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SHAN HERALD AGENCY FOR NEWS

26 October 1999

No: 10 - 28

Junta Unit Reshuffle Drew Fire From Thai Side

A well-informed source from the Thai border told S.H.A.N. yesterday =
troop=20
reshuffle on the Burmese side had drawn fire from across the border.

The well-placed source, who requested anonymity, told S.H.A.N. the =
Burmese=20
Army was replacing IB 510 in Namonluang, Homong Special Area, just =
across=20
from Maehongson on 14 October with IB 249, when unidentified troops from =

the Thai side shelled them with artillery. "They must have mistaken the=20
exchange of units in the Burmese Army as deployment for action", said =
the=20
source.

AFP reporter on 19 October that Thailand and the United States were=20
conducting a month-long joint military exercise called "Balance Torch=20
00-1". It also reported there was exchange of artillery fire "at least =
on=20
one occasion".

Related report" See "Burma Angry At Thai Foray Onto Its Soil", Bangkok=20
Post, 24 October, by Shan-EU.

///END\\\
For further information, please contact S.H.A.N. at:
Shan Herald Agency for News.
P.O. Box. 15, Nonghoi P.O., 50007, Chiangmai, Thailand
Ph/Fax: (053) 807 121
e-mail: <shan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

S.H.A.N. is a non-profit making, independent Shan media group. It is not =

affiliated to any political or armed organization.=20


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<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>26 October =
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28<BR><BR><STRONG><FONT size=3D4>Junta Unit Reshuffle Drew Fire From =
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<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><STRONG><FONT=20
size=3D4><BR></FONT></STRONG>A well-informed source from the Thai border =
told=20
S.H.A.N. yesterday troop <BR>reshuffle on the Burmese side had drawn =
fire from=20
across the border.<BR><BR>The well-placed source, who requested =
anonymity, told=20
S.H.A.N. the Burmese <BR>Army was replacing IB 510 in Namonluang, Homong =
Special=20
Area, just across <BR>from Maehongson on 14 October with IB 249, when=20
unidentified troops from <BR>the Thai side shelled them with artillery. =
"They=20
must have mistaken the <BR>exchange of units in the Burmese Army as =
deployment=20
for action", said the <BR>source.<BR><BR>AFP reporter on 19 October that =

Thailand and the United States were <BR>conducting a month-long joint =
military=20
exercise called "Balance Torch <BR>00-1". It also reported there was =
exchange of=20
artillery fire "at least on <BR>one occasion".<BR><BR>Related report" =
See "Burma=20
Angry At Thai Foray Onto Its Soil", Bangkok <BR>Post, 24 October, by=20
Shan-EU.<BR><BR>///END\\\<BR>For further information, please contact =
S.H.A.N.=20
at:<BR>Shan Herald Agency for News.<BR>P.O. Box. 15, Nonghoi P.O., =
50007,=20
Chiangmai, Thailand<BR>Ph/Fax: (053) 807 121<BR>e-mail: &lt;<A=20
href=3D"mailto:shan@xxxxxxxxxxxx";>shan@xxxxxxxxxxxx</A>&gt;<BR><BR>S.H.A.=
N. is a=20
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<BR>affiliated to any=20
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