Civil War in Myanmar

(05-11-2024, 10:27 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Myanmar Junta Soldiers Perpetrating Mass Rape at Sagaing Monastery: Reports
by Hein Htoo Zan November 5, 2024 198

Over 20,000 civilians flee Indaw Township amid reports that troops are systematically abusing female detainees as resistance forces make significant gains

Myanmar junta chief discusses civil war with key ally China. General Min Aung Hlaing told Mr Li at a meeting in the south-western city of Kunming that the military was ready for peace if armed groups would engage, according to an account of the meeting in the Global New Light of Myanmar.
Myanmar has been racked by conflict between the military and various armed groups opposed to its rule since the army ousted Ms Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in February 2021.

YANGON - Myanmar’s junta chief has held talks with Premier Li Qiang of key ally China on the civil war roiling his country, state media said on Nov 7, during his first visit to the country since seizing power in a 2021 coup.
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Thai PM meets Myanmar junta chief on sidelines of summit in China Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra hinted at Thailand’s support for the Myanmar junta’s proposed election in 2025.Updated Nov 07, 2024. In a rare overseas trip by a general grappling with a civil war at home.

Myanmar’s ruling military has been battling against a rebellion that erupted after it seized power in a 2021 coup, and has largely ignored calls by its South-east Asian neighbours to cease hostilities and enter into dialogue with its opponents.

“We had a private conversation and there was nothing unexpected,” Ms Paetongtarn said of her meeting with General Min Aung Hlaing during an interview with Thai reporters. “I offered our goodwill to cultivate peace.”
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...t-in-china
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Thai authorities find nine Myanmar nationals, including four children abandoned in the forest by smugglers

They were found hiding among the bamboo trees on a hillside. A two-year-old boy was crying because of hunger, while the other children were also tired, according to reports.
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(07-11-2024, 04:31 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Myanmar junta chief discusses civil war with key ally China. General Min Aung Hlaing told Mr Li at a meeting in the south-western city of Kunming that the military was ready for peace if armed groups would engage, according to an account of the meeting in the Global New Light of Myanmar.
Myanmar has been racked by conflict between the military and various armed groups opposed to its rule since the army ousted Ms Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in February 2021.

YANGON - Myanmar’s junta chief has held talks with Premier Li Qiang of key ally China on the civil war roiling his country, state media said on Nov 7, during his first visit to the country since seizing power in a 2021 coup.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...ally-china

Baba Vanga's predict saying rise of the Dragon in 2025. Big Grin
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(08-11-2024, 11:04 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Baba Vanga's predict saying rise of the Dragon in 2025. Big Grin

Arakan Army Targets Myanmar Junta’s Rakhine Power Hub

Fighting between Myanmar’s junta and the Arakan Army (AA) has been reported in Maungdaw, Gwa, Taungup and Ann townships in Rakhine State.
In Ann and Gwa, the AA said it seized two battalion headquarters and two outposts on Wednesday. The Tai Kyoe and Pagan Taung outposts in Gwa fell after a day of attacks.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...r-hub.html
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Ahead of Myanmar regime leader Min Aung Hlaing’s visit to China coming week, junta sent former military intelligence officials from regime-aligned think tank to Beijing to meet with organizations to promote Chinese foreign policy & work for policy research projects commissioned by major Chinese govt depts.

Two former high ranking military intelligence officials—ex-Brigadier General Thein Swe and ex-Colonel Hla Min, who served under the previous Myanmar regime—met with two Chinese think tanks in Beijing.
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My husband was forcibly conscripted. Months later he was dead

The last time Chaw Su saw her husband was in March, when he was forcibly conscripted to fight for the army in Myanmar's civil war. Four months later, she found out he had been killed at the frontline." We were always poor and struggled," she says. "But life was much more bearable with him."

The 25-year-old widow, who had depended on her husband as the breadwinner, now has three young children to care for.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j8947641xo
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(11-11-2024, 03:36 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  My husband was forcibly conscripted. Months later he was dead

The last time Chaw Su saw her husband was in March, when he was forcibly conscripted to fight for the army in Myanmar's civil war. Four months later, she found out he had been killed at the frontline." We were always poor and struggled," she says. "But life was much more bearable with him."

The 25-year-old widow, who had depended on her husband as the breadwinner, now has three young children to care for.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j8947641xo
Her husband shd hv joined the rebels. Then he won't be dead. Many volunteers and even professional career persons, joined the rebels to overthrow the evil junta. This is worth it becos evil military hv killed many of their family members.
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(11-11-2024, 03:46 PM)Gemstar Wrote:  Her husband shd hv joined the rebels. Then he won't be dead. Many volunteers and even professional career persons, joined the rebels to overthrow the evil junta. This is worth it becos evil military hv killed many of their family members.

The evolution of warfare in Myanmar

Nearly four years of post-coup conflict have transformed the way Myanmar’s military and its many enemies wage war against each other
David Scott Mathieson.
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One year after launch of Op 1027, the escalation of armed conflict throughout Myanmar, & nearing 4 years of repressive rule by State Administration Council (SAC), how much has the nature of warfare changed in Myanmar?.

The answer is—dramatically and in multiple ways, and for varied reasons. There has been military adaptation and innovation in all three branches of the Myanmar armed forces—the army, air force, and navy—and by ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) and other resistance forces under the general title of People’s Defence Forces (PDFs), in ways that have transformed the shape of fighting.

In some ways, the past three years of conflict represent a form of revolution in military affairs for EAOs, which have dramatically adapted their doctrine and technological capacity, and has seen the Sit Tat, or Myanmar military, fight an almost total war for survival. Understanding these changes in the nature of warfare is essential for analysts and the media, but also for efforts to understand the security sector and to start planning ahead for deconfliction, future peace agreements, and for human rights and accountability documentation when the timing is right.

The challenges of understanding these changes are daunting, especially as the conflict is ongoing and being waged in multiple locations and extremely complex situations. There needs to be more attention on aspects of the conflict that have a major impact on the course of the revolution and how they impact the civilian population. There are two broad and interlinked phenomena that are useful to understand the evolution of warfare since 2021 and track the trends of change amongst multiple armed actors.

Convergence of Guerrilla and Conventional Warfare: For most of Myanmar’s civil war since the 1950s, guerrilla warfare was mostly the norm across the country: small unit tactics, hit-and-run ambushes, sabotage of infrastructure, occasional storming of isolated hilltop bases. However, there were also periods of semi-conventional warfare when insurgents defended major base areas and the Sit Tat would assault them with divisional sized units: it was a major factor in the creation of the Light Infantry Divisions in the 1960s.

Offensives against Communist base areas in the Bago Yoma or northern Shan State, or against Karen National Union (KNU) bases along the Thailand-Myanmar border, were large-scale operations but brutally low-technology events, an infantry war with light artillery back up and often thousands of civilian porters to carry supplies. So much of the conflict was in isolated hill and jungle country, where domination of the highest summit determined advantage and supply lines.
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Big GrinContinue fron above...Or most of Myanmar’s civil war since 1950s, guerrilla warfare, mostly the norm across country small unit tactics, hit-&-run ambushes, sabotage of infrastructure, occasional storming isolated hilltop bases, there also periods of semi-conventional warfare when insurgents defended major base areas & Sit Tat would assault them with divisional sized units: it was a major factor in creation of the Light Infantry Divisions in 1960s.

Offensives against Communist base areas like Bago Yoma or northern Shan State, or against Karen National Union (KNU) bases along Thai-Myanmar border, were large-scale op but brutally low-technology, as infantry war with light artillery back up often thousands of civilian porters to carry supplies. So conflict was in isolated hill & jungle country, domination of the highest summit determined advantage & supply lines.

In early days of 2021 revolution followed this model, with hit-&-run ambushes in Dry Zone & EAOs, their new PDF allies striking at isolated bases. This began to change in late-2022, most dramatically when Op 1027 was launched in late 2023, most daring coup de main in Myanmar insurgent history. The Brotherhood Alliance, comprising Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Arakan Army (AA) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), and their constellation of alliances, have been at the forefront of this evolution.

Increasingly the conflict in northern Shan, Kachin, Karen (Kayin), and Rakhine states are transitioning from classic insurgency to either greater conventional warfare or a hybrid of unconventional war and conventional operations. What does this mean? In Myanmar’s reality, it could be seen as both symbolic and tactical: conventional wars are usually cast as two nation states in open hostilities with each other. The SAC’s multiple protagonists are seeking forms of new political arrangements that could be seen as inter-state competition within Myanmar. Tongue
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Rebels Shoot Down Junta Chopper in Rakhine
by The Irrawaddy November 12, 2024.

The rebel Arakhan Army was closing in on the military’s Western Command HQ in Ann Township on Sunday when it shot down a chopper airlifting in supplies and reinforcements
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(12-11-2024, 04:33 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Rebels Shoot Down Junta Chopper in Rakhine
by The Irrawaddy November 12, 2024.

The rebel Arakhan Army was closing in on the military’s Western Command HQ in Ann Township on Sunday when it shot down a chopper airlifting in supplies and reinforcements

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(12-11-2024, 04:33 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Rebels Shoot Down Junta Chopper in Rakhine
by The Irrawaddy November 12, 2024.

The rebel Arakhan Army was closing in on the military’s Western Command HQ in Ann Township on Sunday when it shot down a chopper airlifting in supplies and reinforcements
The rebels did a great job. They shd try ways and means to shoot down those bomber jets as well. The evil junta military airplanes is targeting civilians viciously.
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(12-11-2024, 05:17 PM)Gemstar Wrote:  The rebels did a great job. They shd try ways and means to shoot down those bomber jets as well. The evil junta military airplanes is targeting civilians viciously.

They are pawns of Assmerica  in destroying own country, just like Zelensky destroying Ukraine!
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Bamar Armed Group Aims to Break Junta Rule in Central Myanmar. 12/11/2024. The Bamar People’s Liberation Army’s commander Maung Saungkha tells The group is bringing its fighting experience to lowland Myanmar

There are many anti-regime groups in central Myanmar, they welcome you?
We formed group 3-years ago to establish a Bamar army. We want to be based in places like Sagaing, Magwe and Mandalay regions. We trained and sought combat experience in the states while building up weaponry.
There are many anti-regime groups in central Myanmar. Will they welcome you?& &formed 3-years ago to establish a Bamar army. We want to be based in places like Sagaing, Magwe and Mandalay regions. We trained and sought combat experience in the states while building up weaponry.
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Terror Grips Mogoke as Junta Unleashes Warplanes on Myanmar’s Ruby Town.

Myanmar’s military launched airstrikes on Mogoke in northern Mandalay Region on Monday, marking first attack on the ruby town since it was seized by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and allies in July, bombing targeted civilian areas, killing residents damaging infrastructure, according to locals & ethnic army.

The TNLA and People’s Defense Forces (PDF) under the civilian National Unity Government (NUG) liberated the town on July 24 after a month of attacks. The deadly airstrikes came amid TNLA efforts to rehabilitate the town, and just a day after junta chief Min Aung Hlaing arrived back from the 8th Greater Mekong Subregion Economic Cooperation Summit in Kunming, China.
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(13-11-2024, 02:08 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/ethnic-is...nship.html

The United Wa State Army (UWSA) has begun organizing a militia group in Hopang Township, northern Shan State to coordinate with its newly established administration there. This comes after the township was seized by the Brotherhood Alliance early this year and subsequently handed over to the UWSA.

U Nyi Rang, spokesperson of UWSA, confirmed the move. “But, organizing militia groups in different areas in our Wa State is a regular routine. This is happening not only in Hopang, but also in other areas in Wa State,” he said.
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Myanmar garment makers forced to exchange export earnings at junta-imposed rate. Garment exporters are squeezed by forced currency exchanges at below-market rates, adding to the industry’s ongoing challenges. While...

Can China Reverse the Tide of Myanmar’s Spring Revolution?...With Myanmar’s military teetering on the brink after losing major battles over the past year, superpower China has thrown the junta a lifeline by threatening anti-regime groups and cutting off supplies to territories they control along the border.

China’s pressure and military situation
As fighting de-escalates in northern Shan State amid pressure and threats from China, questions arise over the Spring Revolution’s fate. There is growing speculation that anti-regime groups will lose access to weapons and ammunition due to China’s blockade, allowing the regime to finally gain the upper hand.
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Myanmar junta airstrikes reportedly targeted Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) territory in northern Shan State and Mandalay Region, killing around 20 people on Monday and Tuesday.

On Monday night, a Harbin Y12 aircraft targeted ruby town of Mogoke under TNLA control in northern Mandalay Region, killing nine civilians, injuring 13 others & destroying many houses, TNLA spokeswoman Lway Yay Oo told Irrawaddy.

On Tuesday afternoon, a junta jet dropped a 500-pound bomb on a crowded tea shop in Nawnghkio town, killing 11 civilians and injuring 11 others, according to the armed group.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/mya...itory.html
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Who's fuelling Myanmar's civil war ?.

China the biggest influence on Myanmar’s civil strife but Russia also has sway, supplying arms to the military junta. Opposition forces continue to rack up battlefield victories over Myanmar's military, questions over who outside of war-torn state is helping to fuel crisis are being asked. China is easily the most influential international actor in Myanmar, the complexity & diversity of the various insurgent groups in country, its role is complex. Less opaque is Russia, which has clearly sided with junta in its attempt to crush the opposition & is happy to sell it the military hardware to do the job.

Other international actors tend to have little sway with either the junta or opposition forces and have little impact on the ground. While China has traditionally played puppet master in northern Myanmar, there are signs the opposition victories are causing consternation, and not a little confusion, in Chinese government circles.

China likes it both ways
Beijing has supported various opposition groups for decades generally values stability over conflict since it has important strategic investments in Myanmar in gas, oil pipelines and factories. It had a good working relationship with the previous NLD-led govt of Aung San Suu Kyi but, since the 2021 coup, has often worked with the military junta that grabbed power to protect its assets.
Nevertheless, China still plays both sides.
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Football: First international win for Ogura as Singapore come from behind to beat Myanmar 3-2
Lions will face Chinese Taipei in their next international friendly on Nov 18. Tsutomu Ogura secured his first international win as Lions coach on Thursday (Nov 14) as Singapore came from behind to beat Myanmar 3-2 in an international friendly at the National Stadium.

Farhan Zulkifli put an experimental Singapore side in front before two quick 2nd-half goals from Ye Yint Aung and Thiha Zaw swung momentum in favour of Myanmar. But the hosts edged out the visitors with late strikes from substitutes Shawal Anuar and Naqiuddin Eunos. In front of a paltry crowd of 6,061, it was the Lions who dominated procession from the back early on and a Nazrul Nazari cross was bundled in by Farhan to put Singapore ahead.

Myanmar struggled to carve out clear-cut chances of their own, but registered their first shot on target several minutes later which was pushed away by Syazwan Buhari. With Farhan and Glenn Kweh causing problems down the flanks, Singapore came close to doubling their lead minutes before half-time.A cross from debutant Kyoga Nakamura found Farhan but he contrived to fire just wide. Skip to main content

Football: First international win for Ogura as Singapore come from behind to beat Myanmar 3-2
The Lions will face Chinese Taipei in their next international friendly on Nov 18.

Ranked 165th, three places below Singapore in the FIFA world rankings, Myanmar are led by former international Myo Hlaing Win. Spurred into action, Lions kept plugging away, subsitute Shawal hammered home equaliser with about 20 minutes left on clock continued to put pressure on their opponents & Naqiuddin would pop up with winner to send home fans into delirium.
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First international win for Ogura as S'pore come from behind to beat Myanmar 3-2

Lions will face Chinese Taipei in their next international friendly on Nov 18. 

Tsutomu Ogura secured his first int'l win as Lions coach on Thursday (Nov 14) as S'pore came from behind to beat Myanmar 3-2 in an international friendly at the National Stadium, a friendly arhh. Big Grin
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(15-11-2024, 02:17 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  First international win for Ogura as S'pore come from behind to beat Myanmar 3-2

Lions will face Chinese Taipei in their next international friendly on Nov 18. 

Tsutomu Ogura secured his first int'l win as Lions coach on Thursday (Nov 14) as S'pore came from behind to beat Myanmar 3-2 in an international friendly at the National Stadium, a friendly arhh. Big Grin

Tsutomu Ogura secured his first int'l win also as a Lions coach on Thursday... Clapping
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Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda filled with pilgrims for famous traditional Tazaungdaing festival
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Fighting Flares as Chin Rebels Launch Fresh Offensive. Fighting has flared up in Falam and Mindat towns in Chin State as the Myanmar military regime deploys warplanes, drones, and artillery to repel offensives by the anti-junta Chin Brotherhood Alliance (CBA). Alliance launched Op Chin Brotherhood on Nov. 9 with simultaneous attacks on junta positions in 2 remote mountain towns, fighting has since intensified, said alliance spokesman Salai Yaw Marn.“ Regime is using excessive air raids to defend its positions,” he said. “Junta troops from Laung Shae & Kale deployed multiple rocket launchers & trying desperately to defend towns.”

Allies” taking part in offensives but don't specify them, previous ops was joined by troops from Rakhine State’s Arakan Army & Magwe Region’s Yaw Army, alliance itself consists of Zomi Federal Union, Chin National Organization, Mindat Chin Nat Council, Maraland & Kampelet Chin Defense Forces (CDF), & Matupi CDF Brigade 1.

In Mindat, regime troops torched houses in several parts of town including near the police station, according to CBA. “Fighting has been going on daily in Mindat & Falam over past 5 days, spokesman said. “Regime carried out daily air raids using jets, drones, and Y-12 / Y-8 aircraft. It’s carried out 2 or 3 arson attacks per day & several houses were burnt in each attack.”
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...nsive.html
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(16-11-2024, 01:22 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Fighting Flares as Chin Rebels Launch Fresh Offensive. Fighting has flared up in Falam and Mindat towns in Chin State as the Myanmar military regime deploys warplanes, drones, and artillery to repel offensives by the anti-junta Chin Brotherhood Alliance (CBA). Alliance launched Op Chin Brotherhood on Nov. 9 with simultaneous attacks on junta positions in 2 remote mountain towns, fighting has since intensified, said alliance spokesman Salai Yaw Marn.“ Regime is using excessive air raids to defend its positions,” he said. “Junta troops from Laung Shae & Kale deployed multiple rocket launchers & trying desperately to defend towns.”

Allies” taking part in offensives but don't specify them, previous ops was joined by troops from Rakhine State’s Arakan Army & Magwe Region’s Yaw Army, alliance itself consists of Zomi Federal Union, Chin National Organization, Mindat Chin Nat Council, Maraland & Kampelet Chin Defense Forces (CDF), & Matupi CDF Brigade 1.

In Mindat, regime troops torched houses in several parts of town including near the police station, according to CBA. “Fighting has been going on daily in Mindat & Falam over past 5 days, spokesman said. “Regime carried out daily air raids using jets, drones, and Y-12 / Y-8 aircraft. It’s carried out 2 or 3 arson attacks per day & several houses were burnt in each attack.”
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...nsive.html
The rebels shd derives ways of shooting down those fighters jets. Hope they hv the land to air weapons to do it.
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(16-11-2024, 04:29 PM)Gemstar Wrote:  The rebels shd derives ways of shooting down those fighters jets. Hope they hv the land to air weapons to do it.

You donate to them lor!  Laughing
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