Asia-Pacific Military Coup in Myanmar

[Jormungandr]

Welp, the powder-keg is igniting.

If Soros is involved somehow, that just muddies the waters further. Guy is a fucking parasite on humanity's dong.

 

[Arlos]

I have a feeling China is licking it’s chop; there is a significant Chinese minority in Myanmar.

 

[Clanner Moment]

As if to underscore that Myanmar has already been on the brink of serious civil war for a while now:

Kachin rebels shoot down military helicopter as parcel bomb kills 5 in central Myanmar | CNN

An ethnic rebel group in Myanmar's mountainous north claimed to have shot down a military helicopter, and at least one parcel bomb went off in another part of the country, as fighting intensified following the coup.

www.cnn.com

And they've got this capability seemingly just from looted equipment in Myanmmar. Which of these ethnic separatist groups will become the latest "Moderate rebels" for the West to cheer on, I wonder? Will there be conflict between groups backed by the CIA and those backed by the Army like in Syria?

 

[Clanner Moment]

“Bro it’s not a civil war at all who cares about burma literally nothing interesting is happening there”

Hunting Traditions, ‘Spirit of Resistance’ Give Myanmar’s 'Tumee' Rifle Militias Edge Over Military

www.rfa.org

Nosiree nothing to see here just trained soldiers being engaged by dirt poor hunters not the slightest bit of knowledge that could be gleaned from this at all.

 

[Husky_Khan]

BBC did a video on a group of 40-70 police officers that crossed the line and joined the people and how they are doing now living on the run.

Also details some of the intensification of hostilities including the Peoples Defense groups springing up who are advocating more violent measures to counter the military coup.

 

[ATP]

“Bro it’s not a civil war at all who cares about burma literally nothing interesting is happening there”

Hunting Traditions, ‘Spirit of Resistance’ Give Myanmar’s 'Tumee' Rifle Militias Edge Over Military

www.rfa.org

Nosiree nothing to see here just trained soldiers being engaged by dirt poor hunters not the slightest bit of knowledge that could be gleaned from this at all.

Brave suiciders.They certainly think,that somebody care that junta would genocide them.Well,i do care,but so what ?

 

[Airedale260]

Brave suiciders.They certainly think,that somebody care that junta would genocide them.Well,i do care,but so what ?

Yeah it stinks. Problem with Burma is that the junta is on China’s border and is friendly with them so the West has zero leverage.

On the other hand, it certainly won’t help the junta’s reputation.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Two staff members for the international charity 'Save the Children' were apparently killed during a military strike by the Myanmar military on Christmas Eve. Their burned bodies were among the three dozen apparent civilians found in the aftermath.



Reports state that the Myanmar military was operating in an Eastern Province where the Karen Insurgency is active when the incident occurred. The Junta forces apparently stopped multiple vehicles, removing their occupants and killed some while arresting others, and burned the bodies of those they had killed. It's also reported the bodies were of men, women and children including the two aid workers who were described as "new fathers" who were heading home for the Holidays.

Myanmar: Save the Children says army attack killed staff

The charity says two of its workers, both new fathers, are among the 35 bodies found on 24 December.

www.bbc.com

 

[Yinko]

Two staff members for the international charity 'Save the Children' were apparently killed during a military strike by the Myanmar military on Christmas Eve. Their burned bodies were among the three dozen apparent civilians found in the aftermath.



Reports state that the Myanmar military was operating in an Eastern Province where the Karen Insurgency is active when the incident occurred. The Junta forces apparently stopped multiple vehicles, removing their occupants and killed some while arresting others, and burned the bodies of those they had killed. It's also reported the bodies were of men, women and children including the two aid workers who were described as "new fathers" who were heading home for the Holidays.

Myanmar: Save the Children says army attack killed staff

The charity says two of its workers, both new fathers, are among the 35 bodies found on 24 December.

www.bbc.com

Nothing says what these aid workers looked like. What I'm saying is, if they were locals hired by the aid agency, then it makes a lot more sense that they would be killed. The Tatmadaw is usually a lot more savvy than that. Assuming that it's even true. The perspective the media has on Myanmar is 180 degrees from what it's like on the ground most of the time.

 

[ParadiseLost]

Karen Insurgency

Oh no! Not the Karens!

(I couldn't help myself).

 

[Sir 1000]

Two staff members for the international charity 'Save the Children' were apparently killed during a military strike by the Myanmar military on Christmas Eve. Their burned bodies were among the three dozen apparent civilians found in the aftermath.



Reports state that the Myanmar military was operating in an Eastern Province where the Karen Insurgency is active when the incident occurred. The Junta forces apparently stopped multiple vehicles, removing their occupants and killed some while arresting others, and burned the bodies of those they had killed. It's also reported the bodies were of men, women and children including the two aid workers who were described as "new fathers" who were heading home for the Holidays.

Myanmar: Save the Children says army attack killed staff

The charity says two of its workers, both new fathers, are among the 35 bodies found on 24 December.

www.bbc.com

Why do i get the feeling we aren't getting the whole story. The organized military guys just randomly did this? There wasn't any wanted fugitives or weapons in the vehicles? Three letter types love using ngo's as a cover from what i've heard. Seems the story is lacking a bit🤔

 

[Yinko]

Three letter types love using ngo's as a cover from what i've heard.

To a degree, but the ngo's are also exactly the type to get involved in a ground war as well. The most likely scenario as far as I see it is: these two aid workers were local Karins recruited due to their contact on the ground, those contacts included members of the Karin rebel group. How it goes from there may vary, from the NGO knowing and wanting that, to them not knowing, to the locals using their NGO connections to aid aid their real cause in the rebels.

The article says that the soldiers arrested some of the convoy and killed others. Chances are, the ones they killed were Karins, either for that reason alone or because of known connections with the rebels. The ones they arrested are likely anyone who didn't seem ethnically Karin.

We do this kind of thing too, through deniable assets. Everyone does, when it's a real war and not playing around in the dirt for the camera.

 

[Sir 1000]

To a degree, but the ngo's are also exactly the type to get involved in a ground war as well. The most likely scenario as far as I see it is: these two aid workers were local Karins recruited due to their contact on the ground, those contacts included members of the Karin rebel group. How it goes from there may vary, from the NGO knowing and wanting that, to them not knowing, to the locals using their NGO connections to aid aid their real cause in the rebels.

The article says that the soldiers arrested some of the convoy and killed others. Chances are, the ones they killed were Karins, either for that reason alone or because of known connections with the rebels. The ones they arrested are likely anyone who didn't seem ethnically Karin.

We do this kind of thing too, through deniable assets. Everyone does, when it's a real war and not playing around in the dirt for the camera.

Yeah but that's conveniently not in the article or tweet.

 

[Jormungandr]

Christ, this is all a fucking mess.

 

[PsihoKekec]

It has been for decades.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Another update on the Myanmar Conflict. An airstrike and firebombing that apparently destroyed over a hundred homes in anti-coup areas of Myanmar.

In April last year, the military had attempted to arrest the head monk of Thapyay Aye monastery who was known to have led anti-dictatorship activities in Yinmabin Township. Locals fought back against the troops using muskets and handmade weapons in what was later described as the “Thapyay Aye Battles.”

The village was one of the first places in the country where armed resistance against the junta flared in the wake of last year’s coup.

The military has been carrying out violent raids on villages and torching homes in Sagaing and Magway regions as well as Chin and Karenni states.

Local defence forces say that the attacks are an attempt by the junta to stop local support for the resistance.

Locals say ‘half of their village is gone’ as Myanmar army follows airstrike with arson attack in Sagaing

An estimated 100 homes are burned down in Thapyay Aye, one of the first villages in Myanmar to take up arms against the junta following the February 2021 coup

www.myanmar-now.org

 

[49ersfootball]

Another update on the Myanmar Conflict. An airstrike and firebombing that apparently destroyed over a hundred homes in anti-coup areas of Myanmar.

Locals say ‘half of their village is gone’ as Myanmar army follows airstrike with arson attack in Sagaing

An estimated 100 homes are burned down in Thapyay Aye, one of the first villages in Myanmar to take up arms against the junta following the February 2021 coup

www.myanmar-now.org

YIKES! At some point, the Junta will run out of folks to kill.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Apparently Myanmar Brought Back Capital Punishment with four anti-regime Activists executed the first official executions to take place in the country since 1988.

Ko Jimmy, 53, was a veteran of the 88 Generation Students Group - a Burmese pro-democracy movement known for their activism against the country's military junta in the 1988 student uprisings.

He, alongside his wife, fellow activist Nilar Thein, were considered some of the pioneers of the pro-democracy movement.
When monks led protests against the regime in 2007, Ko Jimmy and his wife mobilised activists and protesters from the 1988 demonstrations to participate.

He served multiple stints in prison for his activism, before being released in 2012.

He was arrested in October last year after being accused of hiding weapons and ammunition at an apartment in Yangon and being an "adviser" to the National Unity Government.

Phyo Zeya Thaw, 41, was a former hip-hop star turned NLD lawmaker.

His band Acid released Myanmar's first ever hip-hop album, with his lyrics carrying thinly-veiled attacks on the military drawing the ire of the junta.

He gradually became a close ally of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, and often accompanied her on her international meetings with world leaders.

He was arrested in November for alleged anti-terror offences.

Phyo Zeya Thaw was a close ally of Aung San Suu Kyi

Both Phyo Zeya Thaw and Ko Jimmy lost their appeals against their sentences in June.

Less is known about the two other activists - Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw. They were sentenced to death for killing a woman who was an alleged informer for the junta.

So two were known allies of the pro-democracy movement pertaining to activism though all four are described as pro-democracy activists. All were charged under Burma's Anti-Terror Laws. Though back in 1988 the preferred manner of execution was hanging, it is as of yet unknown the methods employed presently.

Myanmar: Military executes four democracy activists including ex-MP

The executions mark the first cases of capital punishment in the country in decades.

www.bbc.com

 

[The Whispering Monk]

I'm assuming bullet to brainpan.

 

[BlackDragon98]

Why does the situation look exactly the same like that Rambo movie?

The last one (not counting the shitty revamp they tried), the one where he fights in SEA once again.