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Subject: Re: JUNTA'S WORDS OF SYMPATHY RING HOLLOW/THAI TROOPS RE-DEPLOYED ALONG BURMA  BORDER

Terrific. So then they installed Mobotu, friend of the French, diamonds,
cobalt, billions in swiss banks, villas in Europe and the rivers turned
the color of wine, but it was blood for a generation...Terrific.


Myat Htoo wrote:
> 
> U RICHARD:
> 
>      YES, YOU ARE RIGHT.  I DON'T REMEMBER THE YEAR, BUT BURMA ARMY DID SENT
> SOME SOLDIERS TO CONGO TO JOIN UN PEACEKEEPING FORCES.     MH
>                         ======================
> 
> >From: Richard Myint <ramyint@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ramyint@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: "S.Wansai" <m.win@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: JUNTA'S WORDS OF SYMPATHY RING HOLLOW/THAI TROOPS RE-DEPLOYED
> >ALONG  BURMA BORDER
> >Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:28:30 -0700
> >
> >SLORC/SPDC does not have a tradition of participating with the
> >International Community and rightly so. Since they do not share any of
> >the values of the IC such as freedom, human rights and fairness. If I am
> >not mistaken, the pre-1962 Burma Army did send a few men to the Congo.
> >
> >U Richard Aung Myint.
> >
> >S.Wansai wrote:
> >
> > >   BURMA COURIER No. 199          Sept 12 - 18, 1999
> > >
> > > JUNTA'S WORDS OF SYMPATHY RING HOLLOW
> > > Based on Reuters, AFP, IHT and S.H.A.N reports:  September 17, 1999
> > >
> > > BANGKOK -- Burma's military government said this week it had not been
> > > approached about participating in a peacekeeping force for East Timor
> > > and
> > > had "no tradition'' in any case of taking part in such operations.
> > >
> > > Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said on Monday Jakarta would
> > > welcome
> > > the  deployment of a multinational force to troubled East Timor and
> > > expressed a preference for soldiers from the Association of South East
> > >
> > > Asian Nations (ASEAN).
> > >
> > > But Rangoon, which prides itself on its recently acquired ASEAN
> > > membership,
> > > was not about to get involved, the Foreign Ministry replied in a faxed
> > >
> > > statement to a news agency request for clarification.  At 450,000
> > > strong,
> > > the military ruled country has one of the largest armies in southeast
> > > Asia.
> > >
> > > The previous day, a government spokesman had expressed "full sympathy
> > > with
> > > our Indonesian brothers" over developments in East Timor and said that
> > > the
> > > military government "greatly regretted the loss of lives and
> > > destruction of
> > > property" there.
> > >
> > > Among the countries which have expressed willingness to participate in
> > > the
> > > Australian-led  peacekeeping force, which is to begin operations in
> > > East
> > > Timor this weekend, are the ASEAN bloc's Thailand, Malaysia and the
> > > Philippines.  New Zealand, South Korea and, eventually, Canada are
> > > also
> > > also expected to contribute troops to the 7,000 strong force.
> > >
> > > Over a hundred thousand East Timorese have fled the country and many
> > > thousands more are in hiding in the mountains after paramilitary
> > > squads
> > > linked to the Indonesian military trashed the capital, Dili, and went
> > > on a
> > > shooting rampage, following a U.N. monitored vote for independence in
> > > the
> > > former Portuguese colony in August.
> > >
> > > Mary Robinson, the U.N. commissioner for human rights visited Jakarta
> > > this
> > > week and drew an agreement from Indonesian President B.J. Habibie for
> > > an
> > > investigation of military abuses in East Timor that she said could
> > > eventually lead to war-crimes trials.
> > >
> > > Among the international observers at last month's referendum in East
> > > Timor
> > > were representatives of the Shan and Karenni peoples who have long
> > > argued
> > > for their own right to have free and fair referenda held in their
> > > jurisdictions in Burma. The trip was organized by the Asia-Pacific
> > > Coalition for East Timor (APCET).
> > >
> > > The Shan States, Karenni and Mon of Burma are, together with East
> > > Timor,
> > > members of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, set up
> > > by
> > > the Dalai Lama of Tibet and the Baltic States several years ago.
> > >
> > > ************************************************************
> > > BURMA COURIER No. 199          Sept 12 - 18, 1999
> > >
> > > THAI TROOPS RE-DEPLOYED ALONG BURMA BORDER
> > > Based on S.H.A.N. and Bangkok Post reports:  September 17, 1999
> > >
> > > CHIANG MAI -- A major re-deployment of Thai army units along the
> > > country's
> > > troubled northern and western borders with Burma is underway, the Shan
> > >
> > > Herald reports.
> > >
> > > A well-informed source told the Shan news agency this week that the
> > > Third
> > > Cavalry Regiment, long stationed along the eastern border with Laos,
> > > had
> > > recently been transferred to Chiang Mai in the north.   Third Cavalry
> > > has
> > > taken over positions all along the northern border that were
> > > previously
> > > occupied by the Naresuan Task Force of the Third Army.   The Naresuan
> > > Task
> > > Force, which has been active in combating armed groups engaged in drug
> > >
> > > trafficking in the north, was being transferred to Thailand's Tak
> > > province,
> > > the source reports.
> > >
> > > Last week, Thai police and customs officers in the Mae Sai district of
> > >
> > > Chiang Rai province near the Burmese border area seized 58 kg of
> > > explosives
> > > along with three boxes of dynamite and two tonnes of ammonium nitrate
> > > used
> > > to manufacture explosives.  The cache was uncovered on the premises of
> > > a
> > > transport company.  An officer said the explosive device was so
> > > powerful it
> > > could have destroyed the town of Mae Sai.  He said police were
> > > investigating whether Burmese exiles were connected to the cache.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, Burmese army forces in eastern Shan state were reported to
> > > be on
> > > the move towards a border pass along Highway 45 to the south of
> > > Mongton.
> > > The Shan Herald reported that large numbers of civilian porters and
> > > all
> > > available trucks in the town had been requisitioned to move troops and
> > >
> > > supplies southwards from an army base located at army district
> > > headquarters
> > > in Monghsat on September 10.
> > >
> > > Two days later, troops were reported near the villages on Poong Pakhem
> > > and
> > > Nakawng Mu in the border area.  A S.H.A.N. source said that as many as
> > > 600
> > > soldiers from battalions 65, 225, 333, 519 and 49 were involved in the
> > >
> > > operation.  The Shan States Army's 727th Brigade, commanded by Maj.
> > > Ternkhurh, has been active in Mongton Township and is reported to have
> > > a
> > > Burmese army mountain stronghold under siege in the border area.
> > >
> > > ************************************************************
> >
> >
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