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Subject: Burmese military boosts numbers along Thai border 

Burmese military boosts numbers along Thai border 
     Posted on 10/10/99, 09:44 AM CST. Email this story to a friend.

     Source: ABC.net (Australia).
     Posted by: ShweInc NEWs

     Burmese troops are reported to be massing in border regions opposite
Thailand's northern Mae Hong Son province and may be
     preparing to attack refugee camps there. 

     The AFP news agency quotes Thai intelligence sources as saying an
attack may be planned in retaliation for the seizure earlier
     this month of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok by pro-democracy students. 

     AFP says the number of Burmese troops in the area had increased in
recent days. 

     Burma's military closed the 2,400-kilometre border after five gunmen
stormed its Bangkok embassy earlier this month, holding
     nearly forty people hostage for 24-hours. 

     The pro-democracy gunmen were later provided with an escape helicopter
by Thai authorities.