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BKK Post, March 15, 1998. Burma uni



March 15, 1998. Burma units attack Karen base
                          Tension mounts along frontier

An estimated 1,000 Burmese troops firing mortars and artillery attacked 
a key Karen insurgent base yesterday, raising tensions along the 
frontier where thousands of Karen refugees feared cross-border raids.

The attack on the headquarters of the Karen National Union's 7th 
Brigade, located at Tha Ko Sutha inside Burma just north of Mae Sot, met 
fierce resistance from about 300 Karen fighters, a KNU spokesman said.

KNU officials claimed that a third person, a teenage girl, died 
yesterday from wounds suffered in Wednesday's raid by 100 Democratic 
Karen Buddhist Army marauders who penetrated into Thailand and torched 
the Huay Kolok refugee camp, leaving 9,000 people without shelter.

Fears were running high of another terror raid against more than 30,000 
refugees at Thailand's largest camp, Maehla. It lies eight kilometres 
inside Thailand, but was nonetheless attacked more than a year ago.

Aid workers said that Thai army troops fired blank artillery rounds 
Thursday and Friday night in the direction of DKBA positions as a 
warning against further raids. - AP

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