MAESOT/MYAWADDY VIDEOS II
Kyaemon
WELL KNOWN POLITICAL ANALYST MR LARRY JAGAN
COMPOSITE VIDEO (COLLECTION OF VIDEOS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H61q_Mcd_L8
(composite video) Burmese villagers fleeing the latest clashes between rebel fighters and Burmese troops were sheltered in camps on the Thai side of the border Tuesday as a military-backed party claimed victory in Sunday’s widely criticised poll….. http://www.france24.com/en/20101109-b… (see VIDEO)
AROUND 20,000 people fled across the Thai border from Burma to escape clashes between government troops and ethnic minority rebels amid reports of fresh fighting…. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/… http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/14…
Soldiers ordered not to fire into Burma – The army has ordered Thai soldiers not to fire back into the Burmese side after shells and a rocket-propelled grenade landed on the Thai side in Mae Sot on Monday morning following clashes between Burmese rebel troops and the government soldiers.
Third Army commander Wannatip Wongwai confirmed that three shells and an RPG landed on Thai side as Karen rebels clashed with Burmese soldiers in Myawaddy in the morning.
Seven people — three Thais and four Karens — were injured from the incident, he said, adding that no Japanese journalist has been injured as reported by some local Thai media…. http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingne…
Burmese and Karen troops exchanged fire in the eastern border town of Myawaddy on Monday morning and many shots crossed into the Thai border, forcing evacuations of people in Tak’s Mae Sot district.
Tak govenror Samart Loyfa said he had instructed authorities to close down the road to Burmese border and evacuate Thai residents and traders from the area immediately.
Mr Samart said many shells landed on Thailand — Burma Friendship Bridge and outside Mae Sot’s immigration checkpoint…. http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingne…
BANGKOK, Nov 8 — Myanmar armed forces and Karen minority group clash at Myanmar border town of Myawaddy and shells fell into Thai territory at Mae Sot across the Moei River in the northern province of Tak, injuring seven people, causing the authorities to order a partial evacuation, according to the Third Army Area Region, Lt-Gen Wanthip Wongwai…. http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_pa…
CHIANG RAI, 8 November 2010 (NNT)- Four Thais and Burmese have been injured in an exchange of gunfire between Burmese soldiers and their rival Karen DKBA group near the Thai-Burmese border in Mae Sod district, Tak province.
Four innocent people who have been injured in the cross-fire are now being treated at Mae Sod Hospital. Thai authority found 3 rocket-propelled grenades(RPG), believed to have been fired by Burmese troops, on Thai soil….. http://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news.php…
A Thai border market in Tak province is closed on Monday after spillover of fighting between Burmese troops and ethnic Karens landed on the Thai soil.
The army which oversees the area ordered the closure of Rim Moei market in Mae Sot district after the spillover injured five Thai local villagers….. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/…
Minorities at Risk Project, Chronology for Rohingya (Muslim Arakanese) in Burma http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country…
KIM KRIS, SON OF POLITICAL LEADER DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI
POLITICAL COMMENTATOR AND WRITER DR ZARNI
PROFESSOR WIN MIN, BANGKOK UNIVERSITY
RAPPING AGAINST THE BURMESE JUNTA http://www.france24.com/en/20100205-n…
The Burmese blogosphere gets ready for November’s general election http://www.france24.com/en/20100930-b…
http://teakdoor.com/thailand-and-asia…
Mae Sot (Thai: แม่สอด, pronounced [mɛ̂ː sɔ̀ːt]; Burmese: မဲဆောကျ, [mɛ́ sʰauʔ]; Shan: ြှုသ္ဂဿ, [ɛ sʰaaj]) is a town in western Thailand that shares a border with Myanmar… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Sot
Myanmar refugees return after poll violence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeFw7w…