့္၊ ေဒသဖြံ႔ၿဖိဳးေရးလုပ္ငန္းမ်ား လုပ္ခြင့္ ရရိွခဲ့ၾကသည္။
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Birth of KNLA fighter
2009 May 3
tags: Human Rights, world focus on Burma, Junta, Burma, Karen, Genocide, KNU, KNLA, DKBA Killers
by peacerunning
by Daniel Pedersen on May.02, 2009
October, 2000WE travelled in a dugout canoe through the rapids of the Moei River that marks the border of Thailand and Burma.Thick jungle shrouded the banks and all eyes scanned for Burmese troops.In the slow, barely manoeuvreable canoe we were sitting ducks had a soldier decided to take a pot shot at us.And we knew they were out there somewhere.The canoe was laden down with dry food and canned fish.On arrival at a KNLA base camp I spotted a child squatting near a small fire.He was just 10 years old, his name was Pa Law Meh, and two months earlier he had watched, terrified, as Burmese State Peace and Development troops kicked his father to death because he refused to give them one of his chickens.As SPDC troops killed his father in Yaw Bo village, in central Karen state, they screamed at his family members that they were nothing more than animals and deserved to die.Now the Karen child is going to be a soldier and kill Burmese troops.He made his way to a unit of Battalion 202 of the Karen National Liberation Army’s Fifth Brigade.Pa Law Meh hates the Burmese and his childhood has ended.His family does not know where his is, only that he has been gone for more than a month.He says he will not return home, he is not afraid of being shot and that KNLA soldiers are very brave.Pa Law Meh will soon be handed a gun, the newest generation of soldier in a long line of freedom fighters.ENDS
tags: Human Rights, world focus on Burma, Junta, Burma, Karen, Genocide, KNU, KNLA, DKBA Killers
by peacerunning
by Daniel Pedersen on May.02, 2009
October, 2000WE travelled in a dugout canoe through the rapids of the Moei River that marks the border of Thailand and Burma.Thick jungle shrouded the banks and all eyes scanned for Burmese troops.In the slow, barely manoeuvreable canoe we were sitting ducks had a soldier decided to take a pot shot at us.And we knew they were out there somewhere.The canoe was laden down with dry food and canned fish.On arrival at a KNLA base camp I spotted a child squatting near a small fire.He was just 10 years old, his name was Pa Law Meh, and two months earlier he had watched, terrified, as Burmese State Peace and Development troops kicked his father to death because he refused to give them one of his chickens.As SPDC troops killed his father in Yaw Bo village, in central Karen state, they screamed at his family members that they were nothing more than animals and deserved to die.Now the Karen child is going to be a soldier and kill Burmese troops.He made his way to a unit of Battalion 202 of the Karen National Liberation Army’s Fifth Brigade.Pa Law Meh hates the Burmese and his childhood has ended.His family does not know where his is, only that he has been gone for more than a month.He says he will not return home, he is not afraid of being shot and that KNLA soldiers are very brave.Pa Law Meh will soon be handed a gun, the newest generation of soldier in a long line of freedom fighters.ENDS
INFORMATION 53 By Karenunited
2009 May 2
tags: Human Rights, world focus on Burma, Junta, Burma, Karen, Genocide, KNU, KNLA
by peacerunning
DKBA ကလဲ ဓါးျမဘဲ လမ္းေဘးမွာ တဲထိုးေတာင္းစားတာ အားမရဘူး ရြာသားေတြဆီကပါ ထပ္ေတာင္းတယ္ ေျပာေတာ့ လူမ်ဳိးအတြက္ လုပ္ေတာ့ ပေထြးအတြက္။ ျပီးေတာ့ တင္ျမင့္ဆိုတဲ့ေကာင္နဲ႕ သူအဖြဲ႕ က ရြာသားေတြဆီက သစ္ကို 1/5/2009 အေရာက္ပို႕ခိုင္းတာ သူတို႕ အေခါင္း သူတို႕ ရိုက္မလို႕ထင္တယ္။
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Human Rights Watch-Burma: One Year After Cyclone, Repression Continues-Free Imprisoned Activists and Community Workers
2009 May 1
tags: Human Rights, world focus on Burma, Cyclon Nargis, Junta, Burma
by peacerunning
APRIL 30, 2009RELATED MATERIALS:Letter to Donors on Reconstruction after Cyclone NargisBurma: Free Celebrity Activist Critical of Aid ResponseOTHER MATERIAL:2008 audio slideshow featuring commentary by Brad Adams, Asia directorRELATED FEATURES:
Burma: One Year After Cyclone NargisBurma: One Year After Cyclone NargisBasic freedoms for cyclone survivors are just as restricted as they were before the cyclone. Donors and friends of the military government, such as China, should press Burma’s generals to free activists like Zargana who helped the survivors.
Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch(New York) - One year after the devastation of Cyclone Nargis, the Burmese military government should release all those imprisoned for independently providing humanitarian aid to victims for criticizing the government’s response, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 2, 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta region, killing an estimated 140,000 people and severely affecting 2.4 million others.
In the immediate aftermath of the cyclone, the government was slow to mobilize aid efforts or allow international relief agencies access to the devastated region. Since then, it has unfairly tried and imprisoned at least 21 community aid workers who sought to help cyclone survivors, including Burma’s most famous comedian, Zargana.continue http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/04/30/burma-one-year-after-cyclone-repression-continues
tags: Human Rights, world focus on Burma, Cyclon Nargis, Junta, Burma
by peacerunning
APRIL 30, 2009RELATED MATERIALS:Letter to Donors on Reconstruction after Cyclone NargisBurma: Free Celebrity Activist Critical of Aid ResponseOTHER MATERIAL:2008 audio slideshow featuring commentary by Brad Adams, Asia directorRELATED FEATURES:
Burma: One Year After Cyclone NargisBurma: One Year After Cyclone NargisBasic freedoms for cyclone survivors are just as restricted as they were before the cyclone. Donors and friends of the military government, such as China, should press Burma’s generals to free activists like Zargana who helped the survivors.
Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch(New York) - One year after the devastation of Cyclone Nargis, the Burmese military government should release all those imprisoned for independently providing humanitarian aid to victims for criticizing the government’s response, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 2, 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta region, killing an estimated 140,000 people and severely affecting 2.4 million others.
In the immediate aftermath of the cyclone, the government was slow to mobilize aid efforts or allow international relief agencies access to the devastated region. Since then, it has unfairly tried and imprisoned at least 21 community aid workers who sought to help cyclone survivors, including Burma’s most famous comedian, Zargana.continue http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/04/30/burma-one-year-after-cyclone-repression-continues
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Summary report on military engagements in KNLA areas
2009 April 29
tags: world focus on Burma, Junta, Burma, Karen, Genocide, KNU, KNLA, DKBA Killers
by peacerunning
y Daniel Pedersen on Apr.28, 2009, under Bangkok
between KNLA and SPDC army troops
March 1 to 31, 2009KNLA areas No. of clashes Enemy Enemy items captured by KNLADead Wounded MA LMG Assault rifles RPG-7 rounds Mag/Ammo clips Claymore mines
M-14 Landmines
Bde-1 4 8 9 - 2 - 2 - -
Bde-2 50 13 55 - 3 - - - -
Bde-3 4 13 2 1 10 5 35 2 4
Bde-4 4 8 9 - - - - - -
Bde-5 39 33 44 - - - - - -
Bde-6 5 2 1 - - - - - -
Bde-7 - - - - - - - - -G
HQ - - - - - - - - -
Total 107 77 120 1 15 5 37 2 4
KNLA LossesKNLA areas KNLA losses KNLA items lostDead Wounded Assault rifles
M-79 Carbine
M-79 rounds
T-ceiverBde-1 - - - - - - -
Bde-2 - - 5 1 1 - -
Bde-3 - 3 - - - - -
Bde-4 - 1 - - - - -
Bde-5 - - - - - - -
Bde-6 1 1 1 1 - 25 1
Bde-7 - - - - - - -
GHQ - - - - - - -
Total 1 5 6 2 1 25 1Dead ratio,
KNLA to SPDC troops — 1: 77Wounded ratio,
KNLA to SPDC troops — 1:24
Note:
In Bde-1, among dead there were one SPDC Army Coy commander, one sergeant, & one corporal, and among wounded there were one column commander, one 2nd Lt. & 2 sergeants. One SPDC soldier surrendered.In Bde-2, one enemy bulldozer was destroyed;In Bde-4, among dead there were one SPDC Army Coy commander and one sergeant, and among wounded there was one Bn commander;In Bde-5, among dead there was one SPDC camp commander;In Bde-6, one DKBA soldier surrendered;In Bde-7, one peace group (so-called KNU/KNLA Peace Council) soldier surrendered.Abbreviations: Bde = Brigade; GHQ = General Headquarters; MA-1, MA-2, MA-3, K-3 etc. = Myanmar Army assault rifles, designed by China and manufactured by SPDC; T-ceiver =Radio transceiver; M-79 = 40 mm grenade launcher of US origin; LM G = Light Machine Gun; AK = Assault rifle of Russian origin; RPG=Rocket-propelled Grenade Launcher; M-16 = Assault rifle of US origin; Bn = Battalion; Coy =Company; 2 IC = Second in CommandLocations of KNLA Bdes : Bde-1, Thaton District; Bde-2, Toungoo District; Bde-3, Nyaunglaybin District; Bde-4, Mergue-Tavoy District; Bde-5, Papun district; Bde-6, Kawkareik district; Bde-7, Pa-an District; and GHQ Battalions, Kawkareik and Pa-an Districts.ENDS
tags: world focus on Burma, Junta, Burma, Karen, Genocide, KNU, KNLA, DKBA Killers
by peacerunning
y Daniel Pedersen on Apr.28, 2009, under Bangkok
between KNLA and SPDC army troops
March 1 to 31, 2009KNLA areas No. of clashes Enemy Enemy items captured by KNLADead Wounded MA LMG Assault rifles RPG-7 rounds Mag/Ammo clips Claymore mines
M-14 Landmines
Bde-1 4 8 9 - 2 - 2 - -
Bde-2 50 13 55 - 3 - - - -
Bde-3 4 13 2 1 10 5 35 2 4
Bde-4 4 8 9 - - - - - -
Bde-5 39 33 44 - - - - - -
Bde-6 5 2 1 - - - - - -
Bde-7 - - - - - - - - -G
HQ - - - - - - - - -
Total 107 77 120 1 15 5 37 2 4
KNLA LossesKNLA areas KNLA losses KNLA items lostDead Wounded Assault rifles
M-79 Carbine
M-79 rounds
T-ceiverBde-1 - - - - - - -
Bde-2 - - 5 1 1 - -
Bde-3 - 3 - - - - -
Bde-4 - 1 - - - - -
Bde-5 - - - - - - -
Bde-6 1 1 1 1 - 25 1
Bde-7 - - - - - - -
GHQ - - - - - - -
Total 1 5 6 2 1 25 1Dead ratio,
KNLA to SPDC troops — 1: 77Wounded ratio,
KNLA to SPDC troops — 1:24
Note:
In Bde-1, among dead there were one SPDC Army Coy commander, one sergeant, & one corporal, and among wounded there were one column commander, one 2nd Lt. & 2 sergeants. One SPDC soldier surrendered.In Bde-2, one enemy bulldozer was destroyed;In Bde-4, among dead there were one SPDC Army Coy commander and one sergeant, and among wounded there was one Bn commander;In Bde-5, among dead there was one SPDC camp commander;In Bde-6, one DKBA soldier surrendered;In Bde-7, one peace group (so-called KNU/KNLA Peace Council) soldier surrendered.Abbreviations: Bde = Brigade; GHQ = General Headquarters; MA-1, MA-2, MA-3, K-3 etc. = Myanmar Army assault rifles, designed by China and manufactured by SPDC; T-ceiver =Radio transceiver; M-79 = 40 mm grenade launcher of US origin; LM G = Light Machine Gun; AK = Assault rifle of Russian origin; RPG=Rocket-propelled Grenade Launcher; M-16 = Assault rifle of US origin; Bn = Battalion; Coy =Company; 2 IC = Second in CommandLocations of KNLA Bdes : Bde-1, Thaton District; Bde-2, Toungoo District; Bde-3, Nyaunglaybin District; Bde-4, Mergue-Tavoy District; Bde-5, Papun district; Bde-6, Kawkareik district; Bde-7, Pa-an District; and GHQ Battalions, Kawkareik and Pa-an Districts.ENDS
“We will build another camp, we will build more camps and we will invite them to come and step on landmines again.”
2009 April 28
tags: Burma, Colonel Nerdah, DKBA Killers, Genocide, Human Rights, Junta, Karen, KNLA, KNU, Thailand, world focus on Burma
by peacerunning
Daniel PedersenMae Sot
The Burma Army assisted by its Karen ally militia, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army has overrun the Karen National Liberation Army’s base camp of Wah Lay Kee.The KNLA base camp, home to its Sixth Brigade’s Battalion 201 and besieged since April 12, has been abandoned.Soldiers who had mounted a stoic defence turned their backs on home and walked away this afternoonThis evening, at about 5pm, soldiers of the SPDC and the DKBA, were picking through the significant encampment, trying to secure it.It was not a safe mission.The camp was left rigged to the hilt with explosive booby traps.The combined SPDC/DKBA force suffered heavy casualties today in its final approach - the KNLA had blanketed the camp’s perimeter with landmines and tripwires.“There were many casualties on the other side,” said KNLA Colonel Nerdah Mya.“We have abandoned the camp and everybody is safe, we will fight another day,” he said at 5.15pm.He said between 400 and 500 SPDC/DKBA soldiers took part in the final push to take the base camp.About 80 came from the Thai side, said Nerdah.He said the Thai Army was nearby, but stayed in Phadee, home to about 500 people who were evacuated yesterday as shells fell near their homes.“They were there, but they didn’t go into the forest,” he said.The KNLA was heavily outnumbered, with a skeleton force of 50 to 60 men finally departing the camp.“We will set up more camps, we will fight another 20 years if we have to,” said a determined Nerdah.The KNLA camp had been in trouble since June 30 last year, when an unexpected assault quickly overran the camp before dawn.Colonel Nerdah said he thought the DKBA and SPDC put such importance on Wah Lay Kee mainly because it was the headquarters of Sixth Brigade’s 201st battalion.“It is really a symbol, it’s not a big area,” he said.“We can build more camps like that, we have more camps.”Until last year Wah Lay Kee had never fallen to the Burmese and had been a secure base camp for many years.It was established when Nerdah’s late father, the General Bo Mya, loomed large in both the KNU and KNLA.It contained hardwood and bamboo buildings and had stood since 1988.KNU vice president David Thackrabaw, on hearing the news, said any position that was untenable should be left and then work should begin “behind the lines”.“It’s relatively easy to block approaches [from within Burma], but if they can get access to the Thai side it makes very difficult,” he said.ENDSThe Burma Army and its ally, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, have lost a total of 10 soldiers in their push to take a Karen National Liberation Army base camp south of the border town of Mae Sot.
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tags: Burma, Colonel Nerdah, DKBA Killers, Genocide, Human Rights, Junta, Karen, KNLA, KNU, Thailand, world focus on Burma
by peacerunning
Daniel PedersenMae Sot
The Burma Army assisted by its Karen ally militia, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army has overrun the Karen National Liberation Army’s base camp of Wah Lay Kee.The KNLA base camp, home to its Sixth Brigade’s Battalion 201 and besieged since April 12, has been abandoned.Soldiers who had mounted a stoic defence turned their backs on home and walked away this afternoonThis evening, at about 5pm, soldiers of the SPDC and the DKBA, were picking through the significant encampment, trying to secure it.It was not a safe mission.The camp was left rigged to the hilt with explosive booby traps.The combined SPDC/DKBA force suffered heavy casualties today in its final approach - the KNLA had blanketed the camp’s perimeter with landmines and tripwires.“There were many casualties on the other side,” said KNLA Colonel Nerdah Mya.“We have abandoned the camp and everybody is safe, we will fight another day,” he said at 5.15pm.He said between 400 and 500 SPDC/DKBA soldiers took part in the final push to take the base camp.About 80 came from the Thai side, said Nerdah.He said the Thai Army was nearby, but stayed in Phadee, home to about 500 people who were evacuated yesterday as shells fell near their homes.“They were there, but they didn’t go into the forest,” he said.The KNLA was heavily outnumbered, with a skeleton force of 50 to 60 men finally departing the camp.“We will set up more camps, we will fight another 20 years if we have to,” said a determined Nerdah.The KNLA camp had been in trouble since June 30 last year, when an unexpected assault quickly overran the camp before dawn.Colonel Nerdah said he thought the DKBA and SPDC put such importance on Wah Lay Kee mainly because it was the headquarters of Sixth Brigade’s 201st battalion.“It is really a symbol, it’s not a big area,” he said.“We can build more camps like that, we have more camps.”Until last year Wah Lay Kee had never fallen to the Burmese and had been a secure base camp for many years.It was established when Nerdah’s late father, the General Bo Mya, loomed large in both the KNU and KNLA.It contained hardwood and bamboo buildings and had stood since 1988.KNU vice president David Thackrabaw, on hearing the news, said any position that was untenable should be left and then work should begin “behind the lines”.“It’s relatively easy to block approaches [from within Burma], but if they can get access to the Thai side it makes very difficult,” he said.ENDSThe Burma Army and its ally, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, have lost a total of 10 soldiers in their push to take a Karen National Liberation Army base camp south of the border town of Mae Sot.
PLEASE DONATE FOR Karen Freedom Fighters
http://www.danielpedersen.org/?p=473
if everyone gives 10 dollars or pounds euro…….
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