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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 15:55:17 +0000
Subject: Burmese troops await supplies
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Organization: Forum for Democracy and Human Rights
2 February 1996
BURMESE TROOPS AWAIT SUPPLIES
Bangkok: Burmese troops massed for an assault on the southern outposts of ethnic
Karenni rebels along the Thai border awaited supplies after separate divisions took
hill positions to the north, Karenni source said on Thursday.
About 4,000 Burmese troops had massed near Kauk Kauk in the southern of
Burma's eastern Kayah state opposite the Thai province of Mae Hong Son, and
a party of 70 porters was being escorted into the area with supplies, the source
said in a statement.
The porters, usually villagers abducted and forced into service, included more than
10 women, the statement said. An offensive was expected in the Kauk Kauk area
when the additional food and ammunition arrived, it said. (AFP)
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