Lat-Htoke-Taw Village Massacre!

             (Translation of Staff article from MYANMAR NOW MEDIA on 14 May 2024.)

Myanmar Army troops burned down a large Burmese village called Lat-Htoke-Taw after slaughtering more than thirty Burmese villagers in cold blood on May-11 just this week. The village is in the Myint-Mu township of Sagaing Division in Middle Burma.

In the early morning of May-11 more than 100 heavily-armed Myanmar Soldiers raided the Burmese Village on the West bank of River Irrawaddy and then entered the Vilage Monastery Hall for they knew very well that frightened villagers had abandoned their homes and taken refuge inside.

Fearfull for his life a 37-year-old villager named Kan-Gaung immediately crawled underneath a low-bed nearby and tried to hide from the demonic Myanmar soldiers. He then heard the door-opening and saw the legs of Myanmar soldiers, some in ary uniform trousers and others in black jeans, entering the Monastery Hall.

Myanmar Army’s Wet Season Strategy?

                     (Professor Zachary Abuza’s RFA Commentary on 08 May 2024.)

Proffessor Zachary Abuza.

Myanmar’s military on the back foot as the dry season comes to a close: Myanmar’s dry season is ending soon, with the military junta on the back foot after more than six months of reversals and losses to the opposition. This points to an intensification of attacks from the beleaguered regime.

With official forecasts that monsoon rains will start in the second week of June,  the State Administrative Council (SAC), as the junta is formally known, is likely to focus on six priorities before the rains set in, hampering the military’s already weak logistics and troop mobility.

While the military recently retook control over the key Thai border city Myawaddy, they have not retaken much of the territory lost since the Three Brotherhood Alliance’s Operation 1027 began in late October, especially outside of the Bamar heartland. With the rainy season favoring the more flexible opposition, the junta is likely to focus on six strategic priorities in the coming weeks.

Myanmar’s rebels take on the junta from above

                          (Staff article from the Guardian UK on 20 June 2024.)

‘We killed many … drones are our air force’: Myanmar’s rebels take on the junta from above:A rebel drone squadron drawn from engineering students and hobbyists, who gain battlefield training partly through YouTube tutorials, is proving decisive in the struggle against Myanmar’s brutal military government.

As the drones flew silently over western Myanmar’s Chin hills, the junta did not know what was about to hit them. Their operators were hidden a few hundred metres away in the dense forest. As the images on their screens indicated the drone fleet was hovering exactly above the target – a key military base in the town of Lailenpi – they hit the button on their controllers and bombs began to fall.

We had precise hits,” said Noah, 20, one of the specialist drone fighters in the Chin National Army (CNA), one of the ethnic rebel groups who have been fighting Myanmar’s military for almost three years. “It took them by surprise. We killed many, including the second-in-command of the base.” After three days of fighting, the rebels hoisted their tricolour flag over the base and shouted slogans of victory.