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General Than Shwe knows exactly why they the junta cannot rule forever.
They are going to rule or attempt to rule until Ne Win dies.  Without Ne Win
Than Shwe cannot hold the generals together. Ne Win has killed enough people
that the generals are afraid of him.  When Ne Win dies the junta dies too.
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Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 3:45 AM
Subject: Re: News on India Papers


>Junta not to rule forever says Burma's top General
>The Asian Age (14/04/1998)
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>Rangoon: Burma's top general said the military government will not rule
>the country forever, state-run media reported on Monday.
>
>"Our Tatmadaw(Armed forces) will not take up the responsibilities of the
>state forever.. it would be improper to do so," senior General Than Shwe,
>chairman of the ruling military body and Burma's Prime Minister, was
>reported as saying on Saturday to a group of military officers and cadets.
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>But the leader of the Peace and Development Council- the previous ruling
>body also headed by Gen. Than Shwe- seized power in 1988 after squashing
>bloody pro-democracy uprisings across the country.
>
>The SLORC and the SPDC have said repeatedly their goal was to build a
>modern and peaceful nation and also to build strong armed forced. "The
>duty of the Tatmadaw is to safeguard the State and we must build our
>Tatmadaw to become strong, modern and qualified to safeguard the
>territorial integrity of the state and its sovereignty," Gen Than Shwe
>said. He said it was important to have strong armed forces because of the
>"geopolitical condition" of Burma. (Retuers)
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>Karens launch attack against Burmese bases
>Bangkok: Ethnic rebels battling Burma's military regime claimed on Monday
>to have launched overnight attacks with mortars and rocket-propelled
>grenades against two enemy bases. No casualties were initially reported.
>
>The Karen National Union said that a total of 200 guerrillas attacked the
>bases at Myawaddy and Ban Wah Ley inside Burma near its tense border with
>Thailand.
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>The KNU said its fighters seized a large quantity of supplies. The KNU has
>been fighting the central government of Burma, for 50 years to win more
>autonomy for the ethnic Karen minority. Ranged against it are the Burma
>military and a KNU splinter group, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army.
>(AP)
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>Burma Info (CCN)
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